The City of Alameda has issued a ballot measure in order to levy a fee on Alameda property owners to pay for stormwater mitigation costs.

 

The Alameda Unified School District owns 31 parcels in Alameda, California and has 4 votes per ballot ID's 00001681, 00006002, 0000603, and 0000604.

 

The official language of the ballot states:

 

In order to protect our streets and property from local flooding, prepare our community for climate change and sea level rise, and to ensure clean, healthy local beaches and the Bay, by:

• Repairing and maintaining critical pump stations, levees, pipes, and lagoons; and
• Removing trash and pollutants from rain runoff using sustainable methods; and
• Investing in the highest-priority storm drainage infrastructure projects for our aging system;

shall the City of Alameda enact an additional stormwater fee in the amount listed on the other side of this ballot, with mandatory public oversight provisions, future cost of living increases capped at 3% per year, and dedicated only to the local storm drainage system?

 

Annual cost to the District will be approximately $84,378.62 annually, with future increases capped at 3% per year. 

 

Staff is asking the Board for direction to vote "yes" or “no” or abstain from the Stormwater Fee ballot measure.  The ballots are due by Monday, November 25, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the City Clerk’s Office.