Budget 102Contributing your vision to the spending that impacts our

daily lives.

The budget is a series of tough decisions. Priorities are set by city staff,

councilmembers & the mayor. These decisions about where our money

goes may make one neighborhood seem nicer than the other.

We must be our own neighborhood advocates.

Recap of Budget 101

The Importance of Neighborhood Advocates

• Armed with the right information you can win projects for your community!

• Uninformed your neighborhood risks losing valuable resources.

Our City Expenses

Capital Improvement Program

General PlanningCommunity Plans & Community Planning Groups

Infrastructure Committee

Infrastructure Planning

The Process

• Asset owning department and divisions

• City Council • Disability Services• CIPRAC (Sr. Level CIP

Officials)• Community

Residents

• Mayor • City Council• Asset owning

department and divisions

• Financial Management Department (FM)

• Development Services Department

• Mayor• City Council • Financial

Management Department

• City Council • Asset owning

department and divisions

• Public Works-Engineering & Capital Projects (E&CP) Department

• Development• Services

Department• Comptroller’s

OfficeRequires ongoing

monitoring.

#1 #2 #3 #4

Policy and direction from the Mayor and City Council. Legal requirements or mandates. Long- and mid-range plans. Unfunded needs lists. Condition assessments and asset management systems. Staff assessments based on repair and maintenance

records, observations, and experience. City Council priorities and requests. Public input through Council Members, planning or

advisory committees, and/or budget hearings.

#1 How are Capital Improvement Projects

Identified?

Development Impact Fee (DIF)

#2 Identifying Funds

Facilities Benefit Assessment (FBA)

• Older Areas (eg. Logan, City Heights)

• Takes longer to fund a project

• Newer Areas (eg. Carmel Valley)

• Developer builds all the resources and hands them over to the city

• Once complete maintenance for the project comes from the General fund

•Aug – Sep Education and outreach to the public via the CPC. •Oct – Nov Community Planning Groups develop requests for CIP projects and submit•Nov – Jan Task Force, Proposals, Confirmation of Funds, Revise & Review• Jan – March Financial Management works with asset-owning departments and prepares Proposed Budget. •Apr 15 - Mayor releases Proposed Budget to the Public. •May - Public Budget Hearings, City Council Recommendations, Mayor’s Revised Budget• June - City Council reviews final changes and approves budget.

• July 1 – New Fiscal Year Begins!

#3 Budgeting for CIP in FY 2014

#4 Implementation & Monitoring

Project Initiatio

n

Planning/Pre-

DesignDesign

Construction Bid & Award

Construction

Post- Constructio

n

How Do I Make My Project a Priority?

Identify

Get on the

Priority List

Petition for

Funding

Continue to

Advocate

Nail Down Implementa

tion(Timeline)

Add Your Voice to the Budget…advocate for services & projects

• Give input to the Community Planning Groups.

• Contact your Councilmembers & the Mayor• Visit, email, call, Facebook/Tweet,

etc.• Attend budget hearings. • Consider joining the Community

Budget Alliance through your local non-profit.

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