Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: 4/5ths
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Restoration of Committed District-Discretionary Measure K Funds for all Five Supervisorial Districts
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) transferring $3,766,090 from Measure K reserves to Non-Departmental Services for committed district-discretionary services and programs that were not rolled over from prior fiscal years to Fiscal Year 2020-21.
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BACKGROUND:
Measure K is the half-cent general sales tax initially approved by San Mateo County voters in November 2012 and extended in November 2016 for a total of thirty years.
On February 12, 2019, the Board of Supervisors (Board) held a study session on Measure K expenditures and anticipated revenue for fiscal years (FY) 2019-21. The Board-appointed Measure K sub-committee, consisting of Supervisor Pine and Supervisor Canepa, convened the study session to, among other things, work with staff to facilitate the Board’s development of Measure K priorities and continuing initiatives for FY 2019-21. The Board approved $3.75 million in one-time loans or grants each fiscal year for FY 2019-21, divided equally among the five supervisorial districts, for district-discretionary needs and projects
Discussion:
During the year end processing in FY 2019-20, district-discretionary funds that had been committed and approved for a project, but not yet expended, were not rolled forward to FY 2020-21, and subsequently those committed funds inadvertently went to the Measure K reserve. The subject ATR will restore those committed funds to the FY 2020-21 district-discretionary budget.
The table below summarizes the committed funds that should have been rolled forward to FY 2020-21, as well as the FY 2020-21 Adopted Budget, the ATR amount for each supervisorial district, and the FY 2020-21 Adjusted Budget that will result from approval of the ATR.
County Counsel has reviewed and approved the resolution as to form.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There are sufficient Measure K reserves to restore the district-discretionary budget to its appropriate level, as if the funds had rolled over as intended. Approval of the Appropriation Transfer Request in the amount of $3,766,090 will restore the budget for Non-Departmental Services, District-Discretionary Measure K FY 2020-21 Adopted Budget to $5,783,815.