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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager, or Designee, to: 1) Execute an Agreement with Terris Barnes Walters Boigon Heath Lester, Inc. (TBWBH) in an Amount Not to Exceed $132,000 for Strategic Support, Research, Ballot Measure Development, Informational Outreach and Other Steps Necessary to Prepare a Potential Revenue Measure for the November 2022 Ballot; and Execute an Agreement with Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3) in an Amount Not to Exceed $37,000 for Survey Development, Implementation, and Associated Analysis Related to a Potential Revenue Measure for the November 2022 Ballot; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Budget by Increasing Appropriations in the City Manager's Office by $169,000 to Enter into Agreements with Terris Barnes Walters Boigon Heath Lester, Inc. (TBWBH) and Fairbank, Maslin, Metz & Associates (FM3) for Services Related to a Potential Revenue Measure for the November 2022 Ballot. (City Manager 10021030) [Continued from November 16, 2021; public comment closed]
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending two contracts with the consultant team that assisted the City of Alameda (City) in 2019 and 2020 with consideration of a potential revenue measure, and assisted the City with the successful Measure F sales tax measure in 2018. If the City Council is in favor of exploring a revenue measure, staff is recommending a contract with TBWBH for assistance with ballot measure strategy and informational outreach, and FM3 for public opinion survey development, implementation, and analysis.
BACKGROUND
In March of 2020, the City Council was preparing to discuss a possible revenue measure for the November 2020 ballot to address a variety of identified local funding needs. COVID-19 put those discussions on hold. While the City's General Fund continues to be bolstered by the (volatile) Transfer Tax, the 10-year financial forecasts, pension and ot...
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