Fail: 26,343 / 45.5% Yes votes ...... 31,555 / 54.5% No votes

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Pursuant to the measure, the term "Infrastructure" is defined as long-lived capital assets that normally are stationary in nature and normally can be preserved for a significantly greater number of years. They include storm drains, storm water pump stations, alleys, streets, highways, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, bridges, street trees, landscaped medians, parks, beach facilities, playgrounds, traffic signals, streetlights, block walls along arterial highways, and all public buildings and public ways.

The measure requires that all revenue raised by vote of the electors or imposed by vote of the City Council on or after March 5, 2002, for infrastructure purposes shall be placed in a separate fund entitled "Infrastructure Fund." Monies in said Fund shall be utilized only for direct costs relating to infrastructure improvements or maintenance, including construction, design, engineering, project management, inspection, contract administration and property acquisition. Monies in said Fund shall not be transferred, loaned or otherwise encumbered for any other purpose. Interest earned on monies in the Infrastructure Fund shall accrue to that account.

The measure provides that expenditures for infrastructure improvements and maintenance shall not be reduced below 15% of general fund revenues based on a five- (5) year rolling average of general fund revenues. The average percentage of general fund revenues utilized for infrastructure improvements and maintenance, for the five (5) year period of 1996 to 2001, is and was 14.95%. Upon adoption of the 2017/2018 budget, debt service, or any other indirect costs, shall not be included in the 15% calculation of the general fund expenditures for infrastructure improvements, repair and maintenance. Revenues placed in the Infrastructure Fund shall not supplant existing infrastructure funding.

The measure provides that the City Council shall by ordinance establish a Citizens Infrastructure Advisory Board with the sole responsibility to conduct an annual review and performance audit of the Infrastructure Fund and infrastructure expenditures and which shall report its findings to the City Council at a noticed public hearing prior to adoption of the following fiscal-year budget.