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Establish a tax on building improvements to fund Belmont community-center operations and programs: 33 cents per square foot for residential improvements and 54 cents for nonresidential improvements. The question estimates $7.1 million annually until ended by voters. It includes senior exemptions, independent audits and an increase in the appropriation limit.
Official source: https://smcacre.gov/elections/november-3-2026-statewide-general-election
Approval requirement: Majority (county listing).
City of Belmont Community Center Tax Measure Shall the ordinance providing funding for and maintaining supervised children’s play, youth, teen and adult programs, childcare, afterschool and senior programs in a disabled accessible, fire and earthquake resistant community center, usable as an emergency health and disaster relief facility, levying 33¢ per square foot of residential improvements and 54¢ per square foot of nonresidential improvements, providing $7,100,000 annually until ended by voters, with senior exemptions and independent audits, increasing the appropriation limit, be adopted?
Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 2). Wording transcribed from the official filing; line breaks and spacing normalized.
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Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 2)
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