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>> [NOISE] FOLKS, LET'S GET THIS STARTED. GOOD EVENING.
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MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? [NOISE]
>> ABSENT IS COUNCILMEMBER CORTES AND COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. [NOISE]
>> SEEING NO PRESENTATIONS, WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE?
>> ONE MOMENT. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. [NOISE] NEW BUSINESS, ITEM 7A.
[7) a. The Preliminary Proposed Annual Operation Budget and Capital Improvement Projects for the Fiscal Year of 2021-2022 (Perez-Hernandez)]
THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATION BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF '21, '22.DIRECTOR PEREZ, WANT TO KICK US OFF?
>> HONORABLE MAYOR, I'LL BE TURNING IT OVER TO MS. BISHOP.
SHE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING IMPLEMENTATION OVERVIEW.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR BISHOP?
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN TRAFFIC CALMING IMPLEMENTATION AND ALLOCATING SOME FUNDING FOR THAT, SO THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
I WANTED TO START OFF BY DEFINING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.
BASICALLY, THEY'RE JUST STRATEGIES INTENDED TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET WHICH IS USUALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THINGS LIKE SPEED HUMPS, [INAUDIBLE] , RAISED CROSSWALKS, STOP SIGNS.
IN ORDER TO DO THIS, THE CITY DOES NEED TO COME UP WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.
BASICALLY, A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS THE GOAL OF REDUCING NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC ON RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT ESTABLISHES GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO IMPLEMENT THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES AND ESTABLISHES THE PROGRAM.
IT ALSO MUST ENSURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT AND THE GENERAL PLAN.
IT MUST CONSIDER THE IMPACTS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE ROADS THAT ARE TYPICALLY DESIGNATED THAT AS ARTERIOLE AND COLLECTORS ARE USUALLY NOT SUITABLE FOR SOME OF THESE MEASURES.
ANOTHER ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IS THE CITY CURRENTLY NEEDS TO UNDERGO SOME POLICY UPDATES IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.
FOR INSTANCE, WE DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS ADOPTED AT THIS TIME, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
THEN WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REVISIT OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 12 ON TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
THIS WAS LAST UPDATED IN 1951 AND REFERENCES COMPLETE AUTHORITY FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WHICH WE NO LONGER HAVE IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
IT ALSO REQUIRES DETERMINATIONS TO BE MADE BASED ON TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND INVESTIGATIONS.
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IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, I SKIPPED OVER THEM, BUT I'LL GO OVER THOSE LATER.ONCE WE'VE DONE ALL THAT WHERE WE DEVELOP THE PLAN AND WE'VE UPDATED OUR POLICIES, WE'D HAVE TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM AND WE'D HAVE TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CONDUCTING ANY WARRANT ANALYSIS OF ANY OF THESE INSTALLATIONS.
TRAFFIC CALMING WARRANT ANALYSIS MUST HAPPEN AFTER WE GET A SURVEY OR A PETITION FORM FOR RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST.
THESE FORMS MUST BE REVIEWED BASED ON THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA, BASED ON THE PROGRAM.
THEN WE MUST PROCEED WITH WARRANT ANALYSIS OF VEHICLE SPEEDS VOLUMES AND LAND USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STREETS QUALIFY.
WE ALSO MUST REVIEW THE ANALYSIS FINDINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF THE WARRANT ANALYSIS DOES DETERMINE THAT THE STREET QUALIFIES, WE MUST HOLD THE PROTESTS HEARING TO CONFIRM THAT WE WILL BE PROCEEDING WITH THESE INSTALLATIONS.
THEN ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES, WE ALLOCATE FUNDING AND WE PROCEED WITH PROJECT BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS.
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IS WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP WHICH WOULD INVOLVE ANALYZING THE TRAVEL PATTERNS AFTER THE INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INSTALLATION WORKED, AND THEN ALSO SURVEY THE RESIDENCE FOR SATISFACTION.
THEN ONCE THOSE ARE INSTALLED AS WELL, THERE IS SOME MAINTENANCE INVOLVED WITH THOSE THAT OUR STAFF WOULD NEED TO BE TRAINED ON, AND THEY'D HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THAT MAINTENANCE AS WELL.
[NOISE] I DID DO SOME RESEARCH AND HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES.
CITY OF LAFAYETTE, THEY DO HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT THEY ADOPTED IN 2009.
THIS CITY HAS THE PETITION METHOD WHERE THE RESIDENTS COME IN AND THEY PETITION.
THERE IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN ON AND BASICALLY SAY THAT THEY ALL WANT THIS TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR ON THEIR STREET.
ONCE ALL OF THAT HAPPENS, THEN THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING, INSTALLING, ETC.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR CASE DID EVALUATE AND THEY DID DEFINE 10 PERCENT DROP IN TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND NET TRAFFIC DECREASE WITH MORE VEHICLES TRAVELING LESS THAN 23 MILES PER HOUR IN THAT AREA, AND THERE WERE FEWER VEHICLES TRAVELING MORE THAN 23 MILES PER HOUR IN THE AREA.
LAFAYETTE TYPICALLY BUDGETS ABOUT 93,100-101,000, BUT THIS IS AN ESTABLISHED PROGRAM ALREADY, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS.
[NOISE] CITY OF MONTERREY, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY BUDGET BECAUSE THEIRS WAS LUMPED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.
BUT THESE WERE SOME OF THE QUOTES THAT CAME OUT OF THEIR ANALYSIS.
THEY DID SAY THAT MANY RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THOUGHT THAT THEY WANTED THESE.
HOWEVER, IT WAS AGAINST CITY POLICY TO IMPLEMENT THE DEVICES AS THEY HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE TIME.
THEY DID INDICATE THAT MUCH LIKE STOP SIGNS, SPEED BUMPS CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE GREATER SPEED IN BETWEEN THE HUMPS FOR PEOPLE MAKING UP FOR THE LOST TIME DUE TO THE HUMPS OR STOPS, AND THEY HAVE THE SAME EVALUATION FOR THE STOP SIGNS.
DANIEL REFERENCED CITY OF WOODLAND AT THE LAST MEETING.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THEY BUDGET ANNUALLY ABOUT 100-200,000 A YEAR.
THEN CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS.
THEY ALLOW THEIR REQUEST TO COME IN FROM THE RESIDENTS ON THE STREET INTERESTED.
THEY COMPLETE A WARRANT STUDY, ANALYZE IT, PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY ITSELF HAS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR THESE INSTALLATIONS, SO THE GROUP OF RESIDENTS SPONSORING THE REQUEST MUST MAKE A DEPOSIT WITH THE CITY TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR, OR THEY CAN OBTAIN THEIR OWN PRIVATE CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM THE WORK.
[NOISE] HERE'S SOME ALLOCATION EXAMPLES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITIES WITH ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS, THE FUNDING CAN VARY FROM 30,000-750,000, SO THE VARIATIONS ARE PRETTY EXTREME.
THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETING FOR THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. THEN THIS WAS JUST OUR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT.
IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, STAFF IS ESTIMATING THAT WOULD COST ABOUT $80,000 FOR A CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND DO FOR US.
THEN UPDATE TO EXISTING POLICIES AND DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS WOULD BE ABOUT 15,000.
THEN THERE WOULD NEED TO BE ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEE ADDED WITH AN ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.
THAT WOULD COST ABOUT 131,000 WITH BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING.
THEN ONCE THAT PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED, THE ONGOING FUNDING WOULD BE THE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEE.
ANY WORK STUDIES IN ANALYSIS WHICH COULD RANGE FROM 3,500-8,000 PER LOCATION.
THEN THE INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CAN RANGE FROM 15,000-25,000 PER LOCATION.
THEN ONCE THAT ONGOING MAINTENANCE HAS TO HAPPEN,
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WE HAVE TO HAVE THE STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE STRIPING OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.THAT'S ONE ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE TEAM MEMBER TO THE TEAM.
INITIAL FUNDING, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 226,000 WITH THE ONGOING FUNDING ASSUMING FIVE LOCATIONS ARE ANALYZED PER YEAR OF $298,588 AND 371,000.
HERE'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THESE DIFFERENT INSTALLATIONS COST.
ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF ANY ENGINEERING, OR WARRANT ANALYSIS, OR ANY OF THE SITE FEATURES, OR ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE PRESENT ON WHATEVER STREET THESE ARE BEING INSTALLED IN.
YOU ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT CITY STAFF, IF WE ARE ABLE TO PROCURE THE RESOURCES TO HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING, WE COULD DEVELOP THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND UPDATE THE POLICIES CONCURRENTLY SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE TRAFFIC CALMING, PROGRAMMING, IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE.
THESE ESTIMATES HERE, THE 80,000 AND THE 15,000, THOSE ARE ONLY REFLECTIVE OF CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING SERVICES.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO TAKE IN PLACE HERE IS THAT, JUST TRAFFIC CALMING IN NATURE REQUIRES A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND MAINTAIN A LIVABLE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES CAN BE VIEWED VERY NECESSARY BY SOME AND COULD ALSO BE VIEWED AS A NUISANCE BY OTHERS.
THEN IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE INSTALLATIONS, PUBLIC AGENCIES SHOULD DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION OF EVERY STEP IN THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM PROCESS.
ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS IF THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS CANNOT SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROGRAM.
THE BUDGET SITUATION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE COULD BE RESTRICTED TO THE AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
IMPACTS THAT REMAIN UNKNOWN OR IMPACTS TO THE REFUSE VEHICLES AS THEY'RE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY, SCHOOL BUSES, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND LOCAL TRANSIT PROVIDERS.
THEN WE ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTACTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A COMMENT OR INPUT ON WHATEVER PROGRAM OR DEVELOPING.
I'M GOING TO LET ISRAEL TAKE OVER THIS PIECE.
>> HERE ON THIS SECTION WHERE WE HAVE THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE ON THE MEASURE X, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER $2.8 MILLION.
WE'RE PROJECTING ROUGHLY ABOUT $2.3 MILLION IN NEW MEASURE X MONEY.
AT THE END OF 2021, 2022, WE'RE PROJECTING A TOTAL OF $5.1 MILLION.
NOW ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE BUDGETED 2.2 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS 630,000, FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT, 20,000, ANIMAL CONTROL 200,000, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 65,000.
THE PROJECTED MEASURE X TOTAL EXPENDITURES IS $3.1 MILLION.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 5.1 AND THE 3.1 IS WE WOULD END UP WITH THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE MEASURE X OF $2 MILLION, THAT IS ENCOMPASSED WITH THE GENERAL FUNDS.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WE HAVE $1.9 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND AND $2 MILLION IN MEASURE X FUNDS.
THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO GIVES US THE 4 MILLION.
FOUR MILLION DIVIDED BY OUR OPERATING COSTS, GETS US TO OUR TARGET BALANCE, WHICH IS THE 35 PERCENT.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE DRAWING DOWN ON EITHER MEASURE X OR GENERAL FUND RESERVES WILL DECREASE THAT TARGET THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR 3-4 MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING RESERVES IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS MONEY THAT IS SHOWING ON THIS SLIDE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING SHOWN,
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THE ONE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY TO NOW, IT'S BEING COUNTED ON TO BE PART OF THE RESERVE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?>> YES, BUT IT'S UNASSIGNED, SO THAT MEANS WE CAN USE AS MEASURE X MONIES ON PUBLIC SAFETY, ON STREETS.
BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS THAT THE MORE THAT WE DRAW DOWN ON THESE BALANCES, THE $2 MILLION, IT'LL RESULT IN DRAWING DOWN ON THAT TARGET THAT 35 PERCENT THAT WE HAVE SET THAT WAS DISCUSSED BY MR. STAEDTLER AT THE MAY 27TH, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP PRESENTATION.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME.
I DON'T THINK I GOT MY ANSWER.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS 2,730,007 IS PART OF THAT PROJECTED 35 PERCENT CUSHION THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE?
THAT MONEY, ACCORDING TO THE NEW RULES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED, SHOULD NOT BE SPENT, IS THAT CORRECT?
WE JUST HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS THAT THE LOWER THAT WE GO ON OUR BENCHMARK OF THOSE 35 PERCENT, THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE MORE RESILIENT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A CATASTROPHE HAPPENS.
THE LOWER WE GO ON THAT PERCENTAGE, THE MORE WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
WE ARE TOLERANT TOO AND WE DON'T EXPECT ANY CATASTROPHES TO HAPPEN.
>> I UNDERSTAND NOW. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SLIDE, MARY. THIS SLIDE CURRENTLY JUST SHOWS WHAT OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCES WILL BE AT JUNE 30TH, 2021, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROJECTING A $2.8 MILLION, WHICH TIES THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE BECOMES A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2022.
THAT WILL JUST SHOW HOW ONE BALANCE CARRIES OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR AS A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, AND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO DURING THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.
>> AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS IF THE COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE WITH.
>> CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF THE STARTUP INITIAL COSTS AND ONGOING STEP.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST GO ROUND THE END YEAR WITH THAT ONE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
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MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. COMES FROM THE MEMBERS MAYOR PRO TEMPORE.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNEW WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN.
MARY HAS SHARED WITH ME SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU FOUND FROM THE CITY OF WOODLAND.
I READ THROUGH IT AND I KNOW THAT IT REQUIRES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROGRAM, WHICH IN THIS CASE THEY WOULD COST 80,000 PLUS 15,000 INITIALLY.
PART OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS THE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
IS THAT BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS PRESENTATION?
>> WHEN YOU SAY EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT?
>> THAT IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS IS STRICTLY FOCUS ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES INSTALLATIONS.
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>> RIGHT. THIS NUMBERS WERE OBTAINED BY AN ASSUMPTION THAT CERTAIN TRAFFIC MEASURES WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. WHAT WERE THOSE?
>> BASICALLY, I DID AN OVERVIEW AND I SPOKE WITH OUR CURRENT ENGINEERS.
THESE ARE THE COST ESTIMATES THAT THEY CAME UP WITH FOR SPEED HUMPS, SPEED TABLES, STOP SIGNS.
SO TYPICALLY THEY RANGED ANYWHERE FROM 2,500-20,000.
I JUST TOOK AN AVERAGE NUMBER THERE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND SAID 15,000 AND 25,000 BECAUSE I INCLUDED THE COST OF THE INSTALLATION SO SAFE.
WE'RE INSTALLING A SPEED HUMP EVERY 3-500 FEET.
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD STREAK, COULD BE 3 OR 4.
I JUST TOOK AN AVERAGE NUMBER.
THAT'S WHAT I BASED IT OFF OF.
[OVERLAPPING] BUT THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDES THE BIDDING PROCESS.
>> WAS THERE AN ASSUMPTION AS TO HOW MANY OF THIS WOULD BE INSTALLED? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS NUMBERS CAME ABOUT.
BECAUSE HAVING THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T MEAN THAT AUTOMATICALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING AROUND THE CITY AND INSTALLING ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ALL AT ONCE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. DOWN HERE, THIS FINAL NUMBER, I ASSUMED THAT THE CITY WOULD COMPLETE FIVE LOCATIONS PER YEAR.
BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, THAT THE MOMENT THAT WE START THE PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO START RECEIVING PETITIONS AND FROM DIFFERENT RESIDENCE AND DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WARRANT ANALYSIS.
THEN FROM THERE, DECIDE WHICH ONES WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR FOR EVERYBODY.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE WOULD BE REQUEST FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN THIS FIVE LOCATIONS THAT YOU WOULD BE SPENDING AN AVERAGE OF HOW MUCH? WE ALSO HAVE [OVERLAPPING].
>> FIFTY THOUSAND ON THE LOWER END TO 25,000 DEPENDING ON THE TREATMENT AND THAT WAS INCLUSIVE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS THE BIDDING PROCESS, ADVERTISING ALL OF THAT.
I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS DO NOTHING.
THIS IS AN INCREASING PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THE EXISTING POLICIES.
THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND THIS ON A YEARLY BASIS.
IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO SPIN OR DO FILE LOCATIONS PER YEAR.
BUT IN THE LONG RUN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOME EACH YEAR DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF OUR BUDGET.
I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TIED UP TO THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER, THAT WOULD OCCUR.
MY TAKE IS THAT WE DO NEED TO PROCEED.
WHEN WE TALKED DURING THE LAST MEETING, I BROUGHT UP THE FACT OF STOP SIGNS.
I DO REALIZE THAT STOP SIGNS REQUIRE SOME STUDY, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY STOP SIGNS THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS REQUIRED A STUDY? DID EVERY STOP SIGN THAT WE INSTALLED IN THE CITY REQUIRE A STUDY? YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
I KNOW DANIEL MENTIONED THAT, IF YOU INSTALL A STOP SIGN AND THEN YOU ISSUE A TICKET OR THE SHERIFF ISSUES A TICKET THAT, THAT MAY BE CHALLENGED IN COURT AND THAT WE WOULD LOSE OR THE SHERIFF WHO WOULD LOSE THAT CASE.
BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO FOR EVERY STOP SIGN THAT WE INSTALL OR WE INSTALL STOP SIGNS WITHOUT HAVING THE STUDIES DONE.
>> TYPICALLY WHEN THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT TRACT, IT'S COMING IN THOSE STOP SIGNS ARE INSTALLED AS PART OF THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING ALL OF THEIR RESEARCH BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THEIR SUBMITTALS.
[NOISE] BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, IF WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL A NEW STOP SIGN IN AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN WE SHOULD DO A WARRANT STUDY.
>> THAT DOES NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION.
WE SHOULD, BUT I'M ASKING, HAVE WE DONE THIS STUDY IN EVERY STOP SIGN THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
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IN OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HAVE WE DONE THIS STUDY FOR EVERYONE THAT WE'VE INSTALLED? THAT'S MY QUESTION.>> AT LEAST FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AS CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE DONE THE WARRANT STUDIES.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.
[NOISE] AGAIN, I STAND ON THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, IT'S AN INCREASING PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
I THINK RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT, INCLUDING MYSELF.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU STAFFER FOR ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT. HOW ABOUT MEMBER MARTINEZ.
>> THIS ISN'T FOR THIS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK THE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT IS DEFINITELY A MUST FOR THIS WE SENT SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TO TRAIN YOU IN AND THEY'RE NOT WRITING SPEEDING TICKETS.
I'M NOT INHERENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY LOCATIONS WE'D BE LOOKING AT IN TOWN THAT WOULD NEED THIS TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES BEFORE WE STARTED ALLOCATING MONEY INSTEAD OF ALLOCATING MONEY AND THEN TRY AND IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS.
I'M NOT INHERENTLY OPPOSED TO [INAUDIBLE]
I THINK I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT, I THINK ONCE IT OPENS OR IS ESTABLISHED, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES FROM PEOPLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE, I MEAN, IF WE JUST ASK PEOPLE NOW, THEN EVERYONE'S GOING TO REPORT IT.
WHEN WE ESTABLISH IT, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT REPORT, I BELIEVE.
I THINK THAT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT ANYWAYS.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE MEMBER MARTINEZ?
>> I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO START.
I FORGOT HOW MANY YEARS BACK NOW REQUESTED A STOP SIGN ON PALM AVENUE.
IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN OR THOUGHT FURTHER AS FAR AS HAVING THESE POLICIES, WE COULD HAVE THIS STARTED FOUR, SIX YEARS AGO.
I CONCUR WITH PROTEN BRAINA THAT AT LEAST TO GET IT STARTED, WE SHOULD BEGIN WITH THE PLAN AND GET OUR ORDINANCES UP TO SPEED SO THAT IF THERE IS A REQUEST IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE A FASTER TURNAROUND TIME TO MITIGATE WHATEVER PROBLEMS MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT I AGREE WITH AS WELL, THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS GOING AND GET IT STARTED.
I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
A QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS THE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES THAT WE'VE HAD THE ENGINEERING BACKGROUND? I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M WONDERING IS CAN THAT POSITION BE FILLED BY A DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR? POTENTIALLY MAYBE FUND THAT THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR FUNDS ON HIM, DANIEL?
>> ROB DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE COST DIFFERENCE WAS FOR THE DEPUTY VERSUS THE STAFF ENGINEER?
>> GIVE ME A MOMENT. I'LL PULL THAT UP RIGHT NOW.
>> MEANWHILE, MR. MAYOR, AT WHAT TIME DURING THIS PROCESS WOULD WE NEED THE FULL-TIME ENGINEER ON BOARD TO WORK ON THIS?
>> THAT PERSON WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND DOING THE POSITIVE ELEMENT.
>> YEAH. ESSENTIALLY TO START THIS PROCESS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.
>> YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO STOP CAPACITY.
>> CORRECT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS IN MY MIND TOO AND I FAILED TO ADDRESS IT WHEN I WAS SPEAKING BEFORE AND THAT IS, OTHER CITIES HAVE STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN THAT WAY THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IT HAVING TO HIRE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAM? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IS ALLOCATING SOMEONE FOR A PROGRAM THAT IT IS NOT REALLY A FULL-TIME PROGRAM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT IT'S MAXIMUM FIVE LOCATIONS PER YEAR, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS GOING TO OCCUR WHEN IT FIRST BEGINS.
I'M QUESTIONING THAT JUST LIKE THE MAYOR IS.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS ONE.
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>> THE RECOMMENDATION HERE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF WHAT THE STAFF IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, WE'VE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR A SIDEWALK TRIP HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UPDATE POLICIES, DEVELOP THE PROGRAM, OR EVEN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE YET.
THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT NEEDS ATTENTION AND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR.
THERE'S A STREET LENDING PROGRAM THAT WAS GETTING SOME TRACTION ONCE WE LOST THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT WAS OVERSEEING THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, THAT LOST TRACTION.
OUR CURRENT PROJECTS MANAGER, IF I THREW THIS ON HIS PLATE RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO PROCEED BECAUSE CALTRANS FUNDED AND FEDERALLY FUNDED ROAD PROJECTS HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HE'S HAVING TO ENSURE THAT HE'S COMPLIANT WITH ALL REGULATION, SUBMITTING ALL THE FORMS THAT NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR REQUESTS FOR FUNDING AUTHORIZED.
HE'S WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERS ON DESIGN AND PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME AND THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK AND ATTENTION.
I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE, YOU JUST SEE IT, IT POPS UP AND IT HAPPENS.
YEARS OF WORK, MONTHS OF WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE INSTALLATION.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STUDY THAT WE DID FOR AROUND JAMES FORCED ELEMENTARY PALM AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE ARE JUST NOW FINISHING UP THE PLANS AND GETTING THOSE TO BE 100 PERCENT AND READY FOR BID.
THAT IS A PROJECT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK ON REGULARLY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THIS WE CAN'T JUST SNAP OUR FINGERS AND MAKE IT POP UP.
IT DOES TAKE TIME AND IT REQUIRES ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING REQUIRED WITH THE POLICIES AND EVERYTHING.
>> WE'RE ALSO NAVIGATING HIGH-SPEED RAIL FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
YOU ADD THAT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS WORKLOAD AND YOU ON A SEARCH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BURNOUT STUFF.
I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING.
I EMPATHIZE [OVERLAPPING] I WANTED TO ASK, WOULD REINSTATING OR FINDING A DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HELP AS PART OF THAT WORKLOAD NOT HAVING THAT POSITION FILLED IN? THE NEXT FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ON THAT WOULD BE, DID WE REASSIGN THE FUNDING FOR THAT POSITION?
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE FUNDING QUESTION.
>> YES. CIRCLING BACK TO THE STAFFING ENGINEER, THE COST FOR STAFF ENGINEER IS A TOTAL OF A 130,000, EAR MARKED FOR THE GENERAL FUND A 140, 000, WASTEWATER 6,500, AND WATER FUND 19,000 AND FOR A DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, A 127,000 IS THE LOADED COST, 88,000 WOULD BE COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, 31,000 WOULD BECOMING FROM THE SANITATION AND 6,300 WOULD BE COMING FROM THE CNG FUND.
>> I HAVE ACTUALLY DIRECTED PEREZ FROM EACH OTHER.
EVERYONE'S COMMENTS I APPRECIATE THEM AND YOU GUYS ALL WERE MAKING MY POINT I WAS TRYING TO ARRIVE TO THAT IS.
WE CONTINUE TO TAKE ON THESE PLANS AND THEY FALL TO THE SIDE AND THEN IT'S NOT [INAUDIBLE] THE LIMITED CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE AS A SMALL CITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ALL THE COUNCIL THAT THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL IS CONSUMING CITY [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S ONE THING.
NEVER MIND ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS AND PLANS THAT WE'VE FUNDED.
IT'S CLEAR AND EVIDENT THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED THE SUPPORT AND I DO NOT WANT TO RECYCLE BACK ON THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED TO ADD THE STAFF SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU SAID A STAFF ENGINEER WANTS SO MANY DOLLARS.
YOU DID ANSWER THE QUESTION, RIGHT? YOU SAID IT CAME FROM THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS FUNDS, RIGHT?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
I THINK YOU'LL REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT'S ON THE CITY'S PLATE AND THE STAFFING CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THOSE ISSUES.
WE CAN BRING THIS BACK AT THE END OF THAT AND DECIDE WHAT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WITH
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THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL STAFFING PERSON.>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON MAYOR, I DO WANT TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION AND THAT IS, DID WE REASSIGN THE MONIES THAT WOULD GO TO THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO OTHER THINGS? SEEM TO REMEMBER WE DID BUT I WANT TO KNOW.
>> OKAY. WE ARE SPEAKING OF ALL THIS CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN HAVING THAT PERSON OR THAT POSITION FILLED WOULD HAVE HELPED A GREAT DEAL.
IN MY OPINION, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER I'M RIGHT OR NOT.
>> I AGREE. I REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP YESTERDAY, I HAD MIXED FEELINGS, NOT YESTERDAY BUT EARLIER THIS WEEK AT THE LAST BUDGET, I HAD MIXED FEELINGS BECAUSE I AGREE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE INVEST IN OUR WORKFORCE, OUR CURRENT WORK FORCES THAT WE REALLOCATED IT OUT TO PROMOTIONS.
BUT THIS CONVERSATION ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS MAKING ME RETHINK THAT.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER, WE'LL PUT THIS ON, I'LL PUT A LITTLE PIN ON THIS ONE FOR NOW AND CIRCLE BACK AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
DIRECTOR PEREZ CAN YOU GIVE REPORT?
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ANSWERS.
>> QUICK QUESTION WHILE WE'RE STILL WAITING.
THE ENGINEER, DON'T WE CURRENTLY CONTRACT OUT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES? WOULDN'T IT BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE AN ENGINEER ON STAFF?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. WE DO CURRENTLY CONTRACT OUT.
IF WE DID HAVE AN ENGINEER ON STAFF THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE DOOR FOR INTERNAL AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN CHECK AND JUST INTERNAL DRAFTING, ETC.
>> RIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE. GOT THAT.
IT'D BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE PAY FOR THOSE CONTRACTS OR FOR THAT CONTRACTOR.
IF YOU CAN QUICKLY SCRAMBLE THAT, DIRECTOR PEREZ.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY, BUT IF YOU CAN CONTINUE AND THEN PULL IT UP [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE]. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR, ARE YOU ABLE TO VIEW MY SCREEN?
THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS THE SECOND HALF OF THE PRELIMINARY ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW.
IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE COVERING TWO POINTS.
ONE IS GOING TO BE A RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER INQUIRY ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE SECOND WILL BE COVERING THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
LOOKING AT THE HEALTH INSURANCE, CITYWIDE, NOT ENTERPRISE OR GENERAL FUND, THE BLUE BARS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN BUDGETING FROM FISCAL YEAR 2018 ALL THE WAY TO OUR CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET OF 2022, AND THE GREEN BARS IS OUR ACTUAL COST THAT WE SPENT ON HEALTH INSURANCE.
NOW WE CAN SEE THAT IN 2022 IN THE FAR RIGHT, IT'S THAT BAR, IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS TWO.
THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 37 PERCENT DECREASE IN BUDGETED COSTS AS OPPOSED TO PRIOR YEARS.
WHEN THE QUESTION WAS RAISED AS TO WHY WE SAW AN INCREASE, WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE ON THAT GREEN BAR FOR 2021 AS OF MAY 27TH OF THIS YEAR, WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST TOOK THAT AVERAGE AND THAT'S WHY IT COMES OUT TO 30 PERCENT.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, IT'S STILL 37 PERCENT OF WHAT WE BUDGETED IN THE PAST.
RIGHT NOW RATES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE UP TO DECEMBER AND IN JANUARY WE'LL GET THE NEW INVOICING AND AT THAT POINT DURING MID-YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR ADJUSTMENTS WHETHER THEY'RE UP OR DOWN, DEPENDING ON THE BLUE SHIELD.
THE FOLLOWING TWO SLIDES ARE GOING TO COVER HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.
THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, AGAIN, THE SAME VIEW, WHICH IS AGAIN, IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN PRIOR YEARS IN WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING AND COMPARISONS TO FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2021.
LOOKING JUST INTO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT IS THE SAME EXAMPLE.
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IT'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN COMPARISON TO PRIOR YEARS, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE ORANGE BARS AT THIS POINT.ON THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WILL BE COVERING PAGES 230- 264 FROM THE AGENDA PACKET.
THE ENTERPRISE IS COMPOSED OF FIVE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THAT'S YOUR WASTEWATER, YOUR WATER, YOUR SANITATION, YOUR CNG AND YOUR PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THE REASON WHY THE FIRST THREE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS BECAUSE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT MAJOR CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US AS OUR AUDITORS, OUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS HAVE INDICATED THAT, YES, WE HAVE THESE IN RESERVES TO WEATHER THE STORM FOR THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2021/ 2022 AS IT WAS PRESENTED AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE WATER FUND IN THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST.
BUT OUR RESERVES ARE TO GET US THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THESE RATES STUDIES.
BUT BEYOND THAT, THESE FUNDS WILL BE IN DIRE NEED OF A REVIEW OF A RATE STUDIES.
[NOISE] NOW, WE'LL BE COVERING FIRST ON THE WASTEWATER FUND PAGES 231-237.
[NOISE] HEY. WHAT HAPPENED? [NOISE] SOME SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHANGES IN THE WASTEWATER FUND.
THERE WAS A DECREASE OF $50,000.
THERE WAS ALSO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DECREASE OF $55,000 AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR OF $40,000.
NOW, TOUCHING ON THE EQUIPMENT REPAIR, THOSE $40,000 DECREASE, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE REPAIRING ANY WASTEWATER SECTIONS OR TOOLS OR PARTS, NO.
WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT IN THE PAST, WE WERE CODING AND ASSIGNING CAPITAL PROJECTS TO EQUIPMENT REPAIR WHEN IN FACT, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CAPITAL ITEMS. THAT'S WHY WE SEE THAT DECREASE IN EQUIPMENT REPAIR BECAUSE THEY WILL BE CAPITAL ITEMS AND WE'LL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE IN YOUR MATERIALS FOR $7,000.
[NOISE] FOR THE WASTEWATER STRATEGIC ISSUES, WE HAVE THE WASTEWATER RATE STUDY.
THE LAST WASTEWATER RATE STUDY HAPPENED IN 2007.
FROM 2007, WE HAVEN'T HAD A RATE STUDY.
THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 14 YEARS THAT WE HAVEN'T ANALYZED OUR WASTEWATER RATES AND OUR REVENUES, THEY'LL INCREASE BASED ON OUR POPULATION.
BUT OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.
THERE'S GOING TO COME A POINT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO CROSS OVER AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THOSE OPERATING COSTS.
STAFF IS WORKING ON FINALIZING AN RFP FOR THE WASTEWATER.
ANOTHER STRATEGIC ISSUE IS ALIGNING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, UPDATING MASTER PLAN FROM 2007.
SEWER LIMITATIONS OF H STREET WHERE THERE'S NO CONNECTION OF THE SEWER LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE H STREET, AND COMPLIANCE WITH DISCHARGE PERMIT PARAMETERS.
[NOISE] NOW, LOOKING AT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED TO COUNSEL, LOOKING AT THE REVENUES COMING IN, WE SEE THAT THE LARGEST PORTION IS COMING IN THROUGH SERVICE CHARGES.
THAT'S THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS THE BLUE PORTION OF THE PIE CHART.
THE SECOND HIGHEST WILL BE EITHER REVENUES OR MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE SUCH AS LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR THE IRRIGATION LAND.
[NOISE] ON THE EXPENDITURE PORTION, THE MAJOR EXPENDITURE IS GOING TOWARDS PERSONNEL AND THE SECOND HIGHEST WILL BE GOING TO CAPITAL, COMING IN AT ROUGHLY $670,000.
[NOISE] NOW LOOKING AT THE TREND, WE SEE THAT ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE ARE REVENUES.
IT'S COMING IN AT A LITTLE BIT UNDER 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH OF 2021.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT LIFTED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER,
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WHERE WATER IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE AS UTILITIES AND SOME RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING IN PAYING THEIR UTILITY BILLS DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT OR ARE NOT HAVING A JOB.NOW ON THE OTHER PIECE, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, WE SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR PERSONNEL OPERATING IN A SERVICE TRANSVERSE.
THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST IS ON THE ORANGE CHARTS WHERE IT TAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIP FROM 2019-2020 ACTUALS TO OUR 2020-2021 PROJECTIONS.
THAT'S JUST MAINLY BECAUSE IN 2019, WE HAD BUDGETED ABOUT $225,000 FOR THE CLEANING OF THE DIGESTERS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019-2020 AND THAT'S NOT NEEDED IN THE FUTURE OR THIS CURRENT UPCOMING BUDGET.
[NOISE] NOW, LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, THIS IS GOING TO COVER PAGES 304 TO 386.
[NOISE] AS WE CAN SEE, STARTING FROM THE LEFT, WORKING OUR WAY TO THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE 2021-2022 COLUMN AND WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE WASTEWATER PORTION.
WE HAVE APPROPRIATED $581,550 FOR WASTEWATER CAPITAL PROJECTS AND HERE'S A LISTING OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EARMARKED FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.
WE HAVE THE RESURFACING OR TRICKLING FILTERS AND PAINT, REPLACING A WASH RACK, SANITATION AND VACUUM TRUCK, REPLACING DIGESTERS, GAS AND PRESSURE, TRICKLING FILTER PUMP, PARKING AND VACUUM TRUCK AND REPLACING A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR.
THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING APPROPRIATED FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET FOR THE WASTEWATER.
>> DR. PEREZ WAS THAT COST FOR A VACUUM TRUCK? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IS IT LARGE?
>> WE HAVE $250,000 AND WE HAVE $75,000 COMING OUT OF THE WASTEWATER AND 175 BEING FUNDED BY SANITATION.
THIS IS THE PARKING WHERE THE NEW VACUUM TRUCK WILL BE PARKING.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND. TWO QUESTIONS; WHERE DO WE PACK IT? TWO, WHY ARE THERE TWO PARKINGS FOR VACUUM TRUCKS?
>> I COULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE VACUUM TRUCK.
THE VACUUM TRUCK WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT VACUUM TRUCK WILL BE CLEANING OUR SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
IT IS MAINTENANCE THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
THEN IT WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THE CLEANING OF OUR STORM DRAIN COLLECTION SYSTEM.
THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY A PAD THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE SANITATION REFUSE TRUCKS TO PARK AS WELL AS THE VACUUM TRUCK IN THE FUTURE ONCE THEY GO AWAY.
THAT SHOULD HAVE READ JUST SANITATION TRUCK PARKING.
WE'RE REQUESTING SANITATION TRUCK PARKING PAD WITH CARPORT COVERS SO THAT ALL OF THE SANITATION TEAM IS CONSOLIDATED AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEIR WASH RACK CURRENTLY IS.
IT WOULD MAKE THAT DEPARTMENT MORE EFFICIENT VERSUS THEM GOING ACROSS THE TRACKS AND WITH THE UNKNOWN IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL AND HIGH-SPEED RAIL AND THE UNKNOWN IMPACTS OF THE WELL CONSTRUCTION, SANITATION COULD POTENTIALLY BE DISPLACED NEXT YEAR.
WE WANTED TO PUT A PLACE FOR THEM TO PARK THE REFUSE TRUCKS.
THEN THE OTHER PARKING FOR THE VACUUM TRUCK, THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ENCLOSED AREA.
THERE'S AN OLD STORAGE SHED THAT WOULD NEED TO BE KNOCKED DOWN AND WE WOULD NEED TO REBUILD IT, SO WE COULD ACTUALLY PARK THAT VACUUM TRUCK IN AN ENCLOSED AREA BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ITS PERMANENT HOME.
THE REASON THAT WASTEWATER WAS FUNDING A PORTION OF THAT IS BECAUSE IN THE EVENT THAT THE COUNCIL DOES PROCEED WITH IDENTIFYING A NEW PUBLIC WORKS YARD, THE SANITATION TRUCKS WOULD THEN BE MOVED OVER THERE, SO THAT CONCRETE PAD AND CARPORT COVER WOULD THEN BECOME USABLE FOR WASTEWATER IN THE FUTURE.
THAT IS WHY THAT $70,000 FROM WASTEWATER WAS TAKEN OUT.
BUT THE VACUUM TRUCK PARKING, IF YOU LOOK ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SHEET,
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THAT OLD SHED WAS A BIRD STORAGE SHED AND IT CURRENTLY JUST SITS THERE.THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO PARK THE VACUUM TRUCK.
THAT WOULD BE ITS PERMANENT HOME.
BUT AS FAR AS THE SANITATION, THAT WOULD JUST BE A PARKING PAD WITH SOME CARPORT COVERS TO MAINTAIN OUR ASSETS FOR SANITATION.
BECAUSE THE CITY CONTINUES TO ACQUIRE LARGER FLEET, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT SO THAT IT CAN LIVE OUT ITS USEFUL LIFE.
>> GOOD POINT. YES, IT'S TRUE. I APOLOGIZE.
[NOISE] THAT WAS THE VACUUM TRUCK, WASN'T IT? I REMEMBER NOW, WHAT WE BOUGHT THAT FOR.
[NOISE] GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE DIRECTOR PEREZ.
>> OKAY. [NOISE] LOOKING AT THE HEALTH OF THE WASTEWATER FUND.
WE HAVE A PROJECTED REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET OF $2.3 MILLION.
WE HAVE EXPENDITURES; OPERATING OF $2.2 MILLION, WE HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS OF 670,000.
OTHER SOURCES AND USES THAT JUST TRANSFER IN AND TRANSFER OUTS TOTALING A 150,00.
LOOKING AT THE REASON WHY IT'S BOLDED IN RED IS BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING HOW MUCH WE WILL BE DIPPING INTO OUR RESERVES THIS UPCOMING YEAR, AND THAT'S $345,000.
NOW, IF WE TAKE OUR PROJECTED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WILL BE $4.3 MILLION AND OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 3.9, WE SUBTRACT THE $2.4 MILLION OF IMPACT FEES BECAUSE IMPACT FEES IS NOT USED FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES.
BUT THAT'LL LEAVE US WITH AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE THAT WE CAN USE FOR OPERATION OR CAPITAL, HOW WE CHOOSE TO USE UP THOSE FUNDS IN THE WASTEWATER FUND OF $1.5 MILLION.
EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 3.9, 2.4 OF THAT IS IMPACT FEES.
NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FUND, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YES, I DO. DIRECTOR PEREZ, YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO SLIDE FIRST, REAL QUICK.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE DIPPING INTO IT, BUT YET WE ALSO HAVE A SURPLUS? BUT THAT'S LESS OF THE IMPACT FEES. I'M SORRY.
>> YOU ALSO SAID THE RFPS, REMEMBER THE RFP ON SLIDE 9, YOU SAID WE HAVE ALREADY OR WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE? YET ANOTHER PROJECT YOU HAVE TO MAKE.
>> OH HERE, SO I'M GOING TO RIGHT SELECT.
AT THIS POINT, FROM WHAT I'M AWARE OF, STAFF IS WORKING ON FINALIZING THE RFP.
MS. BISHOP CAN ELABORATE ON THAT.
>> I KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT.
>> YEP SO, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS, YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, I WILL BE LEAVING THE CITY IN AUGUST.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS PUBLISHING THIS RFP AND THEN NOBODY TAKES ON THE OWNERSHIP.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON LOGISTICALLY INTERNALLY.
ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHO WILL TAKE THIS PROJECT ON, WE WILL BE PUBLISHING THE RFP.
>> ARE THERE COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? MAYOR PER TEM REYNA?
>> YES, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PARKING PAD AND COVERS.
ARE ANY OF THESE GOING TO BE WITH SOLAR PANELS ON TOP? HAVE WE CONSIDERED THAT, SO THAT THIS ALSO PRODUCES ELECTRICITY THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IF WE UTILIZE THE FREE SUN THAT SHINES ABOVE US?
>> WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE BIDDING UP THE PROJECT.
>> WOULD THAT ADD A LOT OF MONEY TO THE COST? DO YOU KNOW?
>> I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK WITH CAMERON WHEN HE DID THE ESTIMATE.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I CAN'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW IF WE INCLUDED IT.
>> BUT THE ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND TO GO BACK TO, I GUESS UNFORTUNATELY, THE ISSUE OF QUESTION OF STAFFING TO USE THE CURRENT SOLAR FARM AS A MODEL.
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THAT SOLAR FARM REQUIRES A STAFF PERSON TO DEDICATED TO COMPLETELY ANALYZING AND STAYING UP TO DATE ON THE VARIOUS CREDITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.IN ALL HONESTY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PROJECT THAT STARTED BEFORE OUR TIME AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE NUANCES AND INFORMATION FROM OUR CONSULTANT THAT'S DIFFICULT TO ALIGN WITH HOW PG&E ACTUALLY ALLOCATES AND PROCESSES THOSE CREDITS.
CONSIDERING ANOTHER SOLAR FARM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT JUST HOW THAT PROJECT IS MANAGED, NOT JUST DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEREAFTER TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THOSE CREDITS AND ENSURE WHERE WE'RE RECOUPING WHATEVER OFFSET IN OUR UTILITY BILL WE WOULD GET FROM PG&E.
>> THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD THE CONTRACT FOR THE SOLAR FARM IS THAT SIEMENS WOULD GUARANTEE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCED YEAR BY YEAR AND THEY WOULD MAKE UP ANY SHORTFALL, BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR CREDIT.
>> THE CITY HAS TO MANAGE THE APPLICATION OF THE CREDITS AND ALLOCATIONS WITHIN THE UTILITY COUNCIL CITY HAS WITH PG&E.
SIEMENS DOESN'T DO THAT FOR US AND AT TIMES SIEMENS IS INTERPRETATION OF HOW THOSE ARE APPLIED CONFLICT OR JUST ARE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE BASE THAT OFF OF WHAT PG&E TELLS US.
>> IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY BE LOSING MONEY? [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE KNOW WE ARE LOSING MONEY IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT FULLY UTILIZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE CREDITS.
>> WE'RE LOSING MONEY [INAUDIBLE] OR IT'S THE SAME THING.
>> THANK YOU, MEMBER REYNA. ANYTHING TO ADD MEMBER MARTINEZ?
>> NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.
>> ONE LAST THING BEFORE WE MOVE OFF THE WASTEWATER THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
IF YOU RECALL BACK LAST YEAR TO THE AGWELL, THAT THE CITY MOVED FORWARD WITH REPLACING AND THAT COST, THAT'S AN EXPENSE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE WASTEWATER UTILITY AND THAT THE ANGLIN, THAT AREA SERVES AS A DISCHARGE FOR THE WASTEWATER EFFLUENT THAT THAT COMES FROM THE PLANT.
THERE'S VARIOUS PIPES AND SYSTEMS THAT TRANSFER THAT EFFLUENT FROM THE WASTEWATER PLANT TO THE ROUGHLY 600 PLUS ACRES WE HAVE OUT THERE.
AS WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE WATER WELL, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS OLD. IT'S AGING.
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE AND AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED PRESSURE TO THE WASTEWATER UTILITY.
>> YEAH. WELL, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND AND I DON'T WANT SPEAK FOR THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I'M CERTAIN THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, THAT WE DO NEED TO REVISIT THOSE RATES.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THEY WERE UPDATED, SO WE DO NEED TO REVISIT THEM.
>> IT'S TRUE. I MEAN, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE PAUL WAS HERE.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO KICK THEIR 10 ON ROAD.
LET'S SEE ABOUT THAT. DIRECTOR CHIS?
MOVING ON TO THE WATER FUND, THIS GOING TO COVER PAGES 238 THROUGH 244.
SIGNIFICANT OPERATING AND CHANGES, WE HAVE A DECREASE IN SALARIES OF 26,000, WE ALSO HAVE UTILITY AND PUMPING STATION DECREASE $65,000, FUEL, A DECREASE OF 10,000, SMALL TOOLS, DECREASE OF 25,000, WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND 5,150, WATER CONSERVATION MATERIALS INCREASE OF $6,000, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES $25,000.
SOME STRATEGIC CHALLENGES, THE WATER RATE STUDY, THE LAST RATE STUDY WAS IN 2015, 2016.
THE MANUAL METER READINGS WERE SUBJECT TO HUMAN ERROR, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALEXANDER, A CONTRACTOR THAT GOES OUT AND MOPEDS AROUND TOWN AND TAKES MANUAL READS OF THE METERS, AND ANY READS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO CAPTURE, OUR STAFF IS GOING OUT TO ATTAIN THOSE READS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE WATER CAPACITIES TO SERVE IS LIMITED TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
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ON THIS BULLET POINT, THE SUB-BULLET POINT IS THAT NEW DEVELOPERS COMING INTO THE CITY SEEKING BUILDING PERMITS, THEY ARE BEING INFORMED THAT THEY NEED TO ACQUIRE A WILL-SERVE LETTER FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT SINCE WE HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY WITH OUR WATER, SO THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY.THEN WE ALSO HAVE ACQUIRED TWO MORE PROPERTIES TO SERVE AS WELL SITES.
LASTLY, CALIFORNIA IS AGAIN IN A DROUGHT.
THIS MAP WAS RELEASED IN JUNE 10TH, 2021, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY, TO SHOWING HOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS LOOKING LIKE IN TERMS OF DROUGHT IN CURRENT COUNTIES IN D4, SO THERE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT.
THE NEXT, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED? IN THIS SLIDE, THERE IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN JUNE OF 2020 AND JUNE OF 2021.
HOW LAST YEAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE WASN'T THAT MUCH OF A DROUGHT IN COMPARISON TO THIS YEAR.
I BELIEVE IN 2015 WHEN COUNCIL HAD AN EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION.
MOVING ON TO THE WATER REVENUES FOR THE WATER FUND REVENUES, WE'RE PROJECTING THE LARGEST PORTION OF THESE REVENUES COMING IN AT $2.9 MILLION WILL BE FROM SERVICE CHARGES, THAT'S THE BLUE BAR.
THE SECOND HIGHEST WILL BE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE LARGEST PORTION IS GOING TO BE TO CAPITAL FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR COMING IN AT $2.5 MILLION, AND THE SECOND HIGHEST WOULD BE ON PERSONNEL AT $1.2 MILLION.
LOOKING AT TRENDS, THE REVENUE FOR THE WATER FUND, WE'RE SEEING A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, 2021.
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE BAR CHART, WE'RE SEEING IT'S CONSISTENT PERSONNEL COSTS INCREASING IN ACTUALS AND WE'RE PROJECTING IN COMPARISON TO OUR OPERATIONS WHERE THE LAST TWO 2018, 2019 AND 2019, 2020 HAS BEEN PRETTY STEADY ON OPERATIONS.
THEN 2020, '21, IT WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THAT JUST MAINLY DUE TO COVID, AND LIMITATIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS, AND WORKING AS SCALE INCREASE THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE A RECAP OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE SEPTEMBER 27TH MEETING WHERE MR. STAEDTLER PRESENTED A FIVE-YEAR FORECASTS OF THE WATER FUND.
THE CITY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATIONS OF THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR $25.8 MILLION TO REPLACE FOUR WELLS, $16 MILLION WENT TO 3 TCP TREATMENT AT WELL 12 AT 2.2.
THE STORAGE TANK, AND BOOSTER PUMPS, AS WELL AS ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, AMI, REMOTE METERING, SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE 25 MILLION, THE CITY ALSO HAS TO PAY-AS-YOU-GO THE ENGINEERING AND LAND ACQUISITION.
THAT'S ANOTHER $2.8 MILLION THAT'S NOT PART OF THE LOAN APPLICATION.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $28 MILLION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THROUGH THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD LOAN ADVANTAGES, SO IT'S BELOW MARKET INTEREST, TYPICALLY BASED ON 50 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S BORROWING INTEREST RATE, AND THE CURRENT RATE RIGHT NOW IS 3 PERCENT.
THE POSSIBLE GRANT AND PRACTICAL FORGIVENESS RIGHT NOW IT'S BASED AT 75 PERCENT WILL BE FORGIVABLE BUT IT'S NOT CERTAIN.
NOW, IF THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PAY BACK 25 PERCENT OF THE LOAN AND THE OTHER 75 IS FORGIVEN, THE CITY WOULD BE PAYING $330,000 A YEAR AS OPPOSED TO THE STATE COMING BACK AND SAYING, "NO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY BACK THE FULL AMOUNT A 100 PERCENT."
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THE CITY WOULD IT BE PAYING $1.3 MILLION.THE TERMS OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS WAS AT 3 PERCENT INTEREST RATE FOR A 30 YEAR LOAN.
THE SHORT STORY, TWO KEY FACTORS REGARDING THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, AND WITH THE OPTION OF 25 PERCENT LOAN AND 75 PERCENT GRANT FORGIVABLE.
IT'S A MORE FAVORABLE OUTCOME AND IT'S LIKELY, BUT IT'S NOT GUARANTEED AS MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE ALSO HAVE THE A 100 PERCENT LOAN.
THIS IS JUST THE SLIDE SHOWING WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE $330,000.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE BAR CHART, WE SEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SHORTFALL OF ROUGHLY ABOUT $466,000.
THAT $466,000 WOULD MANIFEST ITSELF IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026.
IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THAT, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO IMPLEMENT THESE RATE STUDIES STARTING FISCAL YEAR 2022, 2023, AND WE WOULD JUST DO A PHASED-IN YEAR OVER YEAR.
BY THE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO START PAYING INTO THIS LOAN, WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO START PAYING TOWARDS IT.
NOW, THE OTHER SCENARIO WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.
AS WE CAN SEE, IT'S DRASTICALLY LARGER BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $5.46 MILLION THAT THE CITY WILL SEE A SHORTFALL IN REVENUES.
WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN IF WE HAVE TO PAY BACK $1.46 MILLION? WELL, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT STARTING IN 2022, 2023, RESIDENTS WOULD SEE A 9.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN THEIR WATER BILL JUST FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO PAY BACK THE 25 MILLION DOLLARS SINCE THE SCENARIO ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REPAY BACK A 100 PERCENT OF THAT LOAN.
NOW, THE ONE THING BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE CAPITAL, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILIZING AND HAVING THESE RFPS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT WORKING CAPITAL ALLOWS US TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE YEAR FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE PREPARATION OF THE RFP, BUT BEYOND THAT, THE WATER FUND IS GOING TO BE ALSO STRUGGLING.
NOW, MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE WATER FUND, PAGES 304 THROUGH 386.
>> DIRECTOR PEREZ, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION IF I MAY.
>> YES. ABSOLUTELY MR. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE WATER RATES.
THIS WAS LOOKED AT BACK IN 2015 AND 2016, YOU MENTIONED.
IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, AT THE TIME THAT WE LOOKED AT THOSE WATER RATES AND THEY WERE ESTABLISHED, THERE WAS A BUILT-IN INCREASE THAT WAS TIED TO A MARKER AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT MARKER WAS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS INCREASES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE COST TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE?
>> IN REFERENCE TO THE CPI INCREASES, THERE WAS A CPI INCREASE IN 2017.
BUT DUE TO THE TURNOVER AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THAT CPI INCREASE DID NOT HAPPEN IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
>> WE BUILT IN THIS INCREASES BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COLLECTED, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> CORRECT. ONLY ONE YEAR IN 2017/2018.
>> THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A YEARLY OCCURRENCE, AM I CORRECT?
>> SINCE 2017 TO NOW, NO INCREASES HAVE OCCURRED.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO HAVE AN INCREASE THIS YEAR? BASED ON WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
>> WELL, AT THIS POINT WE ALREADY HAVE EVEN MORE PROJECTS AND A GREATER NEED FOR OUR WATERING INFRASTRUCTURE.
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IT WOULD BE WORTH TO JUST TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF OUR WATER FUND AND THESE CONSULTANTS CAN REVIEW, HERE ARE REVENUES COMING IN AND HERE ARE 5-10 YEARS WORTH OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND BASED ON THEIR ASSUMPTIONS, DETERMINE WHAT THAT RATE WOULD BE.I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS MR. [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT DOES. I WISH THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN, BUT OF COURSE THAT'S NONE OF YOUR DOING.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT HAD HAPPENED, THAT WE WERE NOT PUTTING THESE INCREASES THROUGH.
>> GOOD POINT. [NOISE] IT BEHOOVES US TO GET ON THIS BIG STUDIES SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE HITTING THEM WITH RAISES.
I'M SORRY ANYTHING I UNDERSTAND AND THE PRACTICE PRESENCE POINT.
I SUMMARIZED THAT CORRECTLY? THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] MAYOR MAY I CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WHAT? I ACTUALLY SKIP THIS PORTION, I APOLOGIZE.
ON THE WATER CIP SUMMARY, WE HAVE FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR UP COMING A $2.6 MILLION OF WATER PROJECTS, AND THAT IS COMPOSED OF THE SCREENSHOT THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN.
IT'LL BE THE 123 TCP TREATMENT WELL 12 INSTALLATION AND ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF WELL 18, WELL 16, ABANDONING WELL 8, DEVELOPMENT OF WELL 15, WELL 10 ABANDONMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF WELL 17, INSTALL 1.5 MG WATER STORAGE FACILITY, REPLACING AGING WATER FLEET, A MINI EXCAVATOR WITH A TRAILER, AND 800 GALLIUM VACUUM EXCAVATOR.
HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WATER FUND HEALTH.
THEY WERE PROJECTING FOR THE WATER FUND TO BRING IN ROUGHLY ABOUT $3.2 MILLION IN OPERATING COSTS.
WE HAVE $2.8 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS WOULD BE THE 2.5, THEN OTHER SOURCES AND USES THAT'S JUST YOUR TRANSFER IN AND TRANSFER OUTS, $ 31,000.
PROJECTED USER RESERVES WOULD BE DIPPING INTO OUR RESERVES $2.1 MILLION.
WE'RE STARTING OFF THE YEAR WITH $6.9 MILLION, AND WE SUBTRACT FROM THAT THE 2.1 THAT WE'RE DIPPING INTO THOSE RESERVES, BRINGING US TO THE $4.7 MILLION.
NOW FROM THOSE $4.7 MILLION, WE HAD TO DEDUCT THE IMPACT FEES TO ARRIVE AT AN ADJUSTED ENDING FUND BALANCE UNASSIGNED, WHICH IS THE $4.2 MILLION.
NOW THAT'S $4.2 MILLION, WHICH IS, AS MR. STAEDTLER MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, THAT THESE UNASSIGNED BALANCES IS WHAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT ANY RATE INCREASES.
THAT'S WHERE THE $4.2 MILLION GIVES THAT WIGGLE ROOM FOR THE CITY TO PREPARE ITSELF FOR THE RIGHT STUDIES.
[NOISE] NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE SANITATION FUND, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> CAN YOU GO BACK THE SLIDE REAL QUICK?
>> JUST A COMMENT. I GUESS NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE ALL THE TIME PROBABLY, HOW MUCH WE'RE ANNUALLY DIPPING INTO THE RESERVE.
I SEE WE'RE DOING THAT TO THE TUNE OF $2.1 MILLION THIS YEAR.
MEMBER REYNA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, OR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
>> MEMBER [INAUDIBLE]. [NOISE]
>> MEMBER PALLARES, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE] JUST CONTINUE.
>> MAYOR GARCIA I HAVE THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION REGARDING DIPPING INTO RESERVES.
IN 2018/2019 ACTUALS, WE DID NOT TAP INTO OUR RESERVES, WE ACTUALLY ADDED TO OUR RESERVES OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
IN 2019/2020 ACTUALS, AGAIN, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
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WHEN WE STARTED THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'RE IN THE 2020/2021, WE HAD PROJECTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE TAPPING INTO OUR RESERVES, $4.1 MILLION THAT WE WERE TAPPING INTO.BUT AFTER STAFF WENT BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020 AND RE-EVALUATE ALL OF ITS CAPITAL NEEDS AND PROJECTS AND THE STATE REVOLVING LOAN APPLICATION AND DEFERRING SOME OF THE PROJECTS, WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THIS CURRENT UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, DIPPING INTO OUR RESERVES AT $3.8 MILLION.
WELL, INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT'S WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN IN RED, THAT $2.1 MILLION.
>> THAT'S GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A LINK BETWEEN CONSTANTLY DIPPING INTO THE RESERVE FUND WHICH WE HAD JUST DISCUSSED RECENTLY ABOUT HABITS TO MAINTAIN THAT HEALTH OF THAT FUND.
IT BEHOOVES THE CITY TO HAVE A STRONG INVESTMENT PLAN INTO THAT RESERVE FUND.
>> THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR GARCIA AND THAT IS AGAIN ONE OF THE REASONS DIPPING INTO OUR RESERVES IS BECAUSE OUR REVENUES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH OUR OPERATING COSTS AS WELL AS OUR CAPITAL NEEDS AND OUR CAPITAL NEEDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO YOUR POINT.
>> WE FLAT-LOADED THOSE ALL IN 2020, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO HIGH TO BEGIN WITH?
>> YES. AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
BUT AFTER SOME [NOISE] REVISION AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT WAS CUT IN HALF.
>> REMEMBER FOLKS TO PUT YOUR PHONES ON MUTE IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING.
GOOD. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU WHO MADE A COMMENT.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GETTING LEAN ON THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AND $2.1 MILLION IS DAUNTING, BUT IT'S A LOT LESS DAUNTING THAN TO SEE A $4.1 MILLION AGAIN.
>> NOW, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE SANITATION FUND AND THIS IS GOING TO COVER PAGES 245 THROUGH 251.
SANITATION INCREASES, SALARIES OF $38,000, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES $10,000, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF 15,650.
SOME SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHALLENGES.
THE SANITATION RACE STUDY IN THE LAST ONE HAPPENED IN 2011-2012.
IN THIS RATE STUDY, THERE WAS A PHASE-IN OF ESCALATORS LIKE THE CPIS, LIKE MR. RENA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THE WATERFRONT AND THOSE HAVE COME TO AN END IN 2018.
THOSE STEPS HAVE COME TO AN END AS OF 2018.
ALSO, WE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING WITH R3 CONSULTANT DEVELOPING THE NEW RATES FOR THE SANITATION FUND.
THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PRELIMINARY RATE MODEL.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE FINAL FIGURES FOR A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMERICAN REFUSE BEFORE THEY CAN FINALIZE THEIR FIGURES AND STAFF IS ABLE TO BRING FORWARD THE RATES STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAFF.
BUT ALSO HERE WE WANT TO NOTE THAT THE OUTCOME IS LIKELY TO BE SIGNIFICANT RATE INCREASES HERE BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONSULTANTS, BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH THEY WILL BE.
BUT THERE WILL BE SOME INCREASES ON THE SANITATION FUND.
THERE'S ALSO COMPLIANCE WITH NEW SB 1383 ORGANIC RECYCLING LAWS.
WE ALSO HAVE AGING FLEET REPLACING 10-15 YEAR-OLD REFUSE CARTS.
UNKNOWN IMPACTS OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL CONSTRUCTION DUE TO ROAD CLOSURES AND CHANGES IN TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
DISPLACED LOCATIONS TO KEEP TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT CREATES INEFFICIENCIES IN OPERATIONS.
INCREASE IN BUILDING MATERIALS FOR REFUSE TRUCKS.
LOOKING AT THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
>> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, I JUST WANT TO GET THESE ANSWERS AS WE GO ALONG SO YOU KEEP MOVING.
GO BACK A SECOND. YOU SAID THERE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN REFUSE, COULD YOU EXPOUND ON THAT?
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT. THERE'S CURRENTLY NO AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN REFUSE AT THIS TIME AND THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR THE RECYCLING IN THE ORGANICS, RECYCLING FOR COMMERCIAL, AND THE BLUE BAND FOR RESIDENTIAL.
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>> THAT'S BEING HELD UP BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON DIRECTION FOR THE ORGANICS, IS THAT CORRECT FROM THE STATE OR IS THAT NOT?
>> NO, IT'S JUST TAKING A WHILE TO NEGOTIATE TERMS.
>> LET ME KNOW. THEY PICK MY TRASH, I KNOW THEM. [NOISE]
>> PART OF THE RFP IS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE WITH COUNSEL UNTIL I BRING THEM FORWARD.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I REALLY HOPE THEY'RE NOT PICKING UP YOUR TRASH BECAUSE THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE PICKING THAT UP.
>> OH, YEAH, THAT TRUE. I MEAN, THEY'RE PICKING MY BLUE BIN.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT FOLKS, SORRY.
>> I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BOTH THE REGULAR TRASH AND RECYCLING OR JUST RECYCLING? IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME.
>> YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SERVICE ALL SOLID WASTE ACCOUNTS.
>> DO WE INTEND TO PASS THIS ON TO THE CONSUMER? [OVERLAPPING]
>> PASSING IT ON TO THE CONSUMER, DO YOU MEAN THE RATE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT IS CORRECT. THE CONSUMER WOULD BE THE ONE PAYING FOR THE RECYCLING SERVICE AND THE ORGANIC SERVICE.
>> TO BE HONEST, THEY TOLD YOU.
THIS IS FOR THE CITYWIDE BLUE BINS, RIGHT?
>> CITYWIDE BLUE BINS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND BLUE BIN IN THE COMMERCIAL ORGANICS.
>> COMMERCIAL ORGANICS. OKAY, NOT RESIDENTIAL ORGANIC HERE.
>> THE RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SERVICED BY THE CITY.
>> OKAY. [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU.
>> YOU SAID THAT'S STILL BEING WORKED OUT.
DO WE HAVE A TIMETABLE TARGETED, EMMY?
>> WE DID HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT OF EVENTS WITH THE LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WAS ASSISTING US. HE DID PASS AWAY.
I'M IN THE PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT AND CATCHING UP TO SPEED A NEW LEGAL COUNSEL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW HOW LONG THAT'LL BE.
>> DO YOU ANTICIPATE GETTING THAT DONE BEFORE YOU LEAVE? AT LEAST THE LEGAL COUNSEL REPLACED?
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR, CONTINUE FIRST.
>> NOW LOOKING AT THE REVENUE SIDE, WE'RE LOOKING AT CIF OF ROUGHLY ABOUT $2.8 MILLION COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S THE MAIN REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE SANITATION FUND.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE IS GOING TOWARDS PERSONNEL COSTS $1.7 MILLION.
THE SECOND HIGHEST IS FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS, $259,000.
>> THIS IS JUST A SANITATION TRENDS OF OUR REVENUES ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, AND OUR OPERATIONS PERSONNEL OPERATING AND SERVICE TRANSCRIPT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
WE SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN OUR REVENUES.
NOW ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PUSHING THESE PAGES 304 THROUGH 386.
WE ARE PROJECTING $729,000 TO BE EARMARKED FOR SANITATION PROJECTS.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE REPLACING THE SANITATION TRACK $375,000, ONE TON FLATBED TRUCK.
OH, THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
GREEN WASTE, NEW GUARD SHACK 8,500.
THERE SHOULD ONLY BE TWO THERE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE OTHER TWO ITEMS. THEN ON THE HEALTH AND SANITATION FUND, WE WERE PROJECTING THAT 3 MILLION, THEN OUR OPERATIONS, 3.2 MILLION, ON OPERATIONAL COSTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, 500,000.
THEN OTHER SOURCES AND USES, TRANSFER IN AND TRANSFER OUTS WOULD BE 215,000 ARE PROJECTED USE OF RESERVES.
WE'RE PROJECTING TO DIP INTO OUR RESERVES, ROUGHLY ABOUT $887,000.
WHEN WE TAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT ARE REJECTED BEGINNING FROM BALANCE AS AT JULY 1ST, LESS 887.
THAT'S WHEN WE ARRIVE AT OUR $1.2 MILLION IN THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IMPACT FEES TO DEDUCT FROM THE SANITATION FUND.
THE 1.2 IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING.
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NOW, MOVING FORWARD TO THE CNG, FIND PAGES 252 THROUGH 257.THERE'S A DECREASE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF 9,000, EQUIPMENT REPAIR A 13,500, AND A DECREASE OF CNG FUEL THAT 15,000.
SOME SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHALLENGES IN THE CNG STATION ARE SERVICING LIMITATIONS.
WHAT THIS IS IS THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE VENDOR IN THE AREA THAT CAN SERVICE OUR STATION. THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
CONTINUE TRAINING STAFF HOW TO DO THESE MAINTENANCE ON THE CNG STATION EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY THAT CAN DO THIS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SB 1383 REQUIREMENTS.
IT MAY REQUIRE CONVERSION OF CNG, COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, THE RNG.
THE CNG STATION REVENUES, IT'S FULLY FUNDED BY CNG FUEL CHARGES.
THERE'S NO OTHER FUNDING SOURCE COMING INTO THE CNG FUND.
WE'RE PROJECTING ROUGHLY ABOUT 90,000.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE LARGEST PORTION OF 1.7 MILLION, IT'LL BE FOR PERSONNEL COSTS AND THE SECOND HIGHEST WOULD BE THE 759 FOR OPERATIONS.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CNG STATION?
>> WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES PLEASE.
ACTUALLY SCROLL BACK TWO SLIDES FIRST.
[NOISE] TO CONTINUE STAFF TRAINING, THAT'S OUR STAFF, RIGHT?
>> CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? LET ME WRITE SOMETHING DOWN. LET ME WRITE SOMETHING.
CAN YOU GO TO THE LAST ONE WITH A PIE CHART? JUST REAL QUICK. I WANT TO DO TOO DETAILED.
WHAT KIND OF CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WITH THE CNG?
>> ON THE CNG PORTION, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT EARMARKED AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED.
BUT WHAT IT WAS IS, RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT OF THE CNG STATION, BUT AS IT WAS PROPOSED TO STAFF TO THE FURTHEST PROJECT FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023.
>> IT'S GOING INTO SAVINGS FOR THAT COST? GOOD. AWESOME. THAT'S IT.
MEMBER RENA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR QUESTIONS FOR THIS PORTION?
>> NO QUESTION, MAN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ.
>> NO QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE HAD MR. STAEDTLER WITH US, I DO BELIEVE, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ASKING HIM COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT EACH SECTION.
I SURE HOPE YOU'RE MAKING NOTES.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A SPOT IN THE ANSWER.
DIRECTOR PEREZ, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE PUBLIC TRANSIT FUND.
THIS IS GOING TO COVER PAGES 259 THROUGH 264, THE AGENDA PACKET.
SOME SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHALLENGES, COVID-19 PANDEMIC STALLED SERVICES, PREPARE FOR ELECTRIC BUS CONVERSIONS, TRAINING ON ELECTRIC BUS MAINTENANCE, THAT MEANS TRAINING OUR STAFF ON THE REPAIR OF ELECTRIC BUSES, AND ALSO LOCATING AND INSTALLING A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THE CHARGING STATION OF A LEVEL III DC FAST CHARGERS.
ON THE PUBLIC TRANSIT REVENUES AND IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES.
THE MAJORITY THAT'S COMING IN, THE ORANGE PIE CHART, THOSE ARE JUST GRANTS THAT'S FUNDING THE TRAFFIC FUND AND THE SERVICE TRANSFERS.
THE TRANSIT SERVICE CHARGES, WHICH IS THE FAIR BOX.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, OUR PERSONNEL COSTS THAT 318,000 AND THE SECOND HIGHEST JUST SERVICE TRANSFERS OF 131,000.
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THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR GARCIA, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS HAS BEEN IN MY MIND SINCE I SPOKE ABOUT IT EARLIER.
YOU AND I, MAYOR, SPOKE ABOUT IT AS WELL, AND THAT IS THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MONIES.
I REALLY THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE.
WE SPEAK ABOUT THE NEED FOR ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO GET THE JOB DONE AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT OUR STAFF GOES THROUGH ON A DAY IN, DAY OUT BASIS TO GET THE JOB DONE.
I THINK NOT REPLACING THAT DECISION, IS A MISTAKE ON OUR PART.
I WANT TO SAY THAT THAT SHOULD BE REINSTATED. THANK YOU.
I THINK THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT HAVING THAT OR REVISITING IT IN THE MIDYEAR BUDGET, BUT CLEARLY, IT'S EVIDENT THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY RECONSIDER THAT IMMEDIATELY.
ALL IT SAYS, I'LL SHARE YOUR SENTIMENT. MEMBER MARTINEZ?
>> NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
>> MAYOR, REAL QUICK. JUST WANT TO LOOK INTO THE SLIDE.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE PIE CHART.
>> I AM SORRY. SOMETHING WITH THE CNG STATION.
I WAS TRYING TO DOUBLE-CHECK SOMETHING.
I'M GOING TO WANT TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THAT ONE BECAUSE THIS ONE SHOWS 1.7 MILLION FOR CNG FUND DEDICATED TO PERSONNEL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S CORRECT.
>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] THAT STOOD OUT TO ME TOO.
I WAS LIKE, HOW? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT, DIRECTOR PEREZ?
>> THERE'S NO WAY 1.7 OF CNG GOES TO PERSONNEL.
>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK [LAUGHTER] WELL, YEAH, IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE AN OVERSTATEMENT OF FUNDS FOR NUMBERS.
>> OH NO. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT.
>> WELL, THAT CHANGES THE SIZE OF THAT PIE.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO REVISIT THAT AND CORRECT THAT AND SEE HOW IT INFLUENCES ANY OF THE NUMBERS.
>> YEAH, SURE. MAYBE WE'LL PUT MORE INTO IT AFTER WE GET THAT TO THE STATION.
>> NO. JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT VERIFICATION BEFORE I SLEEP MY MIND.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. MR. TYLER, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON ANY OF THE PORTIONS OR MODULES OF THESE PRESENTATIONS THERE.
I KNOW YOU PRESENTED THEM SOME INTERESTING INSIGHTS AT THE PREVIOUS, I THINK IT WAS THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
DIRECTOR PEREZ REVISITED, I APPRECIATE HIM REHASHING THAT.
BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION THIS YEAR.
I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT CLOSELY AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR VERY CONSISTENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT'S IN A MUCH LARGER DOCUMENT.
BUT I THINK ALL OF THE KEY ISSUES WERE COVERED THIS EVENING.
IF I DID HAVE MAYBE ANY OVERARCHING COMMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE FUND, IT WOULD JUST BE, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE BOTH THE REFUSE RATE, THE WASTEWATER RATE, AND THE WATER RATE WERE EVALUATED.
FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THOSE IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS.
BUT THAT WILL PRESENT YOU WITH A CHALLENGE AS YOU CONSIDER THOSE DURING THE COMING YEAR.
IN TERMS OF THE RATE THAT'LL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR OPERATING AND CAPITAL MEANS.
YOU'LL HAVE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY DURING THE FALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.
IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THEM NOW.
OTHER THAN TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, THAT THOSE WILL BE SOME CHALLENGES THAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY.
I THINK THAT WAS AN OVERARCHING THING QUITE FRANKLY,
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OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S PRESENTATION ANYWAY.BUT THAT'S THE LAST DEPRESSING BLOCK.
I THINK THAT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. [BACKGROUND]
>> THIS COMPLETES THE PRESENTATION FOR THE SECOND PORTION OF THE [OVERLAPPING] PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP.
STUFF WANTS TO THANK THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS STAFF FOR THE ENDLESS HOURS THAT WE'VE PUT IN INTO LOOKING AT EACH OF THESE LINE ITEMS AND REALLY ANALYZING WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THE FUTURE.
JUST IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST THANK OUR STAFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN TO BRINGING FORWARD THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR COUNCIL TO REVIEW.
>> HEY, MAYOR. I WANT TO GO BACK REAL QUICK.
ISRAEL, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE WATER FUND IN THE SLIDE ON THE WILL SERVE LETTER.
I KNOW HE MENTIONED THAT AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AND EMPHASIZE MORE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON THE ABILITY TO SERVE THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
BUT WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT THE WILL SERVE LETTER PROCESS ENTAILS, AND THAT IS AS NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHATEVER NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, THEY'RE BEING REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A WILL SERVE LETTER.
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CAPACITY THAT THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE OR REQUIRE OF THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM.
WE'RE REACHING THE POINT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY AS WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR WITH THE WATER EMERGENCY TO SERVE OUR OWN CURRENT RESIDENTS, LET ALONE THE ABILITY TO SERVE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IF SOMETHING DOESN'T CHANGE WITH THE ABILITY TO INSTALL AND DEVELOP NEW WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'LL BE LIMITED IN TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE AND ENCOURAGE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY PERIOD.
THERE ARE SOME CITIES IN THE STATE IN VARIOUS TIMES THAT HAVE HAD TO ISSUE MORE [INAUDIBLE] ON DEVELOPMENT AND NOT PERMIT IT BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY TO MEET INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND FOR WHETHER IT'S WATER OR WASTEWATER, BUT YOU'RE REACHING THAT POINT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S INFLUENCING THIS IS THE FACT THAT YOU MAY RECALL, BUT THE CITY USED TO HAVE AN EXISTING WATER WELL ALONG THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL ALIGNMENTS AND THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL HAD TO PURCHASE THAT WATER WELL.
THIS IS SOME ALMOST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO ROUGHLY.
THEY'VE UNFORTUNATELY DRAGGED OUR FEET AND WE'RE SITTING HERE WITHOUT THAT WATER WELL HAVING BEEN REPLACED AS OF YET.
WE STRUGGLE AND HAVE FAILED TO GET ANY ANSWERS FROM HIGH-SPEED RAIL STAFF AND A REGIONAL DIRECTOR AS TO WHEN THAT'S BE COMPLETED.
WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT AND BROUGHT THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION WELL OVER A YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO TWO YEARS AGO, AND YET, HERE WE WITHOUT A WELL TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
IN A CONVERSATION RECENTLY WITH THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL REGIONAL DIRECTOR, GARTH FERNANDEZ, HE HAS YET TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER ON WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THAT WATER WELL.
I'VE ALSO ASKED HIM ON WHAT IS HIGH-SPEED RAIL'S PLAN TO SERVE THE CITY AND ADDRESS IN THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE TO ISSUE ANOTHER WATER EMERGENCY IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE WATER CAPACITY TO SERVE THE EXISTING POPULATION.
I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS AND WE DIDN'T COVER THAT IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE JUST THAT IMPORTANCE AND THE IMPACT THAT YOUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CAPACITY HAS ON YOUR ABILITY TO GROW, LET ALONE SERVE THE EXISTING POPULATION.
>> THANK YOU, DANIEL. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US AND RESTATING A POINT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE SAID A NUMBER OF TIMES TO A RESONANCE.
WE CAN HAVE THAT PLACE DEMOLISHED TOMORROW, AND THE TRUTH IS WE COULD THEN DEVELOP IT AND EXPAND BASED ON THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
MY QUESTION IS THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOAN.
IT'S NOT IN ANY CAPITAL PLANS TO DO THE EXPANSION OF THOSE RAIL LINES OR INFRASTRUCTURE.
IS THAT CURRENTLY IN THERE? YOU'RE ON MUTE.
>> THE WATER LINES ARE PART OF THAT LOAN AND THE PROCESS WE'VE ENDEAVORED WITH IDENTIFYING SITES TO DEVELOP NEW WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
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I USE THE WORD INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH A NEW WELL, COMBINATION OF WATER STORAGE AND WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT WILL BE HOUSED OR DEVELOPED WITHIN A 2-3 ACRE SITE.>> ALL THAT'S BEEN ENCOMPASSED IN THERE.
I SEE THERE WAS A NUMBER OF ITEMS INCLUDING WELLS.
[NOISE] WITH THAT BEING SAID, ESPECIALLY NEXT YEAR, THEY WON'T BE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WE DON'T WANT TO FACE THAT ISSUE AGAIN LIKE LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY NOT HAVING ONE OPERATIONAL WELL RIGHT NOW.
>> WHEN THESE NEW WELLS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED, WE WILL NOT BE TAKING OUR EXISTING WELLS OFFLINE UNTIL THAT NEW WELL THAT'S REPLACING THE EXISTING WELL IS FULLY CONSTRUCTED AND SERVING THE SYSTEM.
>> MAKES SENSE. [NOISE] YOU MENTIONED THE BOARD MEETING'S SIDE NOTE.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PUT THE REMAINDER OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL ON MY CALENDAR, PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO GET REGISTERED FOR THOSE MEETINGS.
I WAS DOING THEM FOR A BIT THERE.
>> I CHECKED THIS WEEK AND I DO KNOW THAT THE ONE FOR JUNE HAS BEEN CANCELED.
THE NEXT ONE I BELIEVE IS MIDDLE OF JULY.
>> YEAH. I SEE THAT HERE. VERY WELL.
[NOISE] DIRECTOR PEREZ, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY THING TO ADD OR ANY LAST [NOISE] WORDS? SAY YOUR PIECE.
>> NO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND FOR ALL TO ENJOY THE WEEKEND.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING ME OF THAT.
I'M STRESSED JUST HAVING TO LISTEN TO IT.
>> WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE STILL GOT TO GO BACK.
REMEMBER, YOU PUT A PIN ON THE ISSUE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OR THE ENGINEER DIRECTOR AND THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.
DO YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT?
[NOISE] [LAUGHTER] IT LOOKS LIKE A DEPUTY DIRECTOR WOULD BE NOT VERY MUCH, BUT LESS THAN STAFF ENGINEER, ABOUT 127,000.
WE CAN USE HIM OR HER IN MORE CAPACITY IN THAT POSITION.
I PROPOSE WE FILL THE FUNDING FOR DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
WHAT SAY YOU, MEMBERS? [NOISE]
>> WELL, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS REYNA, I THINK WE NEED TO REINSTATE THE POSITION.
>> I CONCUR WITH YOU AND MEMBER REYNA,.
>> YES. REINSTATE THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS.
>> WITH ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.
DANIEL, COULD YOU GUYS BRING THAT BACK? ARE YOU GOING TO BRING THAT BACK OR ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] THAT DIRECTION?
>> WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND IT, ONE IDEA THAT MIGHT COME TO MIND.
CERTAINLY WE'VE EXPANDED ON THE USE OF MEASURE X FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO COVER A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE INCREASES WE HAVE HERE.
THAT REALLY WOULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN AREAS WE CAN TRY TO ABSORB IT IF WE CAN'T FIND IT CUT ELSEWHERE.
AS A WAY TO OFFSET AND PROVIDE SOME FUNDING CAPACITY, THE GENERAL FUND COULD BE TO FURTHER INCREASE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AMOUNT SO THAT YOU CREATE THAT FUNDING CAPACITY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
THE ONE OTHER AVENUE, AND THIS IS ONE THAT I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND WOULD BE VERY LEERY OF PURSUING, BUT THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN WITH THE INCREASES FOR THE FIRE FUND OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COST, WAS TO PLAN ON ABSORBING THE FULL COST OF THE INCREASES EFFECTIVE THE FIRST YEAR.
WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING ABOVE 530,000 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COSTS FOR SERVICE IN WASCO.
OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, THE COUNTY'S PLAN IS TO INCREASE THAT TO OVER 1.1 MILLION, 1.2 MILLION.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE WHAT NUMBER THAT WILL BE.
WE WANTED TO SET ASIDE THAT DIFFERENCE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A CUSHION FOR THE CITY SO THAT IN THE LONG-TERM AS YOU APPROACH YEARS FIVE THROUGH SEVEN, YOU HAVE SOME FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS AND OR TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE INCREASES THE COUNTY CAN ABSORB.
YOU COULD POTENTIALLY IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES IS NOT FACTOR IN
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THAT OVERALL INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR AND ALLOCATE PART OF THAT TO COVER THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE MEANTIME.YOU JUST WILL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY PUTTING AWAY THAT DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING PART OF THAT TO FUND THIS PUBLIC WORKS POSITION.
>> YEAH, IT DOES. IF YOU COULD JUST COME BACK WITH THOSE OPTIONS, THAT WAY WE CAN GO IN AND VIEW THOSE SEPARATELY AND APPROVE THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. [NOISE]
>> OKAY. WE HAD INITIALLY PLANNED FOR THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP, I GUESS.
IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC CHANGES OR INFORMATION WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON? THIS LEADS TO THE POINT OF WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING THE BUDGET BACK UP FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER? POSSIBLY EITHER AN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SESSION, ADDITIONAL BUDGET WORKSHOP AND OR PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET.
YOU DO HAVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH TO ADOPT THAT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, SO YOU HAVE SOME DATES BETWEEN NOW OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
>> WONDERFUL. WE CAN GO IN AND PROVE IT THEN TOO.
WANT TO KNOW THE 22ND? WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN UP ALL THE TUESDAYS THIS MONTH.
>> NEVER MIND. OUR MEETINGS ARE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS NOT EVERY OTHER TUESDAY.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE THIRD MEETING THIS MONTH.
I WAS SO EXCITED. JUST KIDDING.
>> I BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR THIRD MEETING THIS MONTH.
>> YEAH. WELL, THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MONTH. LAST QUESTION.
I WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT DANIEL SAID REGARDING THE PLAN THAT THE STAFF HAS REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T WANT TO DEVIATE FROM THAT CURRENT PLAN.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES IN TROUBLE WHEN THESE FUNDS ARE DUE SEVEN YEARS FROM IMPLEMENTATION.
WE NEED TO FIND OTHER WAY TO FUND THIS DEPUTY WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION IN MY OPINION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD ASKED FOR COMMENTS, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO OFFER MINE AND BE CLEAR WHERE I STAND ON THAT.
IF YOU CAN BRING ALL THOSE OPTIONS, DANIEL, SO THAT WE CAN VISUALIZE AND REVIEW THEM INDEPENDENTLY, THAT'D BE REALLY GREAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO GO BOUNCE OFF THE WEB MEMBER REYNA SAID THAT METHOD IS IN ESSENCE A LUXURY FOR US.
WE HAVE THAT CHOICE TO DO THAT AND FRONT LOAD THAT COST UPFRONT.
WE ARE HIT AND BEARING THE BURDEN OF THE TOTAL COST SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW.
NOW, I BELIEVE THAT WE OWE THE SAME COURTESY TO OUR RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE UTILITY RATES.
THE THING IS I UNDERSTAND THE PREDICAMENT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THIS YEAR WITH THE DEPARTURE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE RFPS? IN-HOUSE STILL OR DOES IT ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT DIRECTOR COMES IN? [OVERLAPPING].
>> IS THIS IN-HOUSE FINANCE? I KNOW SCOTT CAN BE AN EXCELLENT MENTOR AS WELL.
>> B CAN MOVE FORWARD PROVIDED THEY'RE AT THE POINT WE CAN START PUBLISHING THEM SO THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO BE A MATTER OF ADVERTISING AND GETTING BIDS AND PROPOSALS FROM FIRMS THAT CAN CONDUCT THAT.
SHE CAN START THAT PROCESS AS SOON AS SHE HAS THAT FINALIZED.
WE'LL PROBABLY SIT DOWN HERE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO OR NEXT WEEK NOW THAT'S FRIDAY, BUT WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH SCOTT AND GO OVER THAT.
WE'VE BRIEFED HIM ON THAT AS WELL.
WE CAN GET THAT STARTED SO THAT CAN MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY.
WITH REGARDS TO THE CPI ON THE WATER RATES, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY CAN STILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT LEAST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
ORIGINALLY, THE WORDING I LOOK BACK AT THE ORDINANCE AND IT SAID THAT IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE THE UTILITY BILL IN MAY.
IT'S BASED OFF THE CPI FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT'S THE WRONG DATE.
ROUGHLY ABOUT TWO PERCENT IF NOT SLIGHTLY MORE.
[NOISE] ONE AND A HALF PERCENT IS WHAT IT WOULD BE.
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WE POTENTIALLY CAN LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING THAT IF COUNCIL WISHES IN JULY SO YOU CAN START RECOUPING SOME OF THAT.IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL NOTICE.
BY THE WAY, THE ORDINANCE READS, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A MATTER OF INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE UTILITY BILLS IF YOU SO WISH.
>> [LAUGHTER] THE THING IS IF THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT, I DEFINITELY WOULD BE AFRAID OF THE RESIDENTS FEELING THAT HEY, MY RATES ARE GOING UP TWICE, BUT THEY KNOW IT OR NOT THAT IS THE FACT.
WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THAT DIDN'T BODE WELL FOR THEM.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST TAKE THE HOLISTIC APPROACH AND MOVE FORWARD WITH RFPS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN JUST GET THIS DONE.
THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ON THIS.
I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE OTHER MEMBERS.
ANY COMMENTS ON WHAT HE SUGGESTED OR PROPOSED? MEMBER REYNA.
>> MAYOR, I WANT TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS.
I KNOW THAT IT IS REQUIRED IS NEEDED AND I WANT TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT ON IT.
>> YOU WANT TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE RATE INCREASE?
WE OPENED IT UP TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT.
>> WELL, I GUESS LET ME BACK UP.
IN GOING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AND SETTING NEW RATES, YES, YOU WOULD HAVE THE FULL PROP TO A TEAM PROCESS THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTIFICATION.
THE CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE AND ORDINANCE IN PLACE ALLOWS THE CITY TO INCREASE THE WATER UTILITY BILL BASED ON THE CPI FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER.
AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WHEN THE CPI INFORMATION IS PUT OUT IN JANUARY, YOU CAN INCREASE THAT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTIFICATION.
>> I'M FINE WITH THAT BECAUSE I QUESTION THAT, AND I FOUND OUT FROM DIRECTOR PEREZ THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THAT SINCE 2017, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S LET'S START IT NOW. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THIS.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE WE CAN START THAT NOW.
>> YES, I THINK THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT WITHOUT A RATE INCREASE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MONEY COMING IN TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OR EVEN UPGRADE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> YES, IT DOES. I HAVEN'T COMMENTED ABOUT THAT THOUGH.
>> I CONCUR WITH ME [MUSIC] MEMBER REYNA ON THE DISCUSSION THAT HE JUST HAD WITH DANIEL REGARDING THE INCREASES.
>> NOW, THESE ARE GREAT INCREASES, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
>> THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ANNUALLY.
>> ANNUALLY, BUT FOR MANY YEARS? WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED THEY HAVE THE INITIAL INCREASE AND THEN EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO INCREASE SOME MORE.
CORRECT? BUT FOR HOW MANY YEARS TOTAL WAS THIS RATE INCREASE AT THIS?
>> FIVE YEARS [OVERLAPPING] IF WE INCREASE IT, WE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR LEFT TO GATHER MORE FUNDS. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> RIGHT, BECAUSE I MEAN IF IT'S NINE IN 2017 BELONG, IT'S FIVE-YEARS WILL BE NEAR THE END OF THE INCREASES.
>> YEAH, I THINK SO. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THEM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, DURING THE BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL THE OPTIONS FOR THE FUNDING OF THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION.
WE CAN ALSO BRING THEM TOO AS WELL.
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL FINISHING UP WITH THE COVID, THE EMERGENCY.
WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING INTO THE RATE INCREASES IN GENERAL.
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I'D PREFER TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.>> YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ECHOING WHERE I'LL ECHO YOUR COMMENTS MEMBER POLARIS.
NOTIFICATION OR NOT, WE'RE RAISING THE RATE.
NOT ONLY AMONGST THE PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT MEMBER POLARIS.
WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO BE HITTING THEM TWICE IN PLACE.
I WOULD WHATEVER, DURING YOUR NEXT MONTH, WHATEVER USING THE CPI INDEX.
THEN FOLLOWING THE RFP PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO HIT THEM AGAIN.
[NOISE] IF IT WERE ME, I MEAN, IT IS ME, I'D BE PRETTY UPSET THAT MY RATES ARE GOING UP TWICE BACK-TO-BACK WITHOUT A FULL HOLISTIC APPROACH.
I'D LIKE IT TO BE DONE ONCE AND SET IT OUT.
BECAUSE REALLY, TO BE FRANK, IT'S JUST AN OVERSIGHT AND OVERSIGHT OF OUR STAFF.
WHETHER IT HAPPENED INTENTIONALLY OR NOT, IT WAS A FAILURE ON THE PART OF THE CITY.
WE HAVE TO OWN THAT, AND I FEEL THAT WE JUST NEED TO DO THIS CORRECTLY, GET IT DONE RIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT, IT'S ONE PERCENT, BUT A RATE INCREASE IS A RATE INCREASE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER NOTIFICATION OR NOT, ONE PERCENT, SEVEN PERCENT.
THOSE ARE JUST MY FEELINGS. WE HAVE TWO OPPOSING POSITIONS OF THEM.
>> YEAH, I THINK I'M GOING TO ADVISE SCOTT TO BRING THIS BACK, THINK ABOUT IT, AND BRING THIS BACK TO YOU GUYS.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT HIM IN A BIND AND THEN COMMIT HIM TO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BACKFIRE ON HIM OR BACKFIRE ON THE COUNCIL.
I'LL LET HIM KNOW OF THIS DISCUSSION AND THEN LET HIM DECIDE HOW TO APPROACH IT AND BRING BACK TO YOU.
>> YEAH. HE CAN BRING IT BACK TO US AND WE'LL JUST REVISIT IT.
WE JUST CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, UNDER REYNA MARTINEZ [NOISE].
ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S ALL I GOT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO A ADJOURN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.
[OVERLAPPING] HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
>> YOU AS WELL.
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