East Baton Rouge Parish

Shall Concord Estates Crime Prevention District (the "District") levy and collect an annual parcel fee of Sixty-Nine and 50/100 Dollars ($69.50) on each lot, subdivided portion of ground, or individual tract not meaning a "condominium parcel" as defined in R. S. 9:1121.103 in the District identified by an individual assessment number of the assessment rolls of East Baton Rouge Parish, for the period of four (4) years beginning with the year of 2010, for the purpose in aiding in crime prevention and adding to the security of the District? With respect to condominiums, the fee collector shall impose the parcel fee on each lot on which condominiums are situated and not on individual condominium units. The District estimates that it will collect twenty thousand four hundred thirty-three ($20,433) from said tax in 2010.

Shall the Hermitage-Cross Creek Crime Prevention and Development District (the "District"), acting through the Board of Commissioners of the District and the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council, be authorized to levy and collect an annual fee on each improved parcel of land located within the boundaries of the District in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for a residential structure, which fee shall be levied for a period of ten (10) years, commencing on January 1, 2010 (an estimated $56,625.00 expected at the time to be collected from the levy of the service charge for the entire year) and which fee shall be collected by any means authorized by law for the collection of taxes, all as provided in La. R.S. 33:9097.5, with the proceeds of said fee (after deducting the reasonable and necessary costs of collecting said fee) to be used to aid in crime prevention and enhance security of District residents by providing for an increase of law enforcement personnel or contracted security personnel in the District and for other purposes permitted by applicable law?

Shall the Parish of East Baton Rouge Capital Improvements District, a capital improvements and taxing district containing all of the territory contained within the present boundaries of the Parish of East Baton Rouge (the "District"), under the provisions of Article VI, Sections 19 and 29(B) of the Louisiana Constitution, and La. R.S. 33:2740.9, (A) be authorized to levy an additional tax of 1/2% (the "Sales Tax") (an estimated $41,500,000 is reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Sales Tax for an entire year), upon the sale at retail, the use, lease or rental, consumption, and storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property (but exempting food and prescription drugs), and on sales of services in the District, commencing on January 1, 2010, and concluding on December 31, 2039, or on the date the bonds referred to below are paid in full, whichever comes first, and (B) be authorized to levy an ad valorem tax of 9.9 mills (the "Property Tax") (an estimated $31,000,000 is reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Property Tax for an entire year), in each year on all property subject to taxation in the District, for a period of thirty (30) years, commencing in the year 2010, and concluding on December 31, 2039, or on the date the bonds referred to below are paid in full, whichever comes first, and shall the proceeds of said Sales Tax and Property Tax (after paying necessary expenses of collecting the Sales Tax and Property Tax), be used exclusively to provide funding for a parish prison, a juvenile services facility, a public safety complex, City Hall consolidation, traffic signal improvements, drainage improvements, economic development, Baton Rouge River Center improvements, construction of parking garages and construction of the "Alive" Riverfront Development project, and to provide funds to pay the operation and maintenance costs related thereto; and shall the District be further authorized to fund proceeds of the Sales Tax and the Property Tax into bonds for the projects described above?