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City Council Meeting Minutes May 19, 2020 Page 12 of 14 The City expects to hear more about the effort this summer, but given the economic impacts of the coronavirus it's unlikely that anything will move forward for 2020. Deputy City Manager Davis noted the Council may want to consider a local transportation tax. The 2020 Citizen Survey includes a policy question on the topic of funding for local transportation projects and preliminary results are favorable. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney stated this is a tough time to ask for a tax increase but he would consider one next year as there is no way to fund our transportation needs without it. Councilmember Dickinson stated he supports this to go forward this year, but understands others may want to wait a year. Councilmember Brown stated he would support this for this year given the importance of good transportation infrastructure. Public Comments - None Deputy City Manager Davis stated staff would need to come up with a very specific detailed list of projects and costs for this to move forward and that would be very difficult to get done in the next two months. Mayor Stolzmann agreed many people want these items but practically we would need to start now to be prepared to do this in 2021. There is a great deal of information that is needed to do this and it can't likely happen for this year's ballot. If we want to bring a really good proposal to the voters we should do it in 2021. Councilmember Lipton agreed this needs more time to craft a good list of projects and get really good resident engagement and support. We should continue with the small projects we can do easily. He added he is concerned about putting a large tax burden on residents with multiple items. There will be tax questions from many entities, not just ours and the cumulative effect could be great. Not everyone can afford this. Members agreed to have staff begin work on a project list for this to be on the 2021 ballot. Staff will bring all of the items for this year back for further discussion in June. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT None. COUNCIL COMMENTS, COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND IDENTIFICATION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ECONOMIC VITALITY COMMITTEE — meeting Friday.