City Council Agenda and Packet 2018 09 11 SP

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better manage the population of inmates who need to be in a secure facility through better classification and oversight. M. The renovation and reconfiguration of the existing jail building will also create needed space for increased provision of important mental and physical health services to meet the needs of inmates, and to provide adequate space to deal with the increase in the number of female inmates needing to be housed in secure jail beds. N. The Board finds that extending the existing countywide sales and use tax expiring December 31, 2019, at the existing rate of 0.185%, for an additional period of five (5) years to and including December 31, 2024, with proceeds of such extension to be utilized for 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 in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution, and the exemption of such tax revenues and the interest earned thereon from fiscal year spending limitations of Colo. Const., Art. X, Section 20„ would permit these additional revenues to be utilized to further meet the needs of the Boulder County Jail. O. Due to the revenue limitations contained in Colo. Const., Art. X, Section 20, even where the voters of the County have approved such a sales and use tax, the uneven flow of revenues of such taxes and the earnings from such tax revenues from year to year could cause significant problems in the funding and provision of County programs and services in any future year; therefore, it is necessary to obtain a voter - approved revenue change. P. The Board desires to refer to the registered electors of the County at the election to be held November 6, 2018, to be determined by a majority voting thereon, the question of whether such taxes and voter -approved revenue change shall be approved or disapproved. Q. The Article provides for the submission of such a countywide sales and use tax proposal to the registered electors of the County at a general election scheduled within 120 days after adoption of such resolution. R. The Article provides that the County Clerk and Recorder shall publish the text of such tax proposal four separate times, a week apart, in the official newspaper of the County and of each city and incorporated town within the County. S. Colo. Const., Art. X, Section 20(3)(b), requires certain election notices to be mailed to all registered voters of the County. T. The Article provides that the proposal shall contain certain provisions concerning the amount, levying and scope of said tax. 255722v2 3 6