City Council Agenda and Packet 2018 09 11 SP

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7. If such extension is approved by the voters, revenues collected from the imposition of the existing 0.185% countywide sales and use tax up to and including December 31, 2019 would continue to be expended for the purposes and in accordance with the limitations of Resolution No. 2014-66, and Resolution 2014-66 would be superseded by this Resolution effective for revenues collected from the imposition of the extended 0.185% countywide sales and use tax on and after January 1, 2020. 8. The cost of the election shall be paid from the general fund of the County. 9. The County Clerk and Recorder shall publish the text of this sales and use tax extension proposal four separate times, a week apart, in the official newspaper of the County and each city and incorporated town within this County. 10. The conduct of the election shall conform so far as is practicable to the general election laws of the State of Colorado. 11. All of the net proceeds from the extended 0.185% countywide sales and use tax proposed hereby that are received by the County from collections during the period authorized hereby shall be expended by the County for the purpose of funding construction of an alternative sentencing facility at the Boulder County Jail, expanding alternative sentencing and offender management programs and services for inmates, and jail modernization projects, including but not limited to: (a) construction of a comprehensive alternative sentencing facility outside of the current jail to ease jail crowding, reduce security risks, and provide better alternative sentencing and offender management programming for inmates; (b) programs and services that utilize this new alternative sentencing facility building for inmates participating in alternative sentencing programs, like work -release and day reporting, to expand the ability to provide the full array of options to support the timely completion of court ordered sentences, as well as programs and services that may utilize additional capacity of the new facility to respond to evolving needs of the inmate population or larger community, such as provision of transitional short-term homeless beds; (c) improvements and renovations to the existing jail building to more safely house inmates, including female inmates and inmates with mental and physical health issues; (d) reconfiguring space within the jail to properly process inmates in and out of the facility and to add needed administrative space; (e) modernization of the current jail facility to allow jail staff to better and more safely manage the population of inmates who need to be in a secure facility through better classification and oversight; 9 255722v2 12