Measure P

City of Albany Street Paving and Storm Drain Parcel Tax Measure

Measure P will update the Street Paving and Storm Drain Special Tax by adding very low-income rebates and low-income tax exemptions and rebates; applying the tax to possessory interests; and if a parcel over 500,000 square feet becomes exempt from this tax, adjusting the rate from $167.65 per equivalent residential unit to $0.0638 per lot square foot.

This measure requires approval by two-thirds of voters voting on the measure to pass.

Fiscal Impact: Measure P is estimated to raise $1,400,000 annually until ended by voters.

Next Alameda County Measure: Measure Q

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Pro:

Supporters say Measure P protects funding for our streets and storm drains if Golden Gate Fields becomes a park, while also making immediate improvements. In the next year, the State and other entities, not including the City, may buy Golden Gate Fields for hundreds of millions of dollars to transfer to the East Bay Regional Park District. This doubling of our shoreline park is what we have wanted for decades. But public ownership also means a fifth of the local tax funding to repair road pavement and prevent flooding would be lost. If and only if this occurs, Measure P would restructure the tax to maintain this funding.

A YES vote on this measure means: you support amending the street paving/storm drainage parcel tax.

Con:

No official opposition to Measure P was submitted.

A NO vote on this measure means: you are against amending the street paving/storm drainage parcel tax.

Background

In 2006, Albany voters approved Measure “F”, a special parcel tax on property within the City to fund street paving and storm drainage improvements, programs and services. The parcel tax is currently levied annually at $167.65 per equivalent residential unit (ERU), as defined therein, allows annual rate adjustments subject to a 5% annual cap, and incorporates a 100% exemption for residential parcels owned by qualifying very low-income residents, as defined therein.

Proposal

If approved, this Measure would amend the tax as follows:

Retain the 100% exemption for residential parcels owned by qualifying very low-income residents, and add a 50% exemption for qualifying low-income resident owners; and
Add a 100% rebate to qualifying very low-income renters of tax imposed on a unit where they reside, and add a 50% rebate to similarly qualifying low-income renters, as defined therein; and
Maintain annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustments, but with a 3% annual cap instead of 5%; and
Maintain the rate at $167.65 per ERU, annually adjusted by CPI, unless any parcel 500,000 square feet or larger is sold, leased or transferred to make it tax exempt, at which point the City Council may levy this tax at the maximum rate of $0.0638 per lot square foot for all parcels in the City, annually adjusted by CPI, subject to a 3% annual cap. The Council may levy the tax at a lower rate in any year and restore it back to a prior rate, provided this maximum voter approved rate isn’t exceeded.
Clarify that this tax applies to possessory interests (i.e. leaseholds) on a parcel where the owner is exempt from parcel taxation.

Source: Measure P Impartial Analysis

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