City of Fairfield

To protect essential city services such as pothole/street repair; fire protection/9-1-1 response; neighborhood police patrols; city park maintenance; senior and youth programs; and for general government use, shall the measure be adopted modernizing and simplifying Fairfield’s business license ordinance, with rates of $55 and up, and other rates as specified in the ordinance, until ended by voters, providing approximately $1,000,000 annually, including independent audits?

To protect essential city services such as pothole/street repair; fire protection/9-1-1 response; neighborhood police patrols; city park maintenance; senior and youth programs; and for general government use, shall the ordinance be adopted updating Fairfield's existing transient occupancy (hotel) tax, paid only by hotel/ lodging guests, from 10% to 12%, until ended by voters, providing approximately $600,000 annually, that cannot be taken by the State, including annual independent audits?

Shall the ordinance imposing a cannabis business tax be adopted with the City taxing cannabis or hemp businesses at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation), 6% of gross receipts for retail cannabis businesses, and 4% for all other cannabis businesses which is expected to generate an estimated $237,500 to $360,000 annually and will be levied until repealed by the voters or the City Council?

To renew expiring funding without increasing tax rates, shall the Ordinance be adopted extending the existing 1% sales tax for fifteen years to preserve approximately $16 million in local annual funding for the City of Fairfield that the state cannot take away to support neighborhood police patrols, firefighting and rapid 9-1-1 emergency response, crime prevention programs, fixing potholes and repairing neighborhood streets, parks and recreation, and other general services, with mandatory audits and independent oversight?

Shall the Resolution be approved amending the Fairfield General Plan to revise the Urban Limit Line, if specified conditions are met, and reaffirm and amend certain General Plan policies to allow property at I-680 and Gold Hill Road to be a land preserve and open space conservation area with an interpretive center, trails, and theater for educational purposes to celebrate and educate the public about the conservation of migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway?

To address the City of Fairfield’s Fiscal Emergency, offset significant budget cuts and state financial takeaways, and maintain City services, including neighborhood police patrols, firefighters, 9-1-1 response times, crime, drug and gang prevention programs, maintenance of streets, medians and street lights, parks and recreation services, and other general services, shall an ordinance be adopted to enact a one cent sales tax for five years, with citizen’s oversight, annual independent audits and all funds spent only in Fairfield?