Language Used To Support TPT Sales Tax Increase On November Ballot 2016 > Kinda Fuzzy Huh?

First > watch the video http://mesa11.com/vod/?show=1420&Mode2=Video

This gets passed unanimously in 3:01

A PUBLIC HEARING? Note how many members of the public are in attendance



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Conduct a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2016-17 Budget and the proposed Fiscal Year 2016-17 Secondary Property Tax Levy, and take action on the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Budget.
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16-0672 A resolution approving the budget for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2017. (5 votes required)

Please take a look at the Total City Budget from the last fiscal year to the right

RESOLUTION NO. 10817
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA, AT THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2016, THE QUESTION OF INCREASING THE CITY'S TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE (SALES) TAX.

WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that economic development and redevelopment projects to fund, without limitation, buildings, parking facilities, public open space areas, public infrastructure, related facilities and improvements, and other costs incurred in the furtherance of such economic development or redevelopment projects in the City, including post-secondary educational related development projects, will assist in the creation and retention of jobs and will improve and enhance the economic welfare of the City's citizens and promote greater economic activity in the City;
 
 WHEREAS, in furtherance of economic development and post-secondary educational opportunities, the City has entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement (the "IGA") with the Arizona Board of Regents, for and on behalf of Arizona State University ("ASU"), that establishes the parties' agreement, subject to terms and conditions, for the development of an ASU campus in downtown Mesa.

Under the IGA, ASU would bring

[1] certain academic programs to the City and

[2] meet certain minimum student, faculty and staff requirements; and
 
[3] City of Mesa would

• improve the Civic Plaza and
• construct new buildings or improve existing buildings.

These buildings may initially be used for such uses as:

• ASU programs,
• post-secondary educational courses,
• ASU entrepreneurial space
• all types of uses found on post-secondary educational campuses including ancillary retail, commercial, and restaurant uses.

[4]  Additionally, the IGA includes provisions for an Early Childhood Education Program and an Early Childhood Education Facility to be located in the City.

This City and ASU project described in the IGA is herein referred to as the "Arizona State University Project" or "ASU project."

WHEREAS, in addition to the ASU project, City Council may, also in furtherance of post-secondary educational opportunities,

• build out and improve the Mesa Center for Higher Education and the Mesa-owned property currently leased to Benedictine University, and
• may also construct and improve downtown parking for the public, City employees, and students.

WHEREAS, the City Council hereby submits to the qualified electors of the City the question of increasing the transaction privilege (sales) tax on all applicable taxable activities in the City by four tenths of one percent (0.4%), from 1.75 percent (1.75%) to 2.15 percent (2.15%), as set forth substantially in the form of the ballot language included within this resolution.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS: The following question, as set forth substantially in the form of the ballot language below, shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City at the November 8, 2016 General Election



Shall the City of Mesa be authorized to increase the City's transaction privilege (sales) tax, applicable to all taxable activities in the City of Mesa, from 1.75% to 2.15%, of which 0.4% will be used to provide funds solely for the following municipal purposes:
 • Personnel, equipment, facilities and other costs incurred in providing Mesa Police services;
• Personnel, equipment, facilities and other costs incurred in providing Mesa Fire and Medical services; and
 • Buildings, public open space areas, public infrastructure, parking facilities, related facilities and improvements and other costs incurred for governmental uses and/or economic development projects in the City of Mesa, including projects to increase post-secondary educational opportunities in Mesa, which includes the Arizona State University project in Mesa, and constructing and/or improving the Mesa Civic Plaza, downtown parking, Mesa's Center for Higher Education, and Mesa-owned property currently leased to Benedictine University.
If approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the City, this transaction privilege (sales) tax increase will be effective on March 1, 2017.
YES ": --NO ---

"Tag Line" language
Shall Mesa be authorized to increase, beginning on March 1, 2017, the City's transaction privilege (sales) tax from 1. 75% to 2.15%, of which 0.4% will be used solely to fund Mesa Police and Mesa Fire and Medical personnel, equipment, facilities and other services, and governmental and economic development projects, including the ASU project and other post-secondary educational projects. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 20th day of June, 2016