Sales Tax Renewal Proposal

Shall the City of Lawrence, Kansas be authorized to impose a special purpose city retailers’ sales tax in the amount of two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) on retail sales consummated within the City of Lawrence, Kansas, for the purposes of operating a City Public Transit System, including purchasing and maintaining buses and other transit vehicles, transit facilities, and equipment and such other transit-related purposes as may be in the best interest of the City, the collection of such sales tax to commence on April 1, 2019 and shall terminate ten years after its commencement, all in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 12-187 et seq., and amendments thereto?

Shall the City of Lawrence, Kansas be authorized to impose a special purpose city retailers’ sales tax in the amount of three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on retail sales consummated within the City of Lawrence, Kansas, for the purposes of constructing, improving, and maintaining public streets, sidewalks, storm water facilities, and recreational trails, bikeways, and paths including residential traffic calming devices, residential curb and gutter replacement, improvements to crosswalks and accessible ramps, reconstruction of roads and intersections, purchasing fire apparatus and related fire equipment including radios and personal protective equipment, and such other related street, sidewalk, storm water, and recreational path infrastructure, and fire equipment purposes as may be in the best interest of the City, the collection of such sales tax to commence on April 1, 2019 and shall terminate ten years after its commencement, all in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 12-187 et seq., and amendments thereto?

Shall the City of Lawrence, Kansas be authorized to impose a special purpose city retailers’ sales tax in the amount of five one-hundredths of one percent (0.05%) in the City of Lawrence, Kansas, for the purposes of providing and improving the quality, availability, and affordability of housing in Lawrence; acquiring land for future affordable housing units; investing in private/public partnerships for the provision of affordable housing; and such other related affordable housing purposes as may be in the best interest of the City, the collection of such sales tax to commence on April 1, 2019 and shall terminate ten years after its commencement, all in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 12-187 et seq., and amendments thereto?