City of Belvedere

To advance public safety; strengthen infrastructure against earthquakes; support fire suppression; safeguard water, sewer and other utilities; secure evacuation routes; and provide other general services, shall the measure establishing Belvedere as a Charter City and enacting a real estate property transfer tax of $8 per $1,000 to be paid by buyers or sellers of real property, providing $1,600,000 annually, to end in 30 years or less, with audits and citizen oversight, benefiting Belvedere, be adopted?

Shall the City of Belvedere be authorized to continue adjusting its appropriation limit for the annual fire protection and emergency medical services levy, pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, for the period of 7/01/2020 through 6/30/2024? The levy for FY 2020-2021 shall not exceed the rate authorized in Chapter 3.28 of the Belvedere Municipal Code. (The current levy is $832 per residential dwelling unit, $948 per occupancy in commercial structures, and $167 per vacant parcel.)

Shall the City of Belvedere be authorized to continue adjusting its appropriation limit for the annual fire protection and emergency medical services levy, pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, for the period of 7/1/2016 through 6/30/2020? The levy for FY 2015-2016 shall not exceed the rate authorized in Chapter 3.28 of the Belvedere Municipal Code. (The current levy is $702 per residential dwelling unit, $800 per occupancy in commercial structures, and $141 per vacant parcel.)

Shall the City of Belvedere be authorized to continue adjusting its appropriation limit for the annual fire protection and emergency medical services levy, pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, for the period 7/1/2012 through 6/30/2016? The levy for FY 2012-2013 shall not exceed the rate authorized in Chapter 3.28 of the Belvedere Municipal Code. (The current levy is $605 per residential dwelling unit, $690 per occupancy in commercial structures, and $122 per vacant parcel.)