ALL ABOUT PARCEL TAX

The survey concluded the positive feedback was not strong enough to indicate that the board should make a change.

“I really, really wanted the whole enchilada for 10 years,” said board member Chuck Ford, who voted for the four-year supplemental tax along with Laura Anderson, Leslie Harlanderand Barbara Owens. “But the (poll) numbers are sobering.“The risk of losing (the November vote) is too great,” Ford added. “It would be nice to do it all, but those numbers are too scary.”“

“There are still concerns about how the transition would impact the $155 annual parcel tax on each taxable parcel in the district. PDHCD issued revenue bonds secured by the parcel tax.“

The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) is considering the formation of a special district that would use tax dollars to buy vacant land targeted for development in the Agoura and Calabasas, and designate the property as open space.

“There was a huge assessment change in the different categories, residential particularly went way up, so the decision has been made to hold the line as far as the residential rate goes,” Cobb said. “We have always been the highest on the industrial tax list and this year they got a reduction on their assessments so we decided to hold the mill rate the same.”

Greenbrae voters defeated a ballot measure that would have doubled the parcel tax for street median landscaping.

The Sonoma Valley Healthcare District seeks a five-year extension of the parcel tax, at $250 a year – a $55 increase.

Measure K funding has been used to keep parks and playgrounds open, preserve after-school programs, and offer various senior activities, according to a GVRD staff report.