Orleans Parish

Shall the City of New Orleans levy a special annual fee, to be called the Lake Forest Estates Improvement District's fee, on each parcel of taxable real property situated within the boundaries of the Lake Forest Estates Improvement District (which District is comprised of that area of the Parish of Orleans whose boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of the Lake Forest Estates) as specified by Resolution R-16-122 of the City Council of New Orleans in the amount of Four Hundred Eighty-Five dollars ($485) annually for eight (8) years, beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2026, with an estimated $95,338.00 expected annually to be collected from the levy of the parcel fee for an entire year, to be used solely and exclusively for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging the beautification, security and overall betterment of the District, except a 1% City collection fee, as determined and managed by the Board of Directors of the Lake Forest Estates Improvement District which security shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

Shall the City of New Orleans renew the special annual "Lake Vista Crime Prevention District Parcel Fee," on each improved or unimproved single- and two-family residential parcel and each multiple-dwelling or apartment parcel located within the Lake Vista Crime Prevention District (which district is located within and including the following perimeter: Robert E. Lee Boulevard (interior side), Marconi Drive (interior side), Beauregard Avenue (interior side), and Lakeshore Drive (interior side)), in the amount of not to exceed two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per parcel annually for four (4) years starting January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2020, which fee is estimated to generate approximately one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($165,000) annually, to be used solely and exclusively to promote and encourage the security of the Lake Vista Crime Prevention District as determined and managed by the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Vista Crime Prevention District, which additional security patrols (public or private) or any other security or other services or betterments provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the City, State or by other political subdivisions?

Shall the City of New Orleans levy and collect the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District parcel fee on each improved or unimproved parcel located within the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District (the "District") in the amount of and not exceeding three hundred sixty dollars ($360.00) annually, for four (4) years beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2020, which fee is estimated to generate approximately $236,520 annually, to be used solely and exclusively to promote and encourage security in the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District, except a 1% City collection fee, which additional security and services shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

Shall the City of New Orleans impose and collect a special annual fee, called the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District fee, on each improved parcel of land in the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District (Michoud Blvd., from Adventure Dr. to Expedition Dr. (both sides), to Explorer Ave., to Voyageur Dr. and Voyageur Ct. (both sides), to Horizon Dr. (both sides) to Pierre Ct. (both sides); also Michoud Blvd.; to W. Cavelier Dr. (both sides), to Trapper Ct. (both sides), to St. Marie Ct. (both sides) and N. Cavelier Dr. (both sides)), except parcels whose owner(s) qualified for the special assessment level provided by Louisiana Constitution Article VII, Section 18(G)(1), in the amount of and not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), for ten (10) years beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2026, which fee is estimated to generate approximately $45,000.00 annually, to be used solely and exclusively to promote and encourage the security, beautification and overall betterment of Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District, except a 1% City collection fee, which additional security and services shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the state, city, or other political subdivisions?

Shall Sections 9-401 and 9-402 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans be amended and new Sections 9-403, 9-404 and 9-405 be enacted relative to the financial and operational independence of the Office of lnspector General, Office of lndependent Police Monitor, and Ethics Review Board, effective January 1, 2017: (1) to apportion funding among the three local ethics entities; (2) to establish each such local ethics entity as financially and operationally independent; and (3) to provide for annual independent external evaluation procedures for each such entity?

Do you support an amendment to provide that the manner of appointment for the registrar of voters in each parish is as provided by law and to require the qualifications of the registrar to be provided by law? (Amends Article XI, Section 5)

Do you support an amendment to authorize the postsecondary education management boards to establish the tuition and mandatory fee amounts charged by institutions under their supervision and management, without legislative approval? (Adds Article VIII, Section 7.2)

Do you support an amendment to eliminate the deductibility of federal income taxes paid in computing state corporate income taxes? (Effective January 1, 2017) (Amends Article VII, Section 4(A))

Do you support an amendment to authorize an exemption from ad valorem property tax for the total assessed value of the homestead of an unmarried surviving spouse of a person who died while on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States or the Louisiana National Guard, or while performing their duties as a state police, law enforcement, or fire protection officer? (Effective December 1, 2016) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(M))

Do you support an amendment to establish the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund for the deposit of recurring mineral and corporate tax revenues, to restrict the use of the fund to 10% of the balance when the balance reaches $5 billion, to restrict the use of the fund to construction projects and transportation infrastructure, and to allocate recurring mineral revenues to the payment of state employee retirement debt? (Adds Article VII, Section 10(F)(4)(h), 10.15, and 10.16)

Do you support an amendment to authorize the use of up to five percent of current year appropriations or allocations from statutorily or certain constitutionally created funds or up to one percent of the current year's balances in certain constitutionally created funds to eliminate a projected deficit in the next fiscal year if the official forecast for the next fiscal year is less than the official forecast for the current fiscal year or if the official forecast has been reduced by at least one percent from the most recently adopted estimate for the ensuing fiscal year, and to exempt certain funds and mandates from being used to eliminate a projected deficit? (Amends Article VII, Section 10(F)(2)(b); adds Article VII, Section 10(F)(4)(h), (i), (j), (k), and (l))