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OVERVIEW OF THE CRIME CONTROL

AND PREVENTION DISTRICT

The Crime Control & Prevention District (CCD) is a
sales tax supported fund. This revenue source Crime Control & Prevention
allows the City to provide funding for Police District Revenues
personnel and capital equipment that would not be
available through the normal budget process. $5.5
Some of the benefits that our citizens receive from $5.0
this tax are programs targeted to strengthen gang $4.5
intervention activities, programs to enhance Millions $4.0
neighborhood and business crime watch initiatives, $3.5
programs to enforce domestic violence problems $3.0
and to reduce times for emergency calls. Sales tax $2.5
revenues are projected to be $5,160,426 for
FY2019/20.

The half-cent sales tax for the CCD became effective on July 1, 1996. The City
began receiving sales tax on October 1, 1996. The referendum to continue the
Crime Control tax went to the voters in May 2001. The referendum passed
reauthorizing the Crime Control & Prevention District for an additional ten
years. The District was renewed by voters for an additional twenty years at the
second continuation referendum held on May 8, 2010. Projected receipts for
the Crime Control & Prevention District half cent sales tax are slightly lower
than projections for the Park Development Fund half cent sales tax because
residential utilities are not taxed by the CCD. A 1% increase in gas franchise
fees from 4% to 5% was approved by the City Council in September 2008 and
the additional 1% was dedicated to the CCD. Collection of the additional 1%
in franchise fees began February 2009.

Revenues generated by the CCD provide relief to the General Fund for expanded crime prevention and
enforcement activities. The tax enables the City to maintain a lower property tax rate.

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