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REPORT TO MEASURE Z CITIZEN COMMITTEE
To: Honorable Members of the Committee
From: Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by: Nicole Dailey, Assistant to the City Manager
Date: May 13, 2021
Subject: Measure Z Committee Orientation
Recommendation
Receive and file a staff presentation concerning duties of the Measure Z Citizen Committee.
Background
In July 2020, the City Council approved staff’s recommendation to place a transactions and use
tax measure, Measure Z, on the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election Ballot. This
decision was made to allow Lake Elsinore’s voters the opportunity to decide whether to support
a proposed Ordinance (attached as Exhibit A) imposing a one cent, or one percent, local
transactions and use tax to generate unrestricted general fund dollars for municipal services,
such as police and fire services, road maintenance, and homelessness solutions.
Measure Z was successfully approved by the voters with 64 percent of Lake Elsinore residents
voting “Yes” and 36 percent voting “No” on the measure.
As part of the passage of Measure Z and as specified in Lake Elsinore Municipal Code Chapter
3.30, Section 3.30.160, the City was required to establish an independent Citizens Committee to
serve in an advisory role to the City Council regarding the expenditure of revenues generated by
the transactions and use tax.
Since the approval of Measure Z, the City Council amended Council Policy No. 200-5A for
Commissions to reflect the specific requirements of the Measure Z Citizen Committee and, on
March 9, 2021, formally appointed five residents to serve on the Citizen Committee with City
Treasurer, Allen Baldwin, who serves in an ex-officio, non-voting capacity.
Discussion
As a newly formed Committee, prior to initiating any official actions of the Citizen Committee,
staff will provide a brief presentation concerning the requirements and policies established by
the City, including City Council Policy Nos. 100-2 (Code of Ethics), 100-3 (Anti-Discrimination),
200-2 (Open Meetings – Brown Act), and 200-3 (Conflicts of Interest), which are applicable to all
advisory bodies, along with discussing the provisions of Measure Z that set out the Committee’s
Measure Z Committee Orientation
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roles and responsibilities. Copies of the above-referenced City policies are attached as Exhibits
to this report.
Fiscal Impact
None
Exhibits
A – Ordinance No. 2020-1439
B – City Council Policy No. 200-5A
C – City Council Policy No. 100-2
D – City Council Policy No. 100-3
E – City Council Policy No. 200-2