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1. Measure A: FAQs about the ½-percent sales tax
2. Sign up now for Fall Golf, Volleyball and Adult Sports Classes and Leagues
3. Safely Dispose of Your Household Hazardous Waste this Saturday, Sept. 19
4. Friends of the Library to Host Book Sale and Family Fun Day Sept. 26
5. Downtown Waterfront Design Charrette Events Week of Sept. 29
6. Enter the City of Ventura Digital Photo Contest by October 16
7. City Manager’s Blog: “Positive, but disappointing growth for years to come”
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Q: Why is there a ½-percent tax increase on the November 2009 ballot?
A: In March 2009, a Citizen Blue Ribbon Budget Committee voted to recommend that a ½-percent sales tax increase be added to the November 2009 ballot, with the increase ending automatically four years after it began. The City Council voted to add the measure in July 2009. Ventura’s sales tax is currently 8.25 percent. If the measure passes, the local sales tax will be 8.75 percent.
The City of Ventura balanced its budget by cutting spending by $11M over the next two years, but the national economic crisis will continue to affect local revenues for months and years to come.
The State of California has announced that it will take an additional $4M from the City to solve the State’s budget crisis – “borrowing” $2.8M in property taxes and taking an additional $1.2M from the City’s Redevelopment Agency. Because the increase is a local tax, it cannot be borrowed or taken by the State. Read on
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2. Sign up now for Fall Golf, Volleyball and Adult Sports Classes and Leagues
Register now for Adult Sports Leagues for players 16 years and up.
Games begin in September for soccer, softball, basketball, flag football, and kickball.
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3. Safely Dispose of Your Household Hazardous Waste this Saturday, Sept. 19
Typical household hazardous waste (HHW) includes used or contaminated motor oil and gasoline, pesticides and fertilizers, paints, thinners and lacquer, pool supplies, drugs, cosmetics, and more.
On Saturday, Sept. 19, Ventura residents may drop off their HHW for free.
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4. Friends of the Library to Host Book Sale and Family Fun Day Sept. 26
The San Buenaventura Friends of the Library (SBFOL) will host a "Save Wright Library" Book Sale and Family Fun Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of H. P. Wright Library, 57 Day Road, near Telegraph Road and Ventura College.
Reserved free parking (enforced) is available for book sale and library patrons. Additional parking is available at Foothill High School, across from the library on Day Road. Details
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5. Downtown Waterfront Design Charrette Events Week of Sept. 29
Students from University of Notre Dame, the Nation's preeminent school on traditional and classical architecture and urbanism will be in town to conduct a week long urban design Charrette for Ventura, including but not limited to downtown waterfront area and the Edgewater redevelopment project.
Edgewater is the 11-acre downtown waterfront site anchored by the redevelopment of the existing public parking structure.
The Charrette will take place the week of September 28. The students will conduct the charrette at the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) located at 505 Poli Street, 3rd floor behind City Hall.
Two public presentations are planned: a kick-off presentation on September 29, Tuesday, at 6 pm; and an end-of-charrette presentation on Friday, October 2, at 3 pm will take place in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall.
Besides the two meetings, the public is also invited to participate in two informal design studio sessions that will be conducted on Wednesday, September 30, at 6 pm, and Thursday, October 1, at 4 pm. The design studio sessions will take place at the V2TC.
Please participate in the charrette and help shape the downtown waterfront area.
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6. Enter the City of Ventura Digital Photo Contest by October 16
Amateur and professional photographers of all ages are invited to enter the sixth annual City of Ventura Digital Photography Contest by October 16 in five category/groups: 1. Environment 2. Architecture 3. People Portraits 4. Community Life 5. Altered Images |
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7. City Manager’s Blog: “Positive, but disappointing growth for years to come” “[Rivlin] traced, with the benefits of hindsight, the now familiar sources of the global economic reckoning from outright greed and corruption to the larger problem of ‘overborrowing and overspending’. On that foundation, she discounted the chances of a second dip (‘possible, but not very likely’) and inflation (‘inflation happens when demand is high and the labor market is tight - we should be so lucky’.) But she ruefully acknowledged that ‘if I'm right, you are going to have continuing tough times’ because the prospects are for ‘positive, but disappointing growth for several years to come’.” |
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