Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2023 06 14

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c 41' ty 0 Louisville PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE MEMORANDUM To: Open Space Advisory Board From: Helen Moshak and Jessamine Fitzpatrick Date: 05/15/23 Re: Update Item 8: Sales & Use Tax Task Force Updates Open Space & Parks Sales Tax Task Force Update May 16, 2023 Meeting This is a summary of the May 16, 2023 Open Space & Parks Sales Tax Task Force meeting. This summary is provided by Helen Moshak and Jessamine Fitzpatrick, both of whom participated in the meeting as members of the task force. The summary below is for OSAB informational purposes and is based on Helen and Jessamine's recollection of the meeting. This does not replace minutes from the meeting, which will eventually be provided on the City website. The meeting began with a presentation by Ryan Winger of Magellan Strategies, the survey contractor. He explained the survey methodology and results. Great news overall, respondents are very supportive of renewing the tax and receptive to changes including increasing the tax and extending the term. Respondents were also generally very supportive of the Open Space & Parks divisions. Attached is a copy of the survey questions and a copy of the Magellan Strategies survey results presentation and report. With—16,000 active voters in Louisville, survey contractor Magellan Strategies was able to identify —8,000 with cell phone numbers, all of them were texted survey invitations. 802 people responded to the texts or used the link on the city webpage. The report includes a breakout of the demographics and the details about each question. Per Magellan Strategies, any support totaling over 60% is considered strong enough for voter approval of the issue/topic. Here is a high level summary: 84% support renewing the existing tax 75% support extending the term to 15 years • 65% support extending the term to 20 years • 61% support removing the term • 64% support increasing the tax 1/8% from 0.375% to .5% total (5 0 on every $10) We