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RESOLUTION NO. 14522
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
APPROVING THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF MARIN (TAM) FINAL
TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX RENEWAL EXPENDITURE PLAN
(MEASURE A TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX)
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WHEREAS, the Transportation Sales Tax (Measure A) is a 20-year ½ cent sales
tax, which began in 2005 and has an eventual sunset date of 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Measure A funds are spent by the Transportation Authority of
Marin (TAM) in accordance with the 2005 20-year Measure A Transportation Sales Tax
Expenditure Plan; and
WHEREAS, San Rafael benefits greatly from Measure A, receiving $550,000 a
year towards street resurfacing throughout the City, and millions for one-time transportation
projects such as $4 million for the improvements on Fourth Street in the West End, and $10
million for the Third Street Rehabilitation Project; and
WHEREAS, the 15-year-old Expenditure Plan is starting to fail to meet Marin’s
current transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, the TAM Board commissioned an Expenditure Plan Advisory
Committee to review the current plan and recommend changes, and the Committee unanimously
elected to retain the ½-cent sales tax level, extend the tax for 30 years, and adopt a new Sales
Tax Renewal Expenditure Plan; and
WHEREAS, input from Marin’s cities and towns and the County of Marin was
reviewed and analyzed, and key input was incorporated into a Final Transportation Sales Tax
Renewal Expenditure Plan, which was unanimously approved by the TAM Board of
Commissioners on April 26, 2018; and
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WHEREAS, TAM staff presented this final expenditure plan to the San Rafael
City Council on June 18, 2018 and seeks approval of the final plan by the San Rafael City
Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL RESOLVES that the City Council of the City of San Rafael hereby approves the
TAM Final Transportation Sales Tax Renewal Expenditure Plan.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council of said City on the 18th day of June 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, McCullough & Vice-Mayor Gamblin
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Colin & Mayor Phillips
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LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk
File No.: 01.25.21