Jun 08, 2021 Special City Council

WELL, WE'RE NOT AS TECHNICALLY SAVVY AS YOU TO FIGURE THAT OUT, SO WE HAVE A MANAGER THAT

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THAT. ALL RIGHT, AND WE DO HAVE QUORUM, SO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.

[1) CALL TO ORDER]

THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE DASH TWO NINE TWO ZERO ISSUE ON MARCH 17.

TWENTY TWENTY ALL MEMBERS ARE JOINING THIS MEETING REMOTELY BY A WEBINAR.

WE WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND FOR A FLAG SALUTE PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

IN LIEU OF AN INVOCATION THIS EVENING FOR THIS EVENING'S SPECIAL BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE WILL OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU, FOLKS, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR GARCIA MAY HAVE WRITTEN REYNA IS ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ IS ABSENT, MEMBER MARTINEZ, YOU'RE A MEMBER OF A CLASS LAST YEAR.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM. NO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[6) PUBLIC COMMENTS]

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

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YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS.

THIS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED.

ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS BY THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING CAN SEND THEIR COMMENTS TO THE CITY CLERK BY EMAIL.

AT CITY CLERK AT CITY OF WASCO DOG, AND THEIR COMMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL RECORD. THE CITY COUNCIL IS VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS, HOWEVER, DUTY BOUND ACT REQUIREMENTS, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

SHOULD YOUR COMMENTS REQUIRE FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THIS COUNCIL OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY? AND WE'LL BE AGENDA FOR A REPORT AND DISCUSS AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MAYOR GARCIA, I DO HAVE AN EMAIL COMMENT VERY WELL FOR US, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT FOR THE COUNCIL? OF COURSE.

IT'S FROM MARCOS TORRES.

HE SAYS, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE WASCO CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARCOS TOURISTS.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON SOME BUDGET LINE ITEMS BEING PRESENTED AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. THE FIRST INVOLVES THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET ITEM NUMBER FIVE ZERO TWO EIGHT FIVE COMMUNICATIONS. SO CAN I RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE INCREASE FROM THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED FISCAL YEAR? TWENTY TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY ONE TO TWENTY TWO. THE SECOND INVOLVES THE ENGINEERING BUDGET ITEM FIVE FIVE ZERO ONE ONE PENALTY CHARGE. I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY NINE BUDGET THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACCOUNT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND TIME REGARDING THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THIS EVENING? MAYOR GARCIA, THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK AND STAFF DIDN'T KNOW THAT THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER TIME.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

[7) a. The Preliminary Proposed Annual Operating General Funds and Special Revenue Funds Budget and Preliminary Capitol Improvement Project for the Fiscal Year of 2021-2022 (Perez-Hernandez) ]

THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATING GENERAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS BUDGET AND PRELIMINARY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

DIRECTOR PRES MR. HERNANDEZ MS. DIRECTOR. WILL YOU BE TAKING THE FIRST.

YES, HONORABLE MAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME OK?

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OK, I HAVE A SLIDE.

OK, LET'S START THE FUN, OK? GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS EVENING WILL BE REVIEWING THE PRELIMINARY ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

AND ON JUNE 11TH, WE'LL BE COVERING THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS RELATING TO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER AND TO DIGEST ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE GOING OVER, THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE CHANGES TO OUR COMMUNITY SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED IN EARLY. TWENTY TWENTY, THE COVID-19 IS STILL WITH US, BUT SAYING THAT THE PANDEMIC ARE RELENTING ARE PLENTIFUL.

CASE COUNTS ARE DROPPING IN KERN COUNTY, VACCINATION RATES ARE RISING AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS ARE RELAXING.

THE PALLARES, THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, IS A GUIDEBOOK FOR ACHIEVING THE GOALS FOR THE YEAR SET FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

IS A LINK OF THE GOALS AND RESOURCES.

TO ACHIEVE THEM? WELL, IT'S NOT THERE YET.

AND I WAS INTERNEE.

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE BUDGET IS TO LINK THE GOALS WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THEM. EXAMPLE, HAVING A POLICY DOCUMENTS, HAVING FISCAL POLICY, HAVING OPERATION GUIDE AND A COMMUNICATIONS TOOL.

THIS IS WHAT SERVES THE PURPOSE OF THE BUDGET.

GIVEN THE CHALLENGES AND UNCERTAINTIES, THIS BUDGET FOCUSES ON THE FOLLOWING KEY PRINCIPLES.

A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND BALANCED IN MEETING THE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US, ISRAEL IS RESPONDING AND RECOVERING FROM THE ADVERSE PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS HAVING A BALANCED BUDGET.

PRESERVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, RECOGNIZE THEM.

THE DELIVERY METHODS MAY CHANGE.

THIS INCLUDES DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, SERVICES, AS WELL AS ADEQUATE LEAVE, MAINTAINING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES.

AND THIRD REFLECTS THE THREE OVERARCHING GOALS SET BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY ARE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFE, NEIGHBORLY COMMUNITY AND EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT. THE IMAGE TO THE LEFT SHOWS A DAILY CASE COUNT OF POSITIVE CASES, AS WE CAN NOTICE, THAT THE CASES ARE STARTING TO TAPER OFF, WHICH MEANS THAT REVENUE SHOULD SLOWLY START TO INCREASE SO LONG AS AS A HEALTH CRISIS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. ECONOMIC.

THE ECONOMY WON'T BEGIN TO IMPROVE UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IS OVER.

THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OVERVIEW ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WHILE STILL DOWN FROM PRECLEARED LEVELS, IN MANY CASES, KEY GENERAL FUND REVENUES PERFORM ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN INITIALLY PROJECTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY, TWENTY. TWENTY.

TWENTY ONE. BUT IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, THE EFFORTS, THESE IMPROVEMENTS RELATE TO THE LABOR HOUSING COMPLEX, DEMOLITION CLEAN UP.

PROJECT, WHICH MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STARTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, THESE CAN BE WIPED AWAY.

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL LIABILITY THAT THE CITY HAS AND WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP, WHICH HAS A TICKET PRICE, ROUGHLY NINE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

THERE IS SIX KEY STRENGTHS AS WE DOVE INTO THE BAJOU WORKSHOP, AND THEY ARE.

THAT WE START WITH A BALANCED BUDGET, A CLEAN AUDIT THAT WAS COMPLETED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS, NO UNFUNDED RETIREMENT HEALTH CARE OBLIGATIONS, NO GENERAL FUND DEBT OBLIGATIONS, UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, TARGET OF THIRTY FIVE PERCENT. THERE ARE RESERVES.

POLICY WAS MET. LONGSTANDING TRADITION OF RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

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TRAVEL CHILL'S BUDGET REGISTER FOR WEBINARS WITH MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS CAN BENEFIT FROM THESE TRAININGS.

THE AP PROJECT DEFERRALS FOR PROJECTS THAT CAN'T THERE AND THAT ARE NOT HIGH PRIORITY.

OTHER SHORT TERM BUDGET ACTIONS, SUCH AS DIVING INTO EACH EXPENSE LINE ITEM AND ANALYZING WHERE COST SAVINGS COULD BE IDENTIFIED, AND LASTLY, AVOIDING REGULAR FULL TIME STAFF LAYOFFS. THERE ARE 11 KEY ISSUES THE STAFF KEPT IN MIND WHEN WHEN BUDGETING FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND THEY ARE AND THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, STATE, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL FISCAL STABILITY, MAINTAINING PUBLIC SERVICE LEVELS, ESTABLISHING DESIGNATED RESERVES, SALES TAX PROJECTIONS, PENSION DEBT OBLIGATIONS, HEALTH LIABILITY AND WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE COSTS, ASSESSED VALUATION OF PROPERTY AND TAX REVENUES, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, REQUIRED INFORMATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, MANAGING CREDIT RATING AND IMPACT ON FINANCING SIPI.

THE ROAD AHEAD, THE GENERAL FUND IS IN A SATISFACTORY FINANCIAL CONDITION, IN THE SHORT TERM, THE BUDGET AND THE FISCAL CHALLENGES AHEAD, POSSIBLE STATE TAKE AWAY THE NINE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS RELATING TO THE HIGH SPEED RAIL DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP, COST PRESSURES DUE TO UNFUNDED PENSION, RETIREMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, CONTRACT COST INCREASES FROM KERN COUNTY AND DUE TO THE SAME PRESSURES.

OK, THIS WILL.

SO SOME BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ON THE REVENUE SIDE ARE THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR WITH A 35 PERCENT UNASSIGNED FUND, BALANCE PROPERTY TAXES AND DECREASE SLIGHTLY, A TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT FROM TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE PROJECTIONS, SALES TAX DECREASE OF TWO POINT SEVEN PERCENT FROM TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE PROJECTIONS MEASURE X INCREASE OF ONE PERCENT FROM TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

PROJECTIONS, LICENSES AND BUILDING PERMITS, A DECREASE OF ONE POINT SEVEN PERCENT FROM TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE PROJECTIONS.

HIGH WEIGHTING AND USER TAX INCREASE OF 15 PERCENT FROM TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE PROJECTIONS. FRANCHISE FEES INCREASE OF TWO POINT ONE PERCENT FROM TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND IN-TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX INCREASE OF TWO POINT SEVEN PERCENT FROM TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR SOME OF THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BUDGET, A DECREASE OF 14 PERCENT.

IF WE ARE TO INCLUDE THE POLICE AND FIRE, THAT IS JUST A DECREASE IN OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OF JUST ONE POINT FIVE NINE PERCENT SALARIES AND BENEFITS, OUR BUDGET INCREASE OF NINETEEN POINT SEVEN PERCENT.

SERVICE AND SUPPLIES.

OUR BUDGET DECREASE OF THREE POINT SIX THREE PERCENT AND UNION NEGOTIATIONS OF ROUGHLY THIRTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVEN DOLLARS.

AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THE POLICE SERVICE CONTRACT, A BUDGET INCREASE OF ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT FIRE SERVICE CONTRACTS, A BUDGET INCREASE OF 95 PERCENT, CORPORATE PENSION PROJECTED TO INCREASE 15 PERCENT. HEALTH INSURANCE PROJECTED INCREASE THIRTY ONE PERCENT.

LIABILITY INSURANCE PROJECTED TO INCREASE FIVE PERCENT.

AND WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE 17 PERCENT.

KING. OK, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL FUND.

OK, SO ON THE GENERAL FUND, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE REVENUES

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FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES, WE ARE PROJECTING A TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT DECREASE AS SOME RESIDENTS MIGHT DEFER PAYMENTS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

WELL, BEFORE I CONTINUE, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I'LL BE FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE COLUMN, WHICH HAS A TWENTY TWENTY ONE THAT'S TWENTY TWO BUDGET.

AND ALSO I'LL BE COMPARING IT TO WHAT WE PROJECTED AT MIDYEAR, WHICH IS A COLUMN TO THE LEFT, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE PROJECTED BUDGET.

SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT SO I DON'T CONFUSE THE COUNCIL OR THE ZOOME ATTENDEES FOR THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEE SWAP OF PROPERTY TAXES, EVEN THOUGH DEALERSHIPS HAVE A LONG VEHICLE INVENTORY DEALER, SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE AND NATIONWIDE, HDL, OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY'S SALES TAX, BELIEVES THAT WANTS TO STAY AT HOME.

WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED ON JUNE 15TH.

MORE PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO TRAVEL OTHER THAN AIRLINES.

THIS INCLUDES RECREATIONAL VEHICLES SUCH AS OUR WITH THIS KERI.

THIS CATEGORY WAS UP TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WHEN COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST.

TWENTY TWENTY. THE GENERAL GENERAL SALES TAX AND MEASURE X WILL EXPERIENCE A SMALL DECREASE FROM THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT AS BUSINESSES WILL EXPERIENCE CHANGING EXPECTATIONS BY CONSUMERS THAT FOUND ONLINE SHOPPING CONVENIENT.

ONCE RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED ON JUNE 15TH, TRANSACT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY FROM MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THEN AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AS OPPOSED TO THE PROJECTED SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND AT MIDYEAR AND JANUARY.

FOR BUSINESS LICENSES, IT CONTINUES AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE A DECLINE IN BUSINESS RENEWING THEIR LICENSES OR MIDYEAR, WE HAD PROJECTED AND TO END FISCAL YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

WE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED.

THAT WAS THAT WAS REVISED AT MID-YEAR FROM ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

INITIALLY, WHEN WE STARTED OFF ON JULY 1ST, TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY WE HAD BUDGETED A HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND IN REVENUE FROM BUSINESS LICENSES.

AND MIDYEAR WE, WE, WE REVISED THE FIGURES AND WE STARTED TO NOTICE BUSINESSES AND AND, AND THE GOVERNOR HAVING TO STAY AT HOME ORDERS AND LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES THAT THEY CAN OPEN THEIR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC.

SO WE ARE PROJECTING FOR BUSINESS LICENSES TO BE ROUGHLY FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE A PROJECTED DECREASE OF NINETY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AS BUILDING MATERIALS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS, WE'VE HAD LUMBER AND PLYWOOD.

THEY HAVE INCREASED ROUGHLY ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PERCENT IN THE PAST 10 MONTHS.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT AND THAT OUR CONSULTANT, HDL, CAUTIONED US THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE.

WE ARE RESTRICTIONS ARE GOING TO BE LIFTED.

WE ALSO HAVE HIGHER COSTS IN OUR BUILDING AND MATERIALS.

BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE INCREASE OF THESE BUILDING MATERIALS WILL ALSO DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR GENERAL SALES TAXES SINCE THERE'S GOING TO BE A HIGHER SALES TAX ON THESE MATERIALS.

NOW, MOVING ON TO GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ALLOCATION, THE ALLOCATION WILL EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE OF SUPPORT SERVICES.

COSTS HAVE INCREASED ROUGHLY WILL BE GOING FROM TWO POINT FOUR MILLION TO TWO POINT SIX MILLION. THIS IS THESE ARE JUST SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORTING THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

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IS THESE CHANGES ARE ARE A COMBINATION OF ANIMAL LICENSES FOR OTHER CHARGES, OTHER CHARGES THAT ARE MADE UP OF YOUR ANIMAL LICENSING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES AND THE.

IF WE WERE TO EXPAND ON EVERY REVENUE LINE ITEM AND IT WOULDN'T FIT ON THE SCREEN, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING A TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. FOR FOR THE GRANTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL.

WE'RE SEEING WE'RE GOING TO BE PROJECTING A ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO THE KERN COUNTY COLLECTION OF CITATIONS.

AND LASTLY, WE HAVE OTHER REVENUES, WHICH ON OUR OTHER REVENUES ARE COMPARED TO LIKE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, SUCH AS INTEREST INCOME FROM TWO CDS THAT WILL BE MATURING IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

THAT IS WHY WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE FROM WHAT WE PROJECTED OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE THOUSAND TO TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND.

THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF.

OH, APOLOGIES.

I WAS JUST READING ALONG THE WRONG LINE FROM THE NINETY FOUR THOUSAND PROJECTED AT MIDYEAR TO THE EIGHTY FOUR.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE INTEREST INCOME FROM THE TWO CDS THAT WILL BE MATURING AND IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

AND LASTLY, OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES WILL BE.

TWELVE, TWELVE MILLION.

FIFTY SIX THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN DOLLARS.

AND MR., OK? AND. SO THIS, LADIES, IS ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE MAJOR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IN GENERAL, OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 12 PERCENT, EVEN THOUGH STAFF AND VIGOROUSLY BUDGETED CONSERVATIVELY.

AND FOR OUR SKYPE.

THE REASON WHY IT'S BLANK HERE IS BECAUSE STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS SHOULD BE TRACKED SEPARATELY TO SHOW THE TRUE DEPICTION OF THE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONAL IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY TWENTY.

THE MAYOR'S CONCERN WAS THAT WE NEEDED WE NEEDED TO TRACK OUR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND TO EMBED THEM INSIDE THE THE GENERAL FUND.

IT WASN'T AS TRANSPARENT, WHICH THAT WAS A GREAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE IS A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND THAT WAS CREATED JUST SO WE CAN WE CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL.

SO HERE THAT'S WHY WE ARE SEEING OUR SIPI PROJECTS.

IT HAS A ZERO BALANCE.

IT'S NOT THAT WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT'S JUST THAT.

WE HAVE A SEPARATE FUND FOR THAT WHICH WILL BE COVERING IN LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.

WHO WAS IT? FOR TRANSFER, MS. WE HAVE THREE POINT ONE MILLION THAT STANDS FROM A GAS TAX AND MEASURE X THAT WILL BE COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR THE GAS TAX, IT WOULD BE INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. AND WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSFER OUT, WHICH IS ROUGHLY FOUR POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH STEMS FROM GENERAL FUND AND MAJOR TRANSFERS TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

FOR EXPENDITURE SAVINGS, FOR THIS LINE ITEM, IT JUST SAVINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DUE TO VACANCIES IN SOME OF THE POSITIONS.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A.

A GOOD THING THEN WE HAVE ELMALEH ADJUSTMENTS, WE ARE ANTICIPATING AN ADJUSTMENT OF ROUGHLY THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, AS IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE SUMMARY LEVEL OF FUSILLADES BEFORE. SO WE END, THEN WE GO A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, WE HAVE THE THE FUN BALANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ON JULY 1ST, 20, 20, WE STARTED THE WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH.

THIRTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS, AND HERE'S WHERE THINGS.

WE'LL TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE, FOR THE BEST, AND I JUST WANT TO LET ME SCROLL TO THAT

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THAT IS IN THE EVENT THAT THE CITY IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE OR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL TO PAY FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE OF THE LABOR CAMP WILL RESULT IN OUR MORE GENERAL FUND DROPPING FROM 13 MILLION TO FOUR MILLION.

AND NOW.

THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HAVING A HEALTHY GENERAL FUND.

RESERVES, UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

AND DROPPING TO FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.

WHICH WOULD BE GOING FROM ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE PERCENT TO THIRTY FIVE PERCENT IN OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE.

NOW, HERE ON THIS GRAPH, THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING WHAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE ON THE ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AND OUR FUND BALANCE.

AND AS WE CAN SEE, THE GREEN THE GREEN LINE, THOSE ARE OUR REVENUES AND HOW THEY'VE TRACKED FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

AND IN FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY, NINETEEN, TWENTY, TWENTY, IT STARTED TO SLOWLY TAPER DOWN.

AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT THAT.

THAT THROUGH OUR SALES TAXES AND OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, AND THEY'RE SLOWLY THEY'RE STARTING TO INCREASE, BUT NOT AT THE SAME PACE AS OUR OPERATING COSTS OR OPERATING COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE.

LIKE AN ORANGE TAN LINE IS STARTING TO CREEP UP INTO CLOSE TO THE 12 MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

NOW I WANT TO DIRECT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE'S A NUMBER ONE IN A NUMBER TO THE NUMBER ONE IS A GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS.

THE CITY DOES NOT PURSUE THE DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP AND WE HAVE THE 13 MILLION DOLLAR. AND THE FUND BALANCE, HOWEVER.

IF THE CITY IS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

IN OBTAINING THE GRANT, THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP, THE THE RED DOTTED LINE IS WHAT? OUR GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO BE LOOKING LIKE.

SO I JUST WANTED I JUST WANTED TO JUST FOR US TO HAVE A VISUAL OF THE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE ON THE CITY AND THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT RESIDENTS MY EXPERIENCE JUST BECAUSE OF THE.

THE NINE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE CITY WOULD WOULD BE WOULD BE LIABLE FOR IN THE EVENT THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRE THAT GRANT FUNDING.

AND THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER ANOTHER GRAPH JUST SHOWING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

OPTION ONE OR TWO, WHETHER WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LABOR CAMP DEMOLITION, WHICH IS THE NUMBER TWO, OR WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION AND OUR EXPENDITURES DON'T SKYROCKET. AND THIS PIE CHART JUST FOCUSES ON THE FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE TOP REVENUE SOURCES, AS WE CAN SEE, OUR BIGGEST REVENUE GENERATOR IS OUR VEHICLE LICENSE FEE IN LIEU OF PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND.

THEN OUR SECOND HIGHEST IS OUR MEASURE OF TAX, WHICH COMES IN AT TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT.

AND WE HAVE A SALES TAX WHICH IS AT 18 PERCENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY TAXES, TAXES, WHICH IS OUR THIRD OR FOURTH HIGHEST COMING IN AT 11 PERCENT.

AND. OK, NOW THIS IS A DIFFERENT SNAPSHOT.

THE PREVIOUS PICTURE WAS JUST FOCUSING ON ONE FISCAL YEAR.

NOW, THIS PIE CHART JUST REALLY FOCUSES ON SIX YEARS WORTH OF.

GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND HOW THEY'VE INCREASED AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE MAJORETTES THAT WE SEE IN TWENTY, SIXTEEN, TWENTY, SEVENTEEN A THE RED LINE JUST SKYROCKET FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CITY IMPLEMENTED A MEASURE ALEX IN

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AND WE BROUGHT IN ROUGHLY ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS WE STARTED RECEIVING ABOUT.

ONE POINT A TO TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND AND AGAIN, DO THE PANDEMIC.

OUR REVENUES ARE STARTING TO TAPER OFF AND THE SAME THING GOES THROUGH TO OUR VEHICLE LICENSE FEE, WHICH IS OUR GREEN BAR, THAT WHEN WE DO NOT SEE IT DECREASING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IN COMPARISON TO OUR PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS ON THAT BLACK LINE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY GOING IN, WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO DECREASE ROUGHLY ABOUT TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT.

OK, SO HERE THIS IS JUST FOR OUR SALES TAX AND USER'S TAX, SO HDL COMPANY IS A CITY SALES TAX CONSULTANT, SALES TAX THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BY REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE SECTIONS.

HDL PROVIDES CONFIDENTIAL QUARTERLY SALES TAX AND MEASURE DATA AND ANALYSIS, PERFORMS AUDITS. IDENTIFYING, REPORTING AND ALLOCATING ERRORS IN THE SENATE BILL JUST SHOWS EACH OTHER OF THE FOUR QUARTERS AND THE THREE MONTHS THAT IT THAT IT CAPTURES.

HERE WE SEE A BAR GRAPH THAT SHOWS OUR FOURTH QUARTER, TWENTY 20 IN COMPARISON TO OUR FOURTH QUARTER, TWENTY NINETEEN FOR OUR FUEL AND SERVICE STATIONS, WE SEE THAT WE TOOK A DECREASE. AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE STAY AT HOME ORDER WHERE RESIDENTS WERE NOT TRAVELING AS MUCH FOR.

FOR THE COUNTY AND THE STATE POLLS, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE, AND THAT'S JUST THROUGH OUR OUR WAYFAIR, WHERE ONLINE PURCHASES TOOK AN INCREASE WHERE WE HAD.

RESIDENTS MAYLENE OR PURCHASING ITEMS, FOR EXAMPLE, HOME DEPOT, AMAZON, AND DELIVERING THEM AT HOME FOR RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS.

AND OUR FOURTH QUARTER, TWENTY 20, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AS THE GOVERNOR STARTED TO RELAX IS.

IT'S THAT HOMEOWNERS.

FOR BUILDING A BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, WE DID SEE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER OF TWENTY NINETEEN TO THE FOURTH QUARTER OF TWENTY TWENTY, AND THAT IS JUST. DUE TO RESIDENTS BEING HOME AND RECEIVING STIMULUS CHECKS AND DOING SOME DIY AS WELL AS COUPLED WITH THE THE INCREASE IN BUILDING MATERIALS, THEN WE HAVE OUR AUTOS AND TRANSPORTATION.

THAT WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE, AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MAINLY DUE TO DUE TO THE STAY HOME ORDER BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.

WE DID SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE.

AND FOR FOOD AND DRUGS, AGAIN, IT WAS JUST VERY, VERY SLIGHT INCREASE IN THAT JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS WERE CLOSED DOWN.

SO HERE'S JUST A FORECAST FROM HDL, WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING NOW FOR AND THEN.

THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND ALSO INTO FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY TWO, TWENTY THREE, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A TOTAL OF ONE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT'S THE THE FOURTH COLUMN.

THE FIFTH COLUMN FROM THE LEFT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DEDUCT ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION COSTS, WHICH IS THE FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS.

WHICH BRINGS US TO.

THE ONE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLAR.

SO IN OUR MEASURE, EGG SALES TAX FORECAST IS PROJECTING FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE A TOTAL OF TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

OK. NOW, BEFORE WE START GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE GENERAL FUND, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR.

BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

SHOULD I DIRECT YOUR PRAYERS, I MEAN, GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT UP.

OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR A CONFERENCE.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, IF YOU WOULD

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IF YOU'RE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD.

IT WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU'RE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.

YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS.

WHEN YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION THUS FAR FROM THE PUBLIC? VERA GARCIA THIS TIME, I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.

VERY WELL. AND FROM THE MEMBERS OF BRITAIN, REYNA.

HOW ABOUT MEMBER CORTEZ? THANK YOU, SIR. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THERE WAS I THINK IT'S AFTER SLYE.

WELL, LET'S GO TO SLIDE 12 IF WE CAN IF I CAN INDULGE INDULGE ME ON SLIDE 12 UNDER HEALTH INSURANCE, PROPOSED INCREASES OF THIRTY FIVE PERCENT.

ARE THOSE BASED ON POSTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED OR IS THAT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE LOOKING AT? JUST MOVE FORWARD.

THIRTY ONE PERCENT NOW ON THIS ONE.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED.

THE THIRTY ONE PERCENT IS IS CAPTURING THE THE ENTERPRISE AS WELL.

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED.

AND. BUT THIS IS JUST TAKING AND TAKING AN AVERAGE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS WORTH OF HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS AND PROJECTING NOW A TWO PERCENT INCREASE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OR WHERE IT SAYS WHY IS SAYS PROJECTED INCREASE? THIRTY ONE PERCENT.

I'M TRYING TO JUST MAKE SURE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND DRILL.

THANK YOU. NO, NO, NO.

THAT'S FINE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ.

NO, THIS IS THIS IS INCORRECT.

THIS LINE ITEM HERE, THE THIRTY ONE PERCENT, IT SHOULDN'T BE THIRTY ONE PERCENT AND IT NEEDS TO BE IT'S A LOWER PERCENTAGE.

BUT HERE I'M CAPTURING THE THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

NOW IF WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AS A WHOLE, WE DO SEE IT IS GOING TO BE AN INCREASE.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE ADDED HEALTH INSURANCE AND TESTING THE.

OUR INSURANCE CARRIER EXPERIENCE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND COVID TESTING THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR THE THE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

REMEMBER, CORTEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? IF YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW DOWN THERE, MY APOLOGIES, I MUST HAVE FROZE.

I JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

I'M JUST A LITTLE LOST.

AND IF WE CAN GET THE PROJECTED INCREASE, THAT WOULD HELP OUT THE CONVERSATION, I'M SURE.

ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO IS FOR FRIDAY.

I CAN HAVE A SPECIAL SLIDE THAT THAT ACTUALLY JUST REFERENCES THE ON THE GENERAL FUND.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN IF I CAN, YOU HAD A I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIDE IT WAS.

IT'S PROBABLY ONE OR TWO AFTER THIS ONE REGARDING BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWALS BEING DOWN, DECREASED BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWALS.

CORRECT. IS THAT IS THAT DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE PURGED A BUNCH OF OLD ACCOUNTS LAST YEAR SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PROJECTED RENEWALS THIS YEAR? CORRECT, THAT IS THAT IS THE OTHER REASON, BECAUSE WE WERE WE HAD WE HAD TO DO IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAD A HAD TO DO IT A LITERALLY ALMOST A 10 YEARS WORTH OF RECONCILIATION'S OF OUR BUSINESS LICENSE AND UTILITY BILLING IN ORDER TO GAIN A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR RECEIVABLES ARE.

AND THAT'S WHEN WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED AT COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY, A LISTING OF ALL BUSINESSES THAT FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN WE WERE MAKING CONTACT WITH BUSINESSES, THEY WERE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.

THEY HAD ALREADY SOLD THE BUSINESS TO SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY DIDN'T COMMUNICATE TO US THAT THE BUSINESS HAD BEEN SOLD.

AND THAT IS WHY, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD A TOTAL OF.

FORTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS COLLECTED SO FAR AND BUSINESS LICENSES, AND THAT IS A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT OUR BUSINESS LICENSES SHOULD BE, BECAUSE IN COMPARISON TO TWENTY NINETEEN TWENTY TWENTY ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND, THAT'S MISLEADING BECAUSE THAT WAS

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MILLAR'S IN OUR RENEWAL FORM.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT NON RENEWAL FORM.

AND SO IT WAS A MIX OF A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT RESULTED IN.

AND THAT'S HAVING TO PURGE, AS YOU STATED, COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ OUR BUSINESS LICENSES.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONFIRM AND THEN YOU HAD MADE A COMMENT REGARDING SEPARATING THE CHP, WHERE YOU WENT TO THE XERODERMA, WHAT ACCOUNT THAT WAS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO ZERO TO CREATE ITS OWN ACCOUNT TO SEPARATE IT FROM OPERATIONAL FUNDS.

CORRECT. WHICH I BELIEVE IS A GREAT IDEA.

BUT ARE THERE OTHER OTHER ACCOUNTS WE COULD DO THAT WITH THAT THAT FALL UNDER THE SAME GENERAL CRITERIA THAT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT, NOT MIXED IN WITH OPERATIONAL FUNDS? I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING COME TO MIND, BUT BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, WE SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT COULD BE SEPARATE OUT OF THE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS FOR A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSPARENCY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU DID WITH CIPA.

OK, SO ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE IS.

WELL, ONE OF THE SECOND MAIN DRIVER, THE DRIVER, IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO WE WANT TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT OUR GENERAL FUND AND SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT IS OPERATION AND WHAT IS CAPITAL AND.

ONE OF THE ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES IN THE PAST HAS BEEN OUR STREETS FUND IS ALWAYS IN THE NEGATIVE. WELL, THE STREET'S FUND IS A SUPPORT SERVICE.

AND IF WE ARE IF WE ARE MIXING A STREET OPERATION AND STREET CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT JUST MAKES THE THAT FUND EVEN MORE NEGATIVE AND MISLEADING.

THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF THE OTHER REASON WHY FOR THE GENERAL, IT WAS ONLY DONE ON THE GENERAL FUND IT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WHEN A PROJECT IS COMPLETED AND PLACED INTO SERVICE, WE.

WE CAPITALIZE THE PROJECT, AND IT'S EXPENSED AS OPPOSED TO ON THE ENTERPRISE SIDE, WE DEPRECIATE THE ASSET AND BREAKING IT, BREAKING THE ENTERPRISE.

YOUR WATER PROJECTS, THE WASTE WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS INTO SPECIAL REVENUES FUNDS.

WHAT IT CREATES. IT CREATES THIS NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MOVE THESE FUNDS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL FUNDING SOURCE AND TO BEGIN, THEY DON'T HOLD ANY CASH.

SO IT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR THE READER AS WELL AS THE AUDITORS.

AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE AUDITORS THIS PAST AUDIT BEFORE WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SEGREGATING ENTERPRISE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND GENERAL FUND PROJECTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL. IT'S ALL AHEAD FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

OK, THAT'S VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.

NO CORTEZ AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.

CLARIFICATION. HOW ABOUT A MEMBER OF MARTINEZ? ANYTHING ON THE PRESENTATION? SO FAR? NO QUESTIONS LIKE YOU REMEMBER PALLARES NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE CONTINUE, DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU, MARY GARCIA, BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK READ TO US, THOSE WILL BE COVERED AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE JUST JUST SO WE CAN STAY FOCUSED ON ON THE PRESENTATION WILL BE COVERED AND I'LL POINT THEM OUT JUST SO THAT WE'RE ON TRACK, BECAUSE I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

APPRECIATE. YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO OUR GENERAL FUND IS COMPOSED OF FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS OUR SUPPORT SERVICES ARE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

OUR SUPPORT SERVICES ARE COMPOSED OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEASURE X CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, NON DEPARTMENTAL AND THE FORMER FARM LABOR HOUSING.

ON THE FOR THE GENERAL FUND PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE PLANNING

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WE ALSO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE HAVE OUR CURRENT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN OUR ANIMAL CONTROL FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND.

WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH FOCUSES ON EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE COMPOSED OF YOUR WASTEWATER, YOUR WATER, YOUR SANITATION, YOUR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS, YOUR SEEING STATION AND YOUR PUBLIC TRANSIT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ENGINEERING, WHICH IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND RIGHT AWAY PROJECTS THE STREETS AND YOUR LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.

FOR THE MEASURE, MISAPPROPRIATIONS APPROPRIATIONS, THIS IS THIS IS JUST A LISTING OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING ON FURTHER SLIDES, BUT ON THE MEASURE SIDE, THAT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED OUT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SHARED SERVICES FOR ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR FIRE, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE THE ROAD REHAB OF 16TH STREET, WHICH MEASURE X WILL BE FUNDING TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIX DOLLARS STREET LIGHTING, POSTOP CONVERSIONS, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATION CITY WIDE.

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.

THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT S.B ONE FUNDING.

TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND.

THIS IS A THIS IS A STATE REQUIREMENT.

IN ORDER FOR THE CITIES TO RECEIVE GRANT GRANT FUNDING FOR THE GAS TAX, WE THE CITY NEEDS TO FUND A PORTION OF OF REVENUES FOR THESE PROJECTS.

AND THIS THIS FIGURE COMES FROM THE STATE IN REVIEWING OUR OUR OPERATING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS IN TWENTY, TWENTY NINE THROUGH 2011, THOSE THREE YEARS, A REPORT THAT THE CITY HAD TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE.

THAT'S WHERE THE TWO HUNDRED AND TEN COMES FROM.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT THAT TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS COME FROM FOR FAIRBANKS RECOVERY AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL CONSTRUCT.

THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM THE EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WAS EARMARKED IN FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE, BRINGING IT, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FEES, LEGAL AND SALES TAX CONSULTANT, SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BRINGING US TO A TOTAL TRANSFER OF MEASURE X IN APPROPRIATION FUNDING, THREE POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THIS IS GOING TO COVER PAGES.

OH, THIS IS WRONG. IT'S A PAGE IS EIGHTY ONE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR, NOT THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX. APOLOGIZE FOR THE.

SO THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHANGES AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER, THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT WERE MADE THAT THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK READ TO US FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE IS A DECREASE IN SPECIAL EVENTS.

FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND AN INCREASE IN COMMUNICATION.

TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THAT IS THAT INCREASE OF TWELVE THOUSAND IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED TO THE SWAGGY.

THE AUDIO VIDEO RECORDING OF OUR MEETINGS.

AND THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, IT JUST SHOWS OUR OPERATION UP PERSONNEL AND OPERATING COSTS JUST SO WE CAN WE CAN HAVE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF OF HOW OUR OPERATING AND PERSONNEL COSTS ARE LOOKING. TAKING A LOOK, TWO YEARS IN WAR, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET. NOW, ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO KNOW BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON FURTHER SLIDES IS THE.

THE SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHANGES ARE FOCUSING ON ITEMS ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND

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FOUR THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND AND UP, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COVERED IN THE. IN THE END, THE FOLLOWING SLIDE FOR EACH OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR THE CITY CLERK, THERE'S A DECREASE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AND THIS IS MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSULTING SERVICES, THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT, RETENTION AND POLICIES THAT WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND FOR PUBLICATIONS, JUST A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR DECREASE.

FOR FINANCE, THERE'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, A DECREASE OF TWENTY THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THAT IS DUE TO THE PERMANENT HIRE OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND MOVING AWAY FROM CONSULTANT SERVICES.

IN OFFICE SUPPLIES A REDUCTION OF FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

FOR A CITY ATTORNEY, THERE IS AN INCREASE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. FOR FACILITIES, WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE IN SALARIES OF SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS TO BUILDINGS FOR THE WASTEWATER.

WE SEE A DECREASE OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AND ON THE INCREASE SIDE, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON FUEL FROM MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES.

TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE AND FOR REPAIRS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. FOR SHOP.

WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE FOR AUTO REPAIR FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL OF FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS, AN INCREASE IN AUTO REPAIR FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT OF FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AUTO REPAIR FOR OUR SANITATION FUND OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THAT JUST SIMPLY OUTRAGED VEHICLES THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE BOTH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOOK THE COUNCIL AT A REQUEST OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO. SWAP THE THE ENGINE AND THE SUSPENSION ON ONE OF THE SANITATION TRUCKS, WHICH WOULD EXTEND THE LIFE OF OF THE TRUCK.

OH, OH, OH.

OK, SO FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS GOING TO COVER PAGES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE, THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE.

RATHER THAN GO FOR PLANNING, WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE IN TRAVEL AND TRAINING OF SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN ADVERTISING OF SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THORNING, THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE FROM THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. THAT WAS JUST IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE THE QUESTION THAT WAS THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER.

THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE THIRTY FIVE AND THE THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED STEM FROM, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN CORRECTED IN OUR ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE, AND IT'LL BE REFLECTED ON FRIDAY'S DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED.

FOR OUR BUILDING, WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE OF FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN SALARIES OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

FOR CODE COMPLIANCE, A DECREASE IN SALARIES OF TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND AN INCREASE IN WEED ABATEMENT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THIS IS GOING TO COVER PAGES ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO THROUGH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE.

THERE YOU GO. SO FAR, FIRE ON THE CONTRACT SERVICES AS WILL BE INCREASING BY FIVE HUNDRED

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AND AS WE CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, IT'S ALMOST NINETY FIVE PERCENT INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEARS. SO THE KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT PRIMARILY IS FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND ANNUAL FEES ASSESSED BY THE CITIES, THE ANNUAL FEE FOR THE CITY OF WASCO IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE. TWENTY TWENTY TWO WILL BE ONE MILLION THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AND FOR FUTURE FUTURE FISCAL CONDITIONS, THE CONSIDERATIONS, THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THE COUNTY HAS STRUGGLED WITH ITS FIRE FUNDS SINCE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES TOOK A HIT IN TWENTY SIXTEEN. AND THIS LARGE INCREASE INCREASES NOT JUST CLOSELY RELATED ONLY TO WASCO.

THIS IS COUNTY WIDE WHERE THIS INCREASES WILL BE HAPPENING.

AND HERE'S AN IMAGE FROM THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA REPORT.

BELIEVER'S PAGE 10 OF THE REPORT SHOWING ALL OF THE CITIES ARE STARTING FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE ARE BEING DELANOE, MARICOPA, MCFARLAND, RIDGECREST, SHAFTER, TEHACHAPI, SHARPE, TAFT AND WASCO.

AND AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE CITY WAS PAYING ROUGHLY FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE DOLLARS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE TO THE ONE MILLION THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR.

ON THE SHERIFF'S SIDE, THERE IS AN INCREASED CONTRACT SERVICES, WHICH IS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE.

THE ANNUAL CONTRACT CALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY TWO IS FOUR MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND AND FIFTY TWO DOLLARS.

THAT IS A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AND AN EIGHTY EIGHT POINT SIX TWO INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEARS.

TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE.

THE CONTRACT REQUIRES A 12 MONTH NOTICE AND THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE FOR ANY INCREASE OVER FIVE PERCENT.

THE INCREASE IS DRIVEN BY IMPACTING WAGES, RETIREMENT COSTS.

THIS IS JUST A PIE CHART OF WHAT MAKES UP TO THE FOUR POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE THE BLUE THE BLUE SECTION IS JUST MAINLY SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

AND THE SECOND HIGHEST IS, IS ARE THERE OVER TIME CALCULATED AT THE NINE PERCENT? AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF COST, BREAKDOWN OF THE OF WHAT MAKES UP THOSE FOUR POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS, STARTING OFF WITH SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF THREE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS OVER TIME OF TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS OF THIRTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ON-CALL, EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT, VEHICLE GAS MAINTENANCE, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE THOUSAND PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, THAT'S TWENTY THREE THOUSAND.

FOR DISPATCH, TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND, WE HAVE OFFICE SUPPLIES OF TWENTY TWO THOUSAND ONE AND TWENTY SIX TRAINI FORTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR.

AND LASTLY, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS COMING IN HERE.

ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND AND SIXTY SEVEN DOLLARS.

NOW FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE CONTRACT HAS INCREASED 20 PERCENT.

TWENTY FOUR POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT SINCE TWENTY SIXTEEN CONTRACT COSTS IN TWENTY SIXTEEN WAS THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN. NOW, WHICH MAKES UP TO THIS AND THE FOUR POINT TWO DOLLARS MILLION.

AND WE HAVE 11 DEPUTIES THAT ARE ON STEP FOUR DEPUTIES IN STEP C THROUGH E, TWO SENIOR DEPUTIES AND STEP E, ONE SERGEANT AND STEP D, ONE SHERIFF'S SUPPORT TECHNICIAN.

AND STEP E. AND CONTRACT COST DOES NOT REFLECT ADDITIONAL SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, IF CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS THE ASSISTANCE OF SHERRIFFS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, SPECIALIZED TRAINING SUCH AS DUI, TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS, NARCOTICS AND GANGS.

SATURATIONS, A SPECIAL PATROL REQUIRED BY THE CITY EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE CITY, SUCH AS BODY CAMERAS AND VEHICLE DASH CAMERAS.

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FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE WASCO POPULATION BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, ESTIMATES THAT TWENTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN IS OUR POPULATION.

AND THIS EXCLUDES THE WASCO STATE PRISON POPULATION OF FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT. SO THE TOTAL THE TOTAL NET POPULATION SERVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THREE.

THE TOTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET EXPENSES, NOT INCLUDING THE CONTRACT AND AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. ANY ANY MAINTENANCE OR ANY LIKE OFFICE SUPPLIES AND SPECIAL TRAININGS THAT THE CITY SENDS ARE OUR SHOWS TO IS PROJECTED TO BE FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT, WHICH PER CAPITA THAT'S PER RESIDENT INCOME.

IT'S COMING IN AT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETY SEVEN CENTS PER RESIDENT. NOW, IF WE WERE TO IF WE WERE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND JUST COMPARE OUR.

PROPOSED THE REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE, TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND THE CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT THE TOTAL COST IS FOUR POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE FIRE, THE ONE MILLION TOTALING THE FIVE POINT FIVE DOLLARS MILLION.

AND ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, THIS IS A MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE MEASURE X AS AN EXAMPLE.

WE'RE PROJECTING FOR MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEES COMING IN AND THE THREE POINT TWO, AND WE HAVE SALES AND USERS TAX THE GENERAL SALES TAX, THE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES. NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WHICH TOTALS FIVE POINT SEVEN AND TAKING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR GENERAL FUND OF MAJOR REVENUES COMING IN AND OUR.

ARE TO PUBLIC SAFETY COSTS.

WE WOULD END UP WITH AN ENDING GENERAL FUND REVENUE OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THEM THE SUBSTANTIAL COST THAT GOES TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. NOW ON THE PUBLIC WORKS.

PAGES ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX THROUGH ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN.

WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHANGES TO THE ENGINEERING, THE DECREASE SALARIES OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT'S CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME HIRING CHILLS OF SOME OF THE POSITIONS WHICH WILL BE COVERING AN.

A FUTURE SLEIGHTS.

AND WE HAVE THE INCREASE OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE, WHICH WAS ONE TO THE SECOND QUESTION THAT THAT THAT THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK READ TO US. AND THAT'S MAINLY A REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CALTRANS FOR A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

WITH A.

PALMERO ENGINEERING.

AND ONE SO THAT AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE SEE THAT THAT HUGE, HUGE INCREASE OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT'S A REIMBURSEMENT FROM THAT THE THAT THE CITY IS TO REFUND BACK CALTRANS FOR.

ON THE STREET SIDE, WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE OF TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND THAT JUST MAINLY. REVIEWING OUR ALLOCATION, HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR PERSONNEL COSTS FOR FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE, AS OPPOSED TO STREET MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS SOME STAFF RETIREMENT.

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NOW, BEFORE I CONTINUE WITH THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ISRAEL VERSUS GILBERT REYNA, I'M SORRY FOR BEING LATE REGARDING STREETS, AND I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THE FIRST PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION IS MONEY BEING ALLOCATED ON THIS BUDGET FOR TRAFFIC COME DEVICES.

MR. REYNA RIGHT NOW, WE ARE COVERING THE JUST THE OPERATION SIDE, BUT THAT WILL BE COVERED IN ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SIDE AND WE'LL BE COVERING THE SO SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. YES. OK, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS HERE AND I WAS NOT AWARE THAT YOU'RE COVERING JUST THE OPERATIONAL PORTION OF IT AT THIS TIME OF THE.

THAT'S FINE. AND.

MANY OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE COUNCIL ARE COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION AS FOR.

YOU MAKE IT TO THE DIRECTOR, OK? I'M SORRY, MADAM CLERK, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION THUS FAR FROM THE PUBLIC? HELLO, MY NAME'S.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

VERY WELL, DIRECTOR, PLEASE CONTINUE.

OK, THANK YOU.

SO ON A SPECIAL REVENUES, THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERING PAGES ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THROUGH ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT.

SO FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACT, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE DOLLARS AND WHICH IS THE FIRST RED BOX ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, AND WE'RE SEEING A TRANSFER OUT OF THE SAME EXACT AMOUNT.

AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH WE'LL BE COVERING ON THE CAPITAL PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION.

SO FOR THE TDA FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE THE CITY WIDE STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMS FOR FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE HAVE THE SOUTH GATE NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTING.

THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND WE HAVE THE SOUTH KEY NEIGHBORHOOD ADA CURB RAMPS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE DOLLARS.

FOR THE 11 DAYS, THE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT'S.

WE'RE SEEING AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO DOLLARS, FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR PROJECTS.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS, AS WELL AS WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED DURING THE STREET OPERATIONS, WAS DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF.

A TIME STUDY OF TIME SPENT IN THESE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED TO LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING AND NOT CITY RELATED FACILITY MAINTENANCE.

SO ON THE GAS TAX FUN SIDE, WE'RE SEEING THE STATE IS PROJECTING AN ALLOCATION TO THE TO THE CITY OF WASCO ONE MILLION NINETY TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY DOLLARS AND.

WELL, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING TO THE THAT'S THE ST.

CAPITAL PROJECT FUND WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND OF THE ONE MILLION NINETY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX, LEAVING US AND ENDING FUND BALANCE IN THE GAS TAX FUND OF ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN DOLLARS.

IN. AND WHAT MAKES THESE THESE AMOUNTS GOING TO BE THE THE ROAD REHABILITATION OF POPLAR AVENUE FOR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE STREET, MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS FOR STREET MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS FOR FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX. OK, SO ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO WE HAVE PAGES THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR TO THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX.

SO. THIS WORKSHY, THIS IMAGE SNAPSHOT JUST SHOWS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS SUMMARY BY FUNDING

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IN THE SECOND COLUMN, STARTING FROM THE LEFT, WORKING OUR WAY TO THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH TWENTY TWO FISCAL YEAR WITH A TOTAL C.I.T.

BALANCE OF EIGHT MILLION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE DOLLARS. AND THAT'S WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS THIS TRANSFER OUT FOR LIKE TDA AND.

GAS TAX OR MEASURE X, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ON THE MEASURE SIDE, WE HAVE SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR GRAND.

WE HAVE THE FOUR HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE BOTTOM PORTION, THE ONE THAT REFERS TO THE ENTERPRISE FUND, WILL NOT BE COVERED DURING THIS PRESENTATION.

WE'LL BE COVERING THAT ON JUNE 11TH.

AND THIS IS A SUMMARY BY CATEGORY JUST AT THE MAJOR CATEGORIES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE, WE HAVE FOUR CITY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.

WE HAVE SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CITY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE NINE HUNDRED SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR STREET AND TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE. AND FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH WILL BE COVERED AGAIN ON THIS THIS FRIDAY, WE HAVE FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN THE WATER FUND SANITATION'S SIX HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND, WHICH WILL TOTAL OUR EIGHT POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

AND JUST BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE DETAILS OF EACH OTHER PROJECTS ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THE VERY BOTTOM THAT THE NEXT.

FIVE YEARS WE SEE WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE A TOTAL OF FIFTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AND TWENTY EIGHT MILLION WORTH OF THAT IS FOR WATER RELATED PROJECTS.

JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT WHAT THE CITY HAS IN ITS PIPELINE.

SO RELATING TO THE.

THE CITY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES JUST SOLELY FOCUSING ON TWENTY TWENTY ONE, TWENTY, TWENTY TWO, NOT FUTURE YEARS, WE HAVE THE MUNITZ UPGRADE AND WE SEE AT THE TOP WE HAVE THE RIBBON'S AND WE HAVE THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

WHICH IS THE PROJECT COST FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND AS A FUNDING SOURCE, MEASURE X FOR WATER, WASTE WATER, SANITATION AND OTHER WHICH OTHERS A COMBINATION OF OUR GRANTS, GAS TAX OR TDA FUNDING.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR BUSINESS UPGRADE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IS A TOTAL OF SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND WILL BE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SIXTEEN THOUSAND FROM WASTE WATER.

FOR THE WATER, SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FOR SANITATION, WE HAVE SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AS WELL. WE HAVE THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER.

THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REQUEST FROM THE EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND ALREADY REQUESTED.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT SEEING A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER BECAUSE COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED THE EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND AT THIS POINT STAFF IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER FUNDED THROUGH MEASURE X..

WE ALSO HAVE THE SERVER SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD LABOR HOUSING COMPLEX WITH.

AN ADDITIONAL SIXTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY TWO DOLLARS, AND THAT'S FOR ABATEMENT COSTS. AND FOR POLICE STATION REPAIR THE ROOF, AS WELL AS A NEW HVAC UNIT, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

FOR REPAIR THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WATER AND SANITATION, WE HAVE AN AGGREGATE STORAGE BAY.

FOURTEEN HUNDRED J STREET.

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NOT THE ACTUAL.

BUILDING AND PURCHASE OF A PROPERTY, THIS IS JUST THE STUDY PORTION OF THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS YARD.

FOR PARKS, WE HAVE NEW PARKS AND OR EXPAND EXISTING PARK ANEMONES, THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS FROM OTHER SOURCES WILL BE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.

FOR CENTRAL AVENUE, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ONE POINT ONE DOLLARS MILLION.

THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THROUGH GRANTS WE WOULD JUST FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE FUNDING THREE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

NOW, RELATING TO OUR STREETS, THESE ARE THESE ARE THE STREET RELATED AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT FORTH TO THE COUNCIL FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE HAVE THIS TREE LIGHTING PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

THAT'S SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND MEASURE X WILL BE CONTRIBUTING.

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IN OTHER WOULD BE THE FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND WE HAVE ROAD REHABILITATION, POPLAR AVENUE, THE TOTAL IN THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ROAD. WE HAVE 16TH STREET, WHICH WOULD BE THE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH MEDAREX WOULD BE COVERING THE TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIX DOLLARS, AND THROUGH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WOULD BE THE THREE HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY FOUR.

WE ALSO HAVE THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPING DISTRICT LANDSCAPING AND THAT'S THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.

WE ALSO HAVE THE SOUTHGATE NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTING FOR THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WHICH THROUGH THE TDA, THE TREE LIGHTING, POSTOP CONVERSION.

THAT'S THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IN THAT'S THROUGH MEASURE X.

WE HAVE REPLACED EACH FORKLIFT.

WAS FIRM FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND WATER AND SANITATION AND INSTALL NEW ADA RAMPS IN SOUTH GATE TOTALING ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.

NOW. AFTER REVIEWING THIS, THE SCREEN JUST GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER, REYNA, A QUESTION I AM NOT SEEING.

THAT PROJECT HERE, MR. REYNA. OK, WE NEED TO ALLOCATE MONEY FOR.

TRAFFIC COMING TO THE UNITED STATES IS AN ISSUE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT MANY TIMES AND.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET.

SO WE NEED TO REWORK IT SOMEHOW.

OK? NOW, A FOLLOW UP TO YOUR QUESTION, MS. REYNA IS, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE A AN AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO EARMARK AND WHAT WOULD BE THE.

I'M NOT SURE THE MAYOR IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR COUNCIL.

WHAT'S THIS DISCUSSED THAT THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP AT PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT, MR. REYNA? CORRECT.

DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FROM THAT WORKSHOP WAS.

I DON'T HAVE AN AMOUNT THERE, I JUST KNOW THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THE TOPIC COMING TO OUR DEVICES BEFORE, I ASKED RECENTLY AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE PART OF A BUDGET, BUT IT IS NOT. BUT THAT CAN STILL BE CORRECTED.

ABSOLUTELY. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS TO THE AMOUNT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO DO THIS ADDITIONAL STOP SIGNS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED AND, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC COMING DEVICES TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN IN AREAS WHERE TRAFFIC IS FOUND, SPEEDING ON A REGULAR BASIS. THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS BUDGET.

WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

WELL, IF I CAN ADD MR., REYNA, IF I CAN ADD AND MAYBE THIS WILL.

IS THERE A PROJECT THAT YOU THINK THAT THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES WOULD TRUMP AS FAR AS FUNDING IN CASE WE CAN'T FIND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING?

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I'M NOT SURE I HEARD HIS ENTIRE QUESTION.

WELL, DANIEL, I THINK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE ALSO A STUDY, OUR FUNDING FOR A STUDY IF WE WANT TO PUT MONEY INTO IT.

IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, IT DEPENDS I MEAN, ON THE TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM SIGNAGE SUCH AS A STOP SIGN, IT COULD BE MORE HARD PHYSICAL ASPECTS SUCH AS A SPEED HUMP OR A SPEED TABLE.

YEAH, TO IMPLEMENT THE TRAFFIC VOLUME MEASURES, ONE WOULD REQUIRE A STUDY, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC STOPS, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER PHYSICAL DETERRENTS TO SLOWS THE DRIVERS DOWN WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE OF THE ORDINANCE TO PERMIT THAT AND ESTABLISH THOSE WERE NEEDED, GIVEN JUST A FINANCIAL POSITION THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS IN THAT'S BEEN LEFT OUT FOR NOW AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD TO SOME OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES THE COUNCIL HAD HAD TO PUSH FORTH, PARTICULARLY WITH SAFETY AND STREET LIGHTING, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF THE THE STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMS AND SUCH AS THE STREET LIGHTING PROGRAM AND TRYING TO RETROFIT AND INSTALL NEW LIGHTING, THE SELF-HEATING NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTING PROJECTS, THE REPLACING AND THE CONVERSION OF THE POST STOPS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FIXTURES WE HAVE WITH BRIGHTER AND NEW LEDS.

AND SO IF WE WANT TO DIVERT SOME OF THOSE, WE CAN WE CAN PROCEED THAT ROAD IF YOU'D LIKE.

THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE ORIGINAL FIVE YEAR PLAN OR THAT THE LIST OF S.O.P PROJECTS. YEAH, AND SOME OF THOSE ACTUALLY LIKE THE SIDEWALK PROJECT HAD CARRIED OVER FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

AND SO I GUESS WHEN WE GET TO THE MEASURE RACKS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BUDGET FOR MEASURE X DETAILS AND AFTER CAPACITY FOR TO ALLOW FOR SOME OF THAT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO BUDGET THAT. BUT I THINK ALSO WITH SOME OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THE ENGINEERING INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR BOTH NOT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS, BUT THE ENGINEERING, THE STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND SO THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

I'M SORRY. I HEAR MRS BISHOP TALKING STRAIGHT AWAY TO GO AHEAD.

MS. ESPITIA. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN.

AND SO DURING THAT STAKEHOLDERS MEETING, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. WHERE WE SEE THOSE TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES MIGHT BE MORE DESIRABLE.

AND THEN I DO WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE DO HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECT AROUND KINGS FOREST AND THE NEW PLAN AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.

SO WE WE HAVE.

STARTED SOME PROJECTS, THEY'RE NOT MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE'D LIKE, BUT ALSO JUST NEW ADD RAMPS, INSTALLATIONS, TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT KIND OF ADDS MORE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

BUT AS FAR AS TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO SEE MORE OF A CONSTRUCTION STANDARD FOR, LIKE, SPEED BUMPS, BULL BELTS, WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? THAT'S THE REQUEST HERE.

SO GO AHEAD, SIR.

WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY KNOW IN REGARDS TO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR A CERTAIN STOP SIGNS IN AREAS WHERE THE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TO BE SPEEDING AND THEY DON'T STOP EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE MIGHT BE ON THE ROAD AND THERE'S A DANGER OF THEM BEING RUN OVER. AND THEN THERE IS ALSO THE NEED FOR SPEED HUMPS IN SOME AREAS WHERE, AGAIN, WE SEE SPEEDING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND NOT IN THE DAILY BASIS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THAT.

AND I AM FINE WITH DISCUSSING THAT DURING THIS STUDY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOCATE MONEY TO IT THIS YEAR.

I DON'T WANT TO WAIT BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, COMPLAIN ABOUT ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS.

AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT AS WELL.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS.

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I HAVE TO HOPEFULLY THE DIRECTORS DELIGHT PUSHED ALL THOSE COMPLAINTS TO THE SURVEY.

I'VE SENT THEM THE LINK SO THEY CAN IDENTIFY AND POINT THOSE AREAS.

AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE IF IT'S OK WITH YOU, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN LOOKING AT YOUR EX TO FIND AND HOW WHAT ROOM THERE IS TO ALLOCATE FOR FOR THIS FOR THIS PRIORITY.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO SO THEN IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU, WITH OF COURSE, KEEP IN MIND THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY BEING INFLUENCED, HOW THAT SURVEY IS GOING TO INFLUENCE OUR DECISIONS AND WHAT KIND OF QUALITY MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN AREAS THAT ARE DESIRABLE FOR THESE. WITH THAT PRIORITY, IS THAT OK, MAN, POTENTIALLY, CAN WE DO THAT? YES, IT'S FINE, BUT I DO I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR DANIEL IN REGARDS TO STOP SIGNS WHEN WHERE THERE ARE EXISTING EXCUSE ME, STOP SIGNS ON ON CORNER ON THE ROAD.

BUT IT IS NOT A FOUR WAY STOP, BUT ONLY IN ONE DIRECTION DOES THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO ADD A STOP SIGN TO MAKE IT A FOUR WAY STOP.

NOT NECESSARILY.

THAT'S WHY WE YOU'RE GOING TO DO PARTICULARLY A FOUR WAY STOP OR ANY STOP SIGN, YOU'RE GOING TO DO STOP WARREN ANALYSIS, AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ESSENTIALLY AN ENGINEERING INVOLVED SURVEY TO PROVIDE THAT WARREN ANALYSIS BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE THAT ARISES.

IF YOU DON'T DO THAT WARREN ANALYSIS AND IF IT DOESN'T DEMONSTRATE THAT IT'S REQUIRED, ANY CITATION THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR DEPUTIES ISSUE FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, FOR FAILING TO YIELD OR STOP AT THAT STOP SIGN CAN BE CHALLENGED AND CAN BE LOST IN COURT BY THE DRIVERS. OK, SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THEM.

AND SO WE NEED TO ALLOCATE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS THINGS DONE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. AND I AM FINE IF WE IF WE CAN FIND THE MONEY AND MEASURE X.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WITHIN OUR CITY AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

WE CAN'T JUST TURN A BLIND EYE TO IT AND SAY, WELL, WE'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

I DON'T I'M NOT WILLING TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOTED.

I DO ALSO WANT TO KNOW AND REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THESE ARE PRIORITIES THAT WE SET THE SAME THINGS ABOUT EARLIER THIS YEAR, ABOUT IMPROVING THE LIGHTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADDITIONALLY STREET ISD WAY.

SO WE ARE PRIORITIZING WHAT WE DISCUSSED ARE PRIORITIES.

AND I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY ROOM FOR AN ADDITIONAL PRIORITY, SUCH AS TRAFFIC CUTTING MEASURES. SO I LEAVE IT IN THE DIRECTOR'S HANDS WITH THAT WITH THAT BIT OF DIRECTION.

LET'S LOOK AT METRICS AS WELL IN THE COMING SLIDES AND KIND OF CIRCLE BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE THAT INTO THE BUDGET DIRECTOR.

YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING FOR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND AS WE CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC MEASURES IN THE FUTURE, JUST TO PUT A COST PERSPECTIVE, THE COMMUNITY OF WOODLAND HAD PUT IN TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES ON TWO STREETS, ONE STREET COST FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE SECONDARY COST SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THE THE MILE LANES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON A SPECIFIC GIVEN AREA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, HOW MUCH AND WHERE YOU ACTUALLY LOCATE THEM ARE REALLY GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY YOUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LABOR CAMP ON THE BACKDROP AND THAT LIABILITY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WEIGH HOW TO BEST UTILIZE YOUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND WHAT PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE FULFILLED IN THE COMING YEARS.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

I APPRECIATE YOU NOTING THAT, DANIEL, BECAUSE IF EVEN FOR ME, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S HELPS PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FROM 16TH STREET, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW ABOUT THIS STREET OR THIS STREET? AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT COSTS PER SQUARE MILE PER MILE TO COVER A STREET, MUCH LESS REPLACE IT.

SO SO THAT IN A SIMILAR VEIN, WE'RE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS IN THE SAME LENS, HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST HER PER MEASURE, AND THAT IS STOP SIGN SPEED BUMPS, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT LET ME SAY GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT BACK TO DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BY CATEGORY

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AND AS WE CAN SEE, THE LARGEST PORTION IS ATTRIBUTED TO CITY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES COMING IN AT 11 MILLION SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

AND THE SECOND HIGHEST IS FOR STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION AT THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT DOLLARS.

AND. THIS PIE CHART IS CAPTURING FIVE YEARS WORTH OF S.O.P PROJECTS.

TWENTY, TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY SIX AND WE CAN SEE THAT AND THAT THE BIGGEST PORTION IS BEING EARMARKED IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BEING DISCUSSED AT HIS WORKSHOP, IT'S ON THE WATERFRONT. TWENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.

AND IN THE SECOND HIGHEST COMING IN AT SIXTEEN POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR TREASON AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE LABOR HOUSING COMPLEX.

SO FOR THE HOUSING LABOR COMPLEX, THE COST INCREASE FROM FIVE POINT ONE INITIALLY TO NINE POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION.

THE REVENUES, THE RECENT HIGH SPEED RAIL RECENTLY A RECENT NOTICE FROM THE STATE THAT IT DOES NOT PLAN TO FUND THEM THESE COSTS.

AND THE CITY STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT THE STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MITIGATING WITH THE WITH LEGISLATIVE AND LEGAL EFFORTS UNDERWAY, DEMOLITION, TEN POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION.

THIS WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL FAILURE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY, RESULTING IN THE POSSIBLE REDUCTION TO RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE STATE HAS INFORMED THE CITY THAT THEY BUT THEY DON'T PLAN ON PAYING FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOSPITAL, THE LABOR CAMP DEMOLITION.

AND HERE EARLIER WE SEEN THIS.

THIS GRAPH THAT SHOWS TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED, WE HAVE OPTION ONE, WHICH IS WE WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACQUIRE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE. AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR OUR OUR GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS.

AND WE HAVE FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS SUCH AS TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, COMING MEASURES OR.

OPTION TWO, WHICH IS THE CITY TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEMOLITION, AND THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN THE COMING YEARS AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, LIVES ARE GOING TO ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT THE STAFF HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A THIRTY FIVE PERCENT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, SINCE THAT IS A. THAT IS A PERCENTAGE GODLING THROUGH TO THE G.F.

AWAY. SO IT'S THIRTY FIVE PERCENT, WHICH WILL COVER.

ROUGHLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS WORTH OF OUR OPERATION, OPERATIONAL COSTS TO THE POINT THAT OUR. AGAIN, THIS IS A SECOND GRAPH JUST ELIMINATING OUR REVENUES AND OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS, JUST AGAIN, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHETHER WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP OR WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.

I HEAR THE SCREAMING JUST REFERS TO STAFFING REQUESTS FOR VACANT POSITIONS ON THE GREEN, REFERS TO POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT THAT WILL BE FILLED, AND THE GRAY AREA REFERS TO POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT THAT WILL NOT BE FILLED THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE LIABILITY THAT THE CITY HAS WITH THE NINE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLAR LABOR CAMP.

SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR, A TOTAL COST OF ONE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN.

THEN WE HAVE A WASTEWATER COLLECTION TO WASTEWATER COLLECTION SPECIALIST SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT EACH.

THEN WE HAVE THE WATER OPERATOR AND TRAINING THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE FUNDED THIS UPCOMING YEAR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN TO FUND IT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND FOR SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE SENIOR PLANNER TOTALING ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND TWO

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AND THIS IS FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS AN OFFSET SENSE OF A FORMER COUNCIL MEETING RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED TO THE CONSULTING SERVICES OF THE FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR, ROGER MOBLEY. SO THAT'S JUST ON THE SHORT TERM.

NOW, WE ALSO HAVE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS POSITION WAS WAS FROZEN IS TO FUND THE THE TWO WASTEWATER COLLECTION SPECIALISTS AS WELL AS.

ALSO, SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND INTERNAL PROMOTIONS OF OF STAFF TO SUPERVISORY ROLES, AND LASTLY, THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT POSITION STAFF HAS MOVED AWAY FROM A STREET SUPERINTENDENT AND MOVED TOWARDS PROMOTING STAFF AT CURRENT STAFF MEMBER INTO A SUPERVISORY ROLE.

NOW, STAFFING REQUESTS FOR NEW POSITIONS, SO THERE'S FOR THE NEW REQUEST, THERE'S ONLY ONE POSITION THAT THE STAFF IS BRINGING FORWARD, WHICH IS A UTILITY TO UTILITY TECHNICIANS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH THE THE WATERFRONT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST, THIS POSITION, IT'S A LITTLE LIGHTER GRAY IN THAT JUST BECAUSE THIS WILL BE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A BLEND OF A SANITATION OPERATOR THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSUMING A SUPERVISORY ROLE.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO CUSTODIANS THAT WILL BE FUNDED.

SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT GENERAL FUND AND TWENTY FIVE PERCENT TRANSIT FUND.

AND THIS WOULD BE FOR WHENEVER THE CITY HAS DOLERITE SERVICES AND JUST TO NOT HOLD THOSE SERVICES.

BUT AGAIN, THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS ON THE GENERAL FUND, WHERE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THE POSITIONS IS BEING EARMARKED FOR.

AND WE HAVE A SANITATION WORKER, ONE THAT WAS A REQUEST AND IS GRATEFUL BECAUSE THAT IT WON'T EVEN BE FUNDED THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

WE HAVE ALSO A NEW REQUEST FOR A STAFF ENGINEER TO TOTALING ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND WE HAVE A CODE ADMIN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, ONE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS POSITION IS FOR ON THE ON THE PLANNING SIDE, IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS FOR THE CURRENT FIRST ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE. IF THE ALTERNATIVES IN FUNDING FOR THIS NEW POSITION IS TO UTILIZE THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED PLANNER, BUT THAT IS JUST A SHORT TERM FIX, SO TO SPEAK, ALSO FOR THE FINANCE OR SIX MONTHS WORTH OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD, TOTALING FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A REQUEST FOR A BUDGET ANALYST THAT IS NOT MOVING FORWARD OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

NOW, IF WE LOOK AND SEE, WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED, WHICH IS VACANT POSITIONS PER FUNDING SOURCE.

AND FOR THE GENERAL FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR WATER.

FIFTY ONE THOUSAND FOR THE WASTEWATER IS FIFTY ONE WATER, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE THOUSAND SANITATION, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE AND FOR TRANSIT, THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

NOW AFTER TAKING ALL THESE REVISIONS AND.

SOME OF THESE POSITIONS NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THE THE THE GENERAL FUND DEFICIT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING DUE TO THE NINE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS WHERE WE DERIVE TO A REVISED TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND AND SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR FOR THE WATER FUND NOW.

THIS IS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IN THIS SLIDE IS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH WHAT THE CITY MANAGER

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TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEMOLISHING, TAKING LEGAL MATTERS WITH HIGH SPEED RAIL OR. HER.

SEEKING OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO ALLEVIATE OUR GENERAL FUND.

NOW, THE NEXT SLIDE IS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED TO DEFER SENDS IN AN ORDER OF PRIORITIES.

SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS OPPOSED TO LIKE A WATER OR STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A NEW PUBLIC WORKS YARD THAT ORIGINALLY IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE NINE POINT FIVE DOLLARS MILLION.

AND SO WE HAVE THE COLUMNS THAT ARE.

THE LIGHT BLUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE SANITATION, THE REASON WHY THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED DIFFERENT THAN GRAY IN THE GRAY SECTION, IT IS MAINLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO FUNDS THAT WERE EXPERIENCING BUDGET DEFICITS AND WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THESE DEFICITS AND BRING THEM UP TO AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM OF THIRTY FIVE PERCENT OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE RESERVES TO COVER OPERATING COSTS FOR THREE TO THREE TO FOUR MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING COST.

SO AND SO FROM THE GENERAL FUND WASTE WATER FUND, WATER, SANITATION, AND SEEING THIS WHOLE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION IS WHERE ALL PROJECTS THAT WERE EARMARKED TO BE STARTED THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE FACILITIES FREE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS DEFERRED TO FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE, THE LABOR CAMP DEMOLITION.

ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE OF FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT AFTER SOME REVISIONS, IT WAS REDUCED TO SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

REPLACEMENT OF A MORE.

SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH WAS THE DEFERRED TO FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE, THEN WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT TRACK REPLACEMENT OF THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS DEFERRED STREETS, FLEET OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FROM THESE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND STAFF IS ONLY DEFERRING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE START REPLACING ONE VEHICLE AT A TIME OR MID-YEAR REVISIT.

SEE WHAT OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS AND SOME OF THE DECISIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DIRECT STAFF IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOME PROJECTS CAN MOVE FORWARD OR WE KEEP THEM INTO THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE SEVENTY THOUSAND.

AND THAT WAS JUST FOR FOR THE SOCIAL DISTANCING OF OUR COUNTERS.

OH, THAT WAS A SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE HAVE KEYLESS ACCESS FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS. THAT WAS A TOTAL OF THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO THE FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE.

THOSE HAVE A SECURITY SURVEILLANCE FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

FORTY FIVE FROM WASTEWATER, THIRTY FIVE FROM WATER AND SANITATION.

THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE HAVE A UTILITY TRUCK CRANE, NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE WASTE WATER FUND.

THEN WE HAVE WASTEWATER BY TRUCK PARKING.

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND OUT OF THE.

CHOOSING, DEFERRING ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND OF WE HAVE A ONE TON FLATBED TRUCK FOR SANITATIONS AND THAT'S SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT HAS BEEN DEFERRED, A ROLL OFF TRACK. FOR ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE FROM THE SANITATION FUND AND LASTLY, WE HAVE A NEW CNG STATION FOR.

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THESE ARE ALSO DIRECT RESULT OF.

PROJECTS THAT HAD TO BE DEFERRED IN ORDER FOR THE GENERAL FUND TO MAINTAIN A THIRTY FIVE PERCENT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A THE NINE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLAR LIABILITY AND.

MOVING FORWARD NOW.

OH, WELL, THAT COMPLETES THE PRESENTATION FOR THE.

THE GENERAL FUND AND THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, DOES COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOUR PRESENCE AS I WAS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

WELL, IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN WE CAN COVER THE ENTERPRISE, I HAVE THAT PERSON, TOO.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEVENTY SIX LIVES.

I HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT ANOTHER 60 OR 70 MORE SLIDES.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR FRIDAY.

I THINK THAT'S OK. OK, THANK YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT.

THAT WAS A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDED EXTRA BACKGROUND.

AND ONE OF THE ITEMS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE.

PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING FROM THE MEMBERS AMERICAN REYNA.

NO FURTHER COMMENT. THANK YOU.

THERE YOU HAVE A MEMBER, CORTEZ.

I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT BECAUSE I THINK I'LL GET CUT OFF BY THE INTERNET GODS AGAIN, SO I WILL. BUT AN IMPORTANT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT MEMBER MARTINEZ AND NO QUESTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

A NUMBER OF WORDS ARE NOT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

AGAIN, I DIRECT YOUR PRAYERS, ESPECIALLY ANSWERING MR. PRESIDENT QUESTIONS FROM THE BEGINNING.

THE TWO ITEMS THAT OVERSIGHT AND THEN THE UPGRADES TO THE CITY HALL TO.

SAAJID. MR. MAYOR, THE ONE THING I WANT TO KIND OF CLARIFY WITH REGARDS TO THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAD DISCUSSED.

WE HAD WE HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SECOND DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT AS POTENTIALLY BEING UNFILLED. THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, WE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER FILLING WHETHER NOW IS PART OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR OR IN A FUTURE DATE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE KIND OF IDENTIFIED A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS AND UTILITIES AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.

THAT'S A CONSIDERABLE WORKLOAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ALSO ADD INTO THAT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AND THE IMPACT IT'S HAVING ON OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR STAFF TO HAVE TO MANAGE WITH JUST ONE SINGLE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WHEN THAT GETS FILLED AGAIN AND A SINGLE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. AND THE INTENT OF HAVING BOTH WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE KEY CRUCIAL INITIATIVES THAT NEED TO BE FULFILLED AND HOPEFULLY AVOID SOME OF THE COSTLY MISTAKES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST DECADE WITH PUTTING BAND-AID ON THINGS AND KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

YEAH, VERA. I'M GOING TO GET AN ECHO OF THOSE COMMENTS FROM CITY MANAGER MADE.

I SEE WHY THERE WAS THE SALARY WAS AUGMENTED FOR THE PROMOTIONS OF OTHER POSITIONS.

IT'S FOR INVESTMENT OF OUR WORKFORCE.

BUT IT IS WE WE CREATED THAT POSITION FOR A REASON.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS HAS THAT SUPPORT AND EYES ON EVERYTHING.

WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES WITH CALTRANS AS MADE IN THE PAST FOR GRANTS.

EVEN SO, THANK YOU.

I DID WANT TO JUST KIND OF TOUCH BACK ON THE COMMENTS THAT NO REYNA MENTIONED AS FAR AS THE STREET CALLING MEASURES.

IF WE CAN COME UP WITH MAYBE A ROUND NUMBER PRESENTATION OR MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CIRCLE BACK ON THAT IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR PRESS THAT BE APPRECIATED.

I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE TO SEE IF WE CAN REVISIT THIS AND SEE IF THERE IS ROOM TO SQUEEZE IT IN AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, DIRECTOR OR CITY MANAGER? YES, I HAVE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD GARCIA NOW REGARDING THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION, ARE HIS COUNSEL DIRECTING STAFF TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THIS POSITION

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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A QUICK ROUND ABOUT.

JUST LIKE WE DISCUSSED THE SECOND IMAGE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SUPER PRIORITIZE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT WORKSHOP? GENTLEMEN, REMEMBER REYNA AGAIN, THE MONEY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED OR CONSIDERED TO BE ALLOCATED TO THAT POSITION WAS ALLOCATED TO OTHER NEEDS.

SO I'D SAY THAT WE WAIT FOR IT EITHER MIDYEAR OR NEXT, BUT.

SO I REMEMBER CORTEZ AT KERI, MR., REYNA, REMEMBER MARTINEZ.

I CONCUR AS WELL, SIR.

I AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL, THE SAME HERE.

THANK YOU VERY WELL, AND YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION FOR US.

THANK YOU. BEFORE WE DO AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY ASK MEMBER OR MADAM, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? GARCIA, THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

INTERESTING TOPIC, TASB FOLKS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, GENERAL FUND, GAS TAX, SHIRREFFS FIRE, BODY CAMERAS, EVERYTHING LOOKS FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON FRIDAY AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE GOING AHEAD. MOVE TO ADJOURN, EVERYONE.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING. SEE YOU ON FRIDAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.