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RESOLUTION NO. 57/17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LARKSPUR
ADOPTING A POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF REVENUE GENERATED
BY THE LARKSPUR STREET REPAIR AND ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES
MEASURE
WHEREAS, on November 7. 2017, Larkspur voters will be asked to renew
the Larkspur Street Repair and Essential Services Measure, which generates
revenue through a transaction and use tax (sales tax);
WHEREAS, through community surveys and at public outreach meetings,
Larkspur residents have been clear that repairing Larkspur's roads is the top
priority for monies generated by this measure;
WHEREAS, Larkspur residents have also been clear that all of Larkspur's
roads should be repaired as quickly as possible;
WHEREAS, the City has a program for road repair, rehabilitation, and
maintenance that evaluates the most cost-effective approach to repairing each
road segment in Larkspur, be it a complete replacement of the road, a repaving of
the road, a treatment of the road with a slurry seal, or some other technique -or
combination of techniques -deemed appropriate by the City's engineers;
WHEREAS, the City's road repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance program
includes, when deemed necessary or required by law, sidewalk improvements and
accessibility improvements such as curb ramps. It also includes curbs, gutters,
striping of all kinds, and pedestrian improvements to enhance roadway safety.;
WHEREAS, should the Larkspur Street Repair and Essential Services
Measure be renewed, the City has developed a strategy to accelerate its road
repair and maintenance program to touch every road in Larkspur over a period of
approximately five years;
WHEREAS, Larkspur residents have also expressed a strong desire that
essential services like emergency response and storm drain repair and
maintenance receive attention under this measure;
WHEREAS, the City has and will continue to use some monies from this
measure to invest in infrastructure for the fire department; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to adopt a storm drain master plan in 2018.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Larkspur adopts the following policy with respect to the Larkspur Street Repair and
Essential Services Measure:
Not less than 80% of revenue generated by the Larkspur Street Repair and
Essential Services Measure shall be directed toward road repair, rehabilitation,
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and maintenance, and related improvements, including sidewalk and accessibility
improvements, when deemed necessary by the City Council or required by law.
The Council will consider financing plans that accelerate the City's road repair,
rehabilitation, and maintenance program so that every road in Larkspur is touched
by the program over a period of approximately five years
The remaining 20% may also be directed toward road repair, rehabilitation,
and maintenance, or it will be used for other permissible governmental purposes,
including, but not limited to, preserving and enhancing the response of emergency
services and the repair and maintenance of the City's storm drain system. The
City Council will continue to call upon the City staff and the measure's Citizens'
Oversight Committee for recommendations about the use of this portion of the
revenue.
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the City Council of the City of Larkspur duly
introduced and regularly adopted the foregoing resolution at a meeting held on the
19 1h day of July, 2017, by the following vote, to-wit:
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