NVTA Tax Measure: Summary of Proposed Ordinance

On June 26, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., the Napa Valley Transportation Authority Tax Agency (“NVTA-TA”) Board will consider adoption of NVTA-TA Ordinance No. 2024-01 (the “Ordinance”) the Napa Valley Transportation Improvement Act and Expenditure Plan, which prescribes, pending voter approval, the imposition, division, distribution, and administration of a Retail Transaction and Use Tax under Section 180000 et seq. of the California Public Utilities Code, at its meeting held in the JoAnne Busenbark Board Room, 625 Burnell Street, Napa, California, 94559.

If passed by the voters within the County at the November 2024 election, the Ordinance will replace Measure T, the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act, ordinance no. 2012-01 (“Measure T”) and continue a one-half of one percent (1/2%) sales tax for a period of thirty (30) years commencing July 1, 2025. The Ordinance would authorize NVTA-TA to issue bonds to finance capital outlay expenditures as provided in the Ordinance’s Expenditure Plan.

The Ordinance’s Expenditure Plan authorized the following: 1) Projects for Maintenance, Reconstruction or Rehabilitation of Local Streets and Roads with up to five percent (5%) of allocations being able to be used for other transportation projects including roadway capacity projects; 2) Projects for improvement of Highways; and 3) Transit fare subsidies.

The full text of the Ordinance is available for public inspection upon request by contacting the NVTA-TA office at 625 Burnell Street, Napa, California, 94559, 707-259-8633or lsanderlin@nvta.ca.gov

It is also available online at https://nvta.ca.gov/about-nvta/nvta-tax-agency/

Read the full ordinance here.