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Proposition HH Special Taxes County Service Area 111 (Boulevard Fire) 303 / 65.58% Yes votes ...... 159 / 34.42% No votes
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Shall an ordinance for funding structural fire protection and emergency medical services within County Service Area 111 Boulevard be approved establishing special taxes not exceeding the amounts set forth in the ordinance?
Specifically, the measure requests your approval of a maximum special benefit tax levied on a parcel and class of improvement to property basis as set forth in an ordinance, applicable within the CSA, adopted by the Board of Supervisors. Under the ordinance, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational and agricultural uses will be charged a maximum of $75.00 per parcel. No adjustments to the maximum special benefit tax based on increases in the consumer price index are permitted. Approval by two-thirds of the voters voting on the measure is required to adopt the special benefit tax. The CSA may not levy more than the maximum tax permitted by the ordinance without again obtaining two-thirds voter approval.
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| Arguments For Proposition HH | Arguments Against Proposition HH |
| County Service Area 111 -Boulevard receives approximately $30,000
property tax allocation per year. After paying out an average of
$4,500 for worker's comp insurance for our volunteers,
another $4,500 for public liability insurance, and $7,200 to the
county for administration fees, only $13,800 is left. This minimal
amount has to pay for maintenance for the fire station and community
center, utilities, fuel, etc. Due to lack of funds some equipment
maintenance has been deferred to the dangerous point, which is unsafe
for our firefighters and the public.
The Fire Chief and the Board of Directors have determined that the current allocation is insufficient to provide the area with an adequate level of fire protection and emergency medical services. If this measure were to pass, the proposed flat fee of $75. per parcel would provide an estimated additional $114,600 in revenue. The additional revenue would be used to fund personnel to staff the Fire Station and to upgrade and maintain equipment. These improvements could reduce response times to fires and medical emergencies, which could lead to reduced property insurance premiums. Properly maintained equipment will benefit our fire fighters and the public. We believe that the annual fee of $75 per parcel, which breaks down to only $6.25 per month could reduce the response times to fires and medical emergencies, thereby providing improved service to the community and the public at large. BOULEVARD FIRE & RESCUE DEPT., INC. MARY G. SCHOEPFER, Chairman of the Board DONNA TISDALE, Liaison Officer JOSEPH BROWN
| No argument against the proposition was filed in the office of the
Registrar of Voters.
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| Text for Proposition HH |
| ORDINANCE NO. (NEW SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING AND PROPOSING FOR ADOPTION AN ANNUAL SPECIAL
BENEFIT TAX FOR
STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY
SERVICE AREA NO. 111
The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego ordains as follows: Section 1. The Board does hereby determine and propose for adoption an annual Special Benefit Tax for structural fire protection service within the boundaries of County Service Area No. 111 of San Diego County, pursuant to Government Code Section 53978, to be levied on a parcel and class of improvement to property basis in amounts not to exceed the following schedule:
Parcel Maximum Special Benefit Tax
No adjustments based on increases in the Consumer Price Index will be applied to the Special Benefit Tax. Section 2. Such charges shall be charged to any parcel to which fire protection service may be made available, whether or not such fire protection service is actually used upon such parcel, except such tax shall not be imposed upon a federal or state governmental agency or another local agency. Section 3. Such charges shall be imposed for the purposes of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining fire protection equipment and apparatus, and for the purpose of paying salaries, insurance costs, and benefits to firefighting personnel. Section 4. Pursuant to Government Code Section 53978, the Special Benefit Tax proposed by this Ordinance shall be submitted to the voters within the boundaries of County Service Area No. 111 Boulevard. The ballot proposition shall be worded as provided in the Resolution of the Board of Supervisors calling the election within the County Service Area. Section 5. This Ordinance shall become operative within County Service Area No. 111 on July 1, 2001, if the Special Benefit Tax proposed by this Ordinance is approved by two-thirds of the voters voting on the question of adoption of the Special Benefit Tax. Section 6. If the proposition is approved, the Board of Supervisors shall establish schedules varying each of such Special Benefit Taxes according to value of benefits to each parcel and according to availability of fire suppression equipment, apparatus, and personnel to the affected parcel and improvement. However, the Special Benefit Tax shall not exceed the maximum charges set forth in Section 1 hereof. Section 7. If any portion of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the other provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Section 8. Pursuant to Government Code Section 25123, this Ordinance is effective immediately as an Ordinance relating to an election. Section 9. Before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, this Ordinance shall be published once with names of members voting for and against the same, in the San Diego Daily Transcript, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of San Diego. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2000. |
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