To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie B. Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Julie B. Lucido, Public Works Director
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Expenditure Plan for the Proposed Napa Valley Transportation Improvement Act (Measure U)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Consider adoption of a resolution approving the Napa Valley Transportation Improvement Act Expenditure Plan, as proposed by the Napa Valley Transportation Authority-Tax Agency to implement the Napa Valley Transportation Improvement Act "Measure U" amending and replacing a transaction and use tax expenditure plan and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
Summary
The Napa Valley Transportation Authority-Tax Agency (NVTA-TA) is a local transportation authority with member agencies including Napa County and all incorporated municipalities (cities and town) within the county. NVTA-TA has been developing a potential ballot measure to amend and replace the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, Ordinance No. 2012-01, known as Measure T. This potential ballot measure, referred to as Measure U, would extend the sales tax duration but would not increase the sales tax rate. The NVTA-TA Board has approved the release of the proposed expenditure plan for consideration by each member agency. Upon approval of the expenditure plan by the Napa County Board of Supervisors and the city councils for municipalities representing both a majority of the population of incorporated areas of the county as well as a majority of the member agencies of NVTA-TA, Measure U could be presented to the voters for consideration on November 5, 2024, ballot.
The top objectives of the proposed measure are to modify the tax measure requirements to include expenditures for three regionally significant congestion relief projects and a highway operations/emergency evacuations program, and to allow bond financing of projects with the tax revenue. Th...
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