TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheryl Bratton, County Counsel
REPORT BY: Steven Lederer, Director Public Works and Silva Darbinian, Deputy County Counsel
SUBJECT: Adopt an Ordinance Calling a Special Election and Consolidating it with the November 5, 2024 statewide presidential election to enable voters to approve or reject NVTA-TA Ordinance No. 2024-01 ("Measure U").
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt an Ordinance ordering a special election and consolidating it with the November 5, 2024 statewide presidential general election for the purpose of enabling the voters of Napa County to approve or reject Napa Valley Transportation Authority - Tax Agency ("Authority") Ordinance No. 2024-01 (more commonly known as the Napa Valley Transportation Improvement Act) which would, if approved by the voters, establish a one-half percent countywide sales tax, replacing the existing one-half percent sales tax previously approved by the voters in 2012 (Measure T), that will take effect on July 1, 2025. (No Fiscal Impact, Mandatory)
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BACKGROUND
The Napa Valley Transportation Authority - Tax Agency ("Authority") has adopted, by two thirds vote, an Ordinance No. 2024-01 known as the "Napa Valley Transportation Improvement Act" and its related Expenditure Plan. Ordinance No. 2024-01 amends and replaces a retail transaction and use tax for a thirty-year period commencing July 1, 2025, authorizing the Authority to continue imposing a one half of one percent sales tax (1/2%) and to issue bonds to finance capital outlay expenditures as provided in the Expenditure Plan. Authority Ordinance 2024-01 will be known as Measure U. If a majority of the electors vote in favor of Measure U, the 1/2% retail transaction and use tax under Measure U will become effective July 1, 2025.
The Authority also adopted a Resolution requesting that the Board of Supervisors call a special election on November 5, 2024 to enable the voters to approve or reject Authority Ordinance 2024-01 and consolidate tha...
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