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HEY, MEASURE U OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL CALL? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO OR I WILL.
I, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE, OH.
IS IT, ARE THERE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? NO, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS,
SHE'S WORKING OUT HER PRESENTATION TEST TESTING.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MADAM CHAIR, WHILE COREY'S GETTING SET UP, WE COULD MOVE AHEAD WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY MEETING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MINUTES? I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.
WELL, ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE MINUTES, SAY AYE.
AND IT MIGHT BE, UH, HELPFUL, COREY, BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO JUST CLARIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, IS THE FISCAL YEAR END REPORT.SO THAT WAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT ENDED JUNE 30, 20, 25 THAT WE REPORTED, UM, AND DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
AND IT'S AN UPDATE FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND A PREVIEW OF WHAT THE 27 BUDGET, UM, WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE,
SO, UM, WELCOME EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UM, VOLUNTEERING.
UM, YOUR FEEDBACK IS REALLY, UM, VALUED, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I'LL SERVE AS THE STAFF LIAISON, SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, FEEL FREE TO SEND 'EM TO ME.
SO, UM, ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, UM, WE'LL GO OVER WHAT THE MEASURE YOU COMMITTEE IS.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FISCAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY, UM, PROCESS
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THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN 2021.WE'LL TOUCH ON, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE ECONOMY AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE CITY.
UM, WE'LL DISCUSS MEASURE U INCEPTION TO DATE BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
WE'LL GO OVER 25, 26, UM, MID-YEAR UPDATE.
UM, WE'LL TOUCH ON WHAT THE 27 PRELIMINARY BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP WITH, UM, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO, MEASURE U COMMITTEE, IT'S A FIVE MEMBER COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR TERMS, UM, AND SUBJECT TO BROWN ACT, RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MEASURE U COMMITTEE, UM, ARE MAINLY COMPOSED OF REVIEWING, UM, AND COMMENTING ON HOW THE CITY, UM, IS SPENDING, UH, MEASURE U MONEY AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE CATEGORIES.
UM, AND ALSO ABOUT, UM, THE, THE PROPOSED MEASURE U APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING, UM, BUDGET YEAR.
SO THIS IS A CHART, UM, FROM OUR FISCAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN 2021.
UM, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE PRESENTATION TO, UM, UH, TO SHOW THE, THE, UM, COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
UM, A REMINDER ABOUT HOW WE, UM, PLANNED FOR THE FUNDS TO BE SPENT, UM, IN THE LONG TERM.
UM, THIS IS A ACTUALLY A 15 YEAR FORECAST, SO IT GOES OUT FURTHER THAN WHAT OUR TYPICAL, UM, FIVE-YEAR FORECAST LOOKS LIKE IN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENT.
AND THIS ALLOWED US TO, UM, TO LOOK OUT FURTHER TO BE PROACTIVE IN HOW WE PLAN TO SPEND THE, THE FUNDS.
AND SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHART HERE, THE BLUE AND WHITE, UM, KIND OF LINE SECTION WAS, UM, THE GENERAL FUND PROJECTED DEFICIT.
SO THAT WAS THE DEFICIT THAT WE PROJECTED FOR ALL OF OUR OPERATING GENERAL FUND CORE SERVICES.
WHEN WE PULLED THIS TOGETHER, WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR MEASURE U, UM, THE ORANGE, THE PURPLE, AND THE, UM, THE YELLOW COLOR ARE ALL RELATED TO WORKFORCE STABILIZATION.
SO THAT'S, UM, A COLA THAT WE ANTICIPATED PROVIDING TO EMPLOYEES EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S OUR CLASSIFICATION AND, UM, COMPENSATION REVIEW TO ALIGN OUR POSITIONS WITH WHAT MARKET, UM, COMPENSATION LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME.
UM, AND THEN, UM, TO BOLSTER OUR STAFFING TO ADDRESS DEMAND IS THE YELLOW, UM, SECTION.
UH, WHEN WE WENT OUT WITH MEASURE U, UM, THE, THE BLUE AND WHITE ALREADY EXISTED, AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE, UM, SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE GRAY BAR IS INFRASTRUCTURE, A VERY IMPORTANT SECTION, AND WE HAVE A LONG BACKLOG OF A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT SECTION, UM, WAS, AND IT, IT IS INTENDED FOR ROADS AND FACILITIES.
AND THEN THE GREEN SECTION IS FOR, UM, PRIORITY INITIATIVES.
SO A, A VERY LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'VE, UM, WE'VE FUNDED OVER THE YEARS AND WE CONTINUE TO FUND TODAY.
AND THEN NOT, UH, I SHOULD MENTION ALSO, SO THIS WAS THE CHART, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2021 WHEN WE PULLED THIS TOGETHER, 2022.
AND, UM, THE, WHILE THE AMOUNTS HAVE SLIGHTLY CHANGED, THE, THE BASIC KIND OF BELL CURVE THAT YOU SEE HERE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORY CATEGORIES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED, UM, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE ECONOMY, UM, LARGELY RELATED TO, UM, NOW THE WAR IN IRAN AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT INFLATION AND THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.
UM, WE ARE SEEING WHAT LOOKS TO BE LIKE SHORT TERM INCREASE IN INFLATION, UM, WITH, UH, THE QUARTER ONE, UM, CALENDAR YEAR INFLATION, UM, WAS ABOUT TWO, 2.7%.
THAT'S JUMPED UP TO ABOUT 3.3% IN QUARTER TWO.
UH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO HAS, UM, HAS INCREASED IN DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST AN, JUST A, UM, A REMINDER THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY INTO THE MAR IN THE MARKET, WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE CITY'S, UM, BUDGET.
UM, FEDERAL, THE FEDERAL, UM, INTEREST RATES.
UH, WE COULD SEE ONE CUT IN THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT UPON EVERYTHING THAT I JUST, UM, TALKED ABOUT.
SO THAT ALSO WOULD IMPACT THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN POLICIES AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL, UM, THOSE COULD ALSO, UM, IMPACT THE CITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURE GROWTH CONTINUES TO OUTPACE OUR REVENUE GROWTH.
SO WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT IMBALANCE IN THE FISCAL YEAR
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27 BUDGET, UM, WHICH REQUIRED BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN THE, UM, COMING YEAR.AND THEN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP IS MAY 11TH.
UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UM, THAT, THAT'S THAT WORKSHOP WE'LL BE DISCUSSING ALL OF THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST A CHART SHOWING OUR, UH, MEASURE U REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FROM INCEPTION THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 26.
AND, UM, THE BLUE BAR, OUR EXPENDITURES, THE BLUE LINE, OUR REVENUES.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE EARLY YEARS, OUR REVENUES WERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN OUR EXPENDITURES.
THAT ALLOWED US TO BUILD UP, UM, A FUND BALANCE, WHICH WE THEN SPENT DOWN IN 24.
THAT'S WHY THE EXPENDITURES ARE MORE THAN THE REVENUE IN THAT YEAR.
AND THEN IN 24, 25 AND 25, 26, IT'S BASICALLY RIGHT IN LINE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT SLIDE IS BLANK.
SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE, UM, OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT MEASURE U HAS, UM, ALLOWED US, UM, TO ACCOMPLISH SINCE 21.
IT'S NOT EVERYTHING, IT'S JUST A, AN EXAMPLE.
UM, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, SO HOMELESSNESS AND MOBILE SHOWERS.
OUR SAFE TEAM THAT HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, FAIR FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WHICH WE, UM, TRANSIT, SORRY, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND, UM, THROUGH 26 AND WILL BE FUNDED IN 27.
UM, EV CHARGERS FOR ELECTRIC FLEET, SAFE STREETS, QUICK BUILDS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, UH, NORTH MCDOWELL PROJECT, UM, THE MARIA DRIVE, RAINIER, HOWARD D STREET, CAULFIELD, PAVEMENT, UM, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, AND THEN THE TRESTLE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT'S NOT ON THIS, BUT VERY IMPORTANT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
SO WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT WITH MEASURE U, UM, THAT JUST TOUCHES ON A FEW OF THE THINGS.
UM, BUT THAT GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIRECT FUNDING FROM MEASURE U AND THEN GENERAL FUND SUPPORT.
UM, IT'S PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ALL THROUGHOUT CITY FACILITIES.
IT'S ALLOWED US, UM, TO DO A LOT IN OUR PARKS AND REC PROGRAMS. SO, UH, ANIMAL GRAZING, YOU KNOW, ORGANIC WEED ABATEMENT GO FOR ABATEMENT.
UM, IT'S ALLOWED US TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
SO THE AQUATIC PROGRAM IN THE NEW YEAR, OUR SKATE PARK, OUR NEW SKATE PARK, UM, BASEBALL, UM, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF GENERAL FUND RELATED, UM, SUPPORT.
SO THIS CHART, UM, SHOWS, UH, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMPARED TO MEASURE U.
UM, THE GREEN IS MEASURE U, THE BLUE IS THE GENERAL FUND.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUT OF THE ENTIRE GENERAL FUND.
MEASURE U IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION.
UM, THE ANNUAL PERCENT THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS HAS GROWN.
UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT TO REMAIN PRETTY CONSISTENT, UM, IN 27 WITH WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS IN 26TH.
UM, AND ACTUALLY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WE SHOULD SEE A DECLINE STARTING IN 2031 OR 2032.
THIS IS A REMINDER OF WHAT THE 25, 26, THE CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.
UM, 14.7 MILLION IS ALLOCATED TO THE, UM, GENERAL FUND ABOUT, IF YOU WERE TO THINK OF THIS AS, AS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE ENTIRE GENERAL FUND AND WHAT THE MEASURE U CONTRIBUTES, UM, THAT THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THAT 14 MILLION IS, IS BROKEN DOWN, 63% OF THAT SUPPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER SUPPORTS THE OTHER VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS, UM, PIE CHART.
AND THEN THE TRANSFERS OUT, UM, ARE FOR BOTH THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE HAVE, UM, OUR ON THE ROAD BOND.
AND THEN, UM, OUR ERP PROJECT THAT IS ONGOING, UM, THAT REPLACES OUR ENTIRE ERP SYSTEM.
UM, WE HAVE FUNDS IN THIS BUDGET FOR THE LUCCHESE TURF FIELD REPLACEMENT, UM, AS WELL AS THAT TRANSIT, UM, UM, FAIR FREE PROGRAM.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAD FUNDING FOR A, UM, SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM.
SO MOVING ON TO WHAT THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET LOOKS LIKE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PULLING IT TOGETHER.
UM, IT ACTUALLY WILL BE DELIVERED TO COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
UM, OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 18.8 MILLION FOR MEASURE U, UM, GENERAL FUND SUPPORT, VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM FISCAL YEAR 26.
THAT'S ABOUT 14.6 MILLION, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS, UM, THAT'S ABOUT 2.1 MILLION.
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THE ONGOING DEBT SERVICE FOR BOTH THE ROAD BOND AND, UM, THE NEW, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR SOME LARGE SCALE PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES D STREET AND, UM, CALL FIELD THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE.
UM, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE CIP PROJECTS IS INCLUDED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT BUDGET.
SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS, UM, THE BUDGET WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY FOR REVIEW.
AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S UM, 0.2 MILLION AGAIN FOR THE, UM, CONTINUATION OF THE TRANSIT FAIR FREE PROGRAM.
SO THAT WRAPS UP THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, A REMINDER ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, UM, IT'S ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES.
WE DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE THE DATA AND MAKE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
UM, WE DO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET, THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
UM, THERE'S ONGOING, ONGOING FUND, UM, MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE DO AT LEAST THREE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS PER YEAR.
UM, WE UPDATE THE, THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
UM, ALL FUNDING REMAINS IN THE PROJECT THROUGH COMPLETION.
UM, ANY EXCESS FUND BALANCE REMAINS IN THE FUND AND IS AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE, UM, BUDGET CYCLES.
UM, FINANCIAL DATA IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET AND THROUGH THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND THEN, UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CLARIFICATIONS, ET CETERA.
SO AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL REVIEW THE, THE BUDGET ON MAY 11TH, UM, AND THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE BUDGET IN JUNE.
AND THEN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, 27 BEGINS JULY ONE.
AND THEN OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE JANUARY OF 2027.
UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND IT'S PAGE SIX ON YOUR PRESENTATION, PAGE FIVE IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL REPORT, IT'S THE, THE 15 YEAR DEAL.
I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE I CLARIFY.
SO THE WAY I'LL ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, IF I, IF I LOOK AT THE GOLD SECTION THAT'S CORE STAFFING VERSUS WHAT'S IN THE DEFICIT SECTION, IS THAT CORE STAFFING ADDITIONS OR POSITIONS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CUT IF IT WERE NOT FOR, UH, MEASURE U OR SOMETHING ELSE? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S IN THE, THE GOLD VERSUS WHAT'S EMBEDDED IN THAT BLUE SECTION DOWN BELOW? DOES THAT QUESTION MAKE SENSE? IT DOES.
SO THE GO, SO THE GOLD WOULD REPRESENT ALL, ACTUALLY ALL THREE OF THOSE COLORS.
THE ORANGE, THE PURPLE, AND THE GOLD ARE ALL NEW COSTS.
SO THEY'RE NOT POSITIONS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CUT OR THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND AT ALL THE TIME WE WENT OUT, UM, WITH FOR A MEASURE.
YOU, THOSE ARE BRAND, THOSE ARE BRAND NEW POSITIONS.
UM, IN THE REVISED BUDGET, 25 26, UH, THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT CATEGORY HAS $366,000, BUT WE HAVE ONE TO 2 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE THAT WE SHOULD PAY EVERY YEAR.
HOW, UM, DID WE PAY IT
AND SO WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
BUT ONE MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE OF PERS RETIREMENT COST, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE AMORTIZATION AND PAYOFF OCCURS, IT, IT, IT, IT GOES UP AND THEN AT SOME POINT IN 20 31, 23, 32, IT STARTS COMING DOWN.
AND SO WE KNEW THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME IN THIS FINANCIAL PLAN WHEN THE RESOURCES WERE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, LESS FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
AND SO IN THE, IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS, OF THIS, UM, PLAN IN, IN THE EARLY YEARS, WE STARTED PUTTING MONEY ASIDE TO PAY FOR THAT DEBT SERVICE TO SMOOTH IT OUT OVER THE LIFE OF THE FORECAST.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IN 26 YOU'RE ONLY SEEING 366,000 BECAUSE IN THE PRIOR YEARS WE PUT MORE MONEY AWAY SO THAT WE COULD PAY AND SMOOTH OUT THAT DEBT SERVICE OVER THE LIFE OF THIS FORECAST.
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UH, AND THEN, UM, WITH THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED, OR I GUESS THAT IS MY QUESTION.UM, HAVE WE COMPLETED SOME OF THESE, LIKE I SEE, UM, COTS AND DOWNTOWN STREETS TEAM, WE HAVEN'T FUNDED THEM IN A LONG TIME.
ARE THEY STILL WORKING WITH US OR HOW IS THAT FUNDED NOW? YEAH, SO COTS IS, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH COTS.
WE ARE NO LONGER WORKING WITH DOWNTOWN STREETS, SO THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH COTS AND UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY FUNDED THROUGH, UM, A STATE GRANT.
WE'VE DONE SOME REVISIONS TO OUR HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE LAST, I'D SAY TWO YEARS.
SO WE HAVE A NEWER OUTREACH, UH, NONPROFIT CALLED HOME FIRST.
THEY DO ALL OF THE OUTREACH, THE STREET OUTREACH FOR PETALUMA AS WELL AS MANAGING WHAT'S CALLED OUR BY NAMES LIST, WHICH IS A KEY PART OF, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHO'S OUT THERE, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, HOW DO WE GET THEM INTO SERVICES AND HELP.
UM, WE'VE SHIFTED SOME OF THE MORE WORKPLACE, UH, TRAINING PROGRAMS FROM DOWNTOWN STREETS TEAM TO REBUILDING TOGETHER A LOCAL PETALUMA NONPROFIT.
UH, SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TWEAKS, BUT YEAH, COREY'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO RECEIVE, I WANNA SAY LIKE AN $8 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
IT WAS ABOUT ONE YEAR LEFT ON THAT.
UH, AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY BOLSTERING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE OUT LOOKING FOR FUNDING NOW, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WHAT WE CAN WITH POTENTIALLY NEW GRANT FUNDING.
UM, BUT THAT'S BEEN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT THE STATE LEVEL AND OBVIOUSLY THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF THOSE SUPPORTS AND CAN THEY CONTINUE JUST BASED ON BUDGET CHALLENGES.
I ALSO THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THERE'S $4 MILLION IN THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT CATEGORY FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, UM, AND D STREETS ON THE LIST, SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN WORRIED THAT, UM, MEASURE U WAS PASSED BY THE CITIZENS IN ORDER TO GET THE ROADS FIXED.
UM, SO I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
UM, WITH THE $20 MILLION, UM, BOND, DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE, THE BALANCE? HAVE WE SPENT 20 MILLION? YEAH, SO, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE SPENDING ALL BUT 1.4 MILLION, UM, THAT'S PROGRAMMED IN 27.
SO BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL HAVE COMPLETELY SPENT ALL OF THE 20 MILLION AND ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY HAVE 21.8 MILLION BECAUSE IT'S EARNED A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL SPEND 20 MILLION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN THE 1.4 MILLION IS CARRIED OVER INTO, UM, 27 27 TO COMPLETE A FEW PROJECTS.
AND IS THERE A FUTURE, HAS THE FUTURE FOR, UM, ANOTHER BOND OR MORE FUNDS GOING TO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS? WE WERE ON FREIGHT'S TODAY COMING BACK AND IT'S, WE COULD USE
I THINK THERE ARE ACTUALLY, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME, UH, SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OUT ON FREIGHTS ROAD.
YEAH, ACTUALLY, UH, TRYING TO REDUCE SPEEDS AND, UM, ENSURE THAT SOME OF THE CROSSINGS ARE AS SAFE AS THEY CAN BE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE HOUSING THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON THAT STREET.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE, I THINK THAT'S MORE, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PLAYING IT BY EAR FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO BE SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE IN OUR SALES TAX FORECASTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE, IF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ARE SUCCESSFUL OR THERE'S A CHANGE, UH, TO THE UPSWING IN THE ECONOMY THAT MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE MORE FUNDING THAN WE EXPECTED, AND IN THOSE CASES WE'RE ABLE TO DEPLOY, MEASURE YOU IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
BUT AT THIS POINT, AS COREY ALLUDED TO, AT LEAST FOR SAY THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE RELATIVELY LIMITED.
AGAIN, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENS WHERE WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I'LL JUST BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE $4 MILLION THAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, MAY I ALSO ASK ABOUT THE RESTROOM? UH, IT WAS 2324 WHERE IT SEEMS AS IF WE PAID 775,000.
IS THAT BALANCE STILL SOMEWHERE SINCE THERE IS NO RESTROOM? UM, I THINK THAT THE BATHROOM PROJECT IN GENERAL HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, SO, UM, BRIAN CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO IT, BUT I THINK THE COST HAS COME
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DOWN A BIT OF WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATING.SO YEAH, SO THAT PROJECT, SO THE FUNDING I THINK HAS BEEN REPURPOSED FOR A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS LIKE REPAIRING THE, UM, THE ASPHALT PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD VERY CRITICAL SAFETY NEEDS AND A DA UPGRADES THAT WERE NEEDED.
BUT, UM, THE, THE COREY'S RIGHT, THIS PROJECT OVERALL HAS MORPHED THE VENDOR THAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO USE, UM, HAS HAD SOME CHALLENGES CREATING THEIR UNIT TO BE A DA COMPLIANT AND COMPLIANT WITH CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE CHANGES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CHANGE, UH, EVERY THREE YEARS AND IT'S, THEY'VE JUST BEEN UNABLE TO DELIVER THE, THE PRODUCT THAT CAN MEET ALL OF THOSE.
SO WE'VE KIND OF GONE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, LOOKED AT SOME, EXCUSE ME, SOME OTHER UNITS AND THOSE COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL VENDOR THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO GO WITH.
SO, UH, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL BE INCLUDING IN THE, THIS UPCOMING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
UM, COULD BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EXISTING RESTROOMS THAT ARE ALREADY DOWNTOWN AND RE RE UH, RETROFITTING AND RENOVATING THOSE THAT MAY BE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR A LESS EXPENSIVE UNIT THAT CAN BE PLACED SOMEWHERE.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLDING AND RESEARCH PATTERN AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT SOMETHING CAN GET DONE ON THAT FRONT.
IT'S JUST WE'VE HIT A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ROADBLOCKS ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE STILL HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESTROOMS IN PUTNAM PLAZA THAT, UH, WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MANY YEARS AGO, THEY'RE NOW CLOSED, SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THOSE AS WELL.
SO LOOKING AT IT FROM A FEW DIFFERENT ANGLES.
WOULD CHAT, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS FIRST, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE 15 YEAR HISTORY.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BIG REQUESTS AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT OUT.
IT'S A CHALLENGING, UH, BENCHMARK TO PUT OUT THERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR GETTING IT IN.
WELL, I'VE GOT A QUESTION, BUT YOU KNOW, PER ME, I'M, I MIGHT BE SORT OF OBVIOUS, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT ANYWAY.
UM, SO THE, THE BUDGET, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE MEASURE U WAS I THINK 14.7 MILLION, AND THEN FOR NEXT YEAR IT'S KIND OF JUMPING UP TO 18.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS KIND OF WHAT, WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT JUMP AND IT, WAS THAT A GOOD THING? ARE WE ANTICIPATING INCREASED REVENUE FOR MEASURE U? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO, UM, GOING BACK TO WHAT I JUST DISCUSSED ABOUT HOW WE'VE BEEN PUTTING MONEY ASIDE, SO WE'VE BEEN PUTTING MONEY ASIDE AND THAT BALANCE HAS GROWN, UM, TO A POINT WHERE WE DON'T NEED ALL OF IT INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY AND THE FINANCING AROUND THAT.
UM, WHEN WE PREPARED THIS, UM, FORECAST, MEASURE H THAT WAS PASSED WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, IN PLACE.
AND SO NOW THAT WE'VE REVISED THE, THE, THE FUNDING FOR THAT DEBT SERVICE AND FACTORED IT IN, LOOKED AT THE BALANCE THAT WE HAD ACCUMULATED, WE DIDN'T NEED THAT MUCH.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO FUND D STREET AND CAULFIELD IN THE NEW YEAR.
WELL, IT'S, UH, THAT'S COMMITTEE COMMENT.
STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
UM, WELL, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? DO I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
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