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Committee Recommendation <br />Committee recommended taking to Council for approval. <br />2. Continued Discussion Regarding General Fund Preliminary Budget 2009-2010 <br />Hollister and Carter provided a summary of previous discussions regarding the General Fund <br />Preliminary Budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. Carter began with review of Public Works 15% <br />reductions which include: elimination of 5.45 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions within the <br />Traffic, Street, Park, Building, and Equipment Maintenance Divisions. As a result of the <br />elimination of positions, services such as graffiti removal, traffic signal and street light <br />maintenance, curb and gutter repair will be delayed. Public Works Director Bakaldin stated that <br />staff is working on implementing "Stepping Stones" program where cleaning of the downtown <br />area will be supplemented by the clients. Mayor Santos stated that there is money within the <br />President's stimulus package that would provide funds to programs for the purpose of hiring <br />students for summer jobs. Hollister stated this it is his understanding the youth employment <br />services will be streamlined through existing youth agencies throughout the county. Recreation <br />and Human Services Director Kriudtson stated that she did some research but still has questions <br />and was able to find two specific programs that qualify for the stimulus money. Those two <br />programs are: Youth Build, which is used to hire youths to build projects in the city and the <br />Youth Offenders program, which is to transition youth offenders into work. Knudtson suggested <br />that the County or an organization such as Davis Street Resource Center that has the experience, <br />oversee the program. Mayor Santos referred Knudtson to the Governor's office for assistance <br />and clarification and stated the importance of providing teens with temporary/summer <br />employment. Hollister and Knudtson stated that it is important to partner with the County or <br />another organization as the City of San Leandro is unable to financially take on another social <br />responsibility however they will continue to look into providing such programs. <br />Carter provided an overview of Recreation and Human Services Department's 15% reduction <br />including FTE reductions of 11.56, which are currently all vacant. Many programs will be <br />reduced in areas such as the Youth Employment Program, while other programs face <br />elimination, e.g. Flag Day, Admission's Day, Veteran's Day promotions, as well as the <br />elimination of the Cherry Festival. Also affected would be the aquatics program with the closure <br />of Farrelly Pool for one season. Knudtson stated that she has always budgeted and planned for <br />cost recovery for maximum participants. <br />Mayor Santos passed out a letter from Federick A. Reicker, Chairman, Library-Historical <br />Commission, regarding the closure of the Marina-Mulford and South branch libraries. <br />Councilmember Prola also expressed his opposition to the closure of these two libraries. He <br />asked Director Bohne and staff to try and find other areas within the department to come up with <br />the 15%. Mayor Santos expressed the same wishes and also asked staff to try and save youth <br />programs as well. Hollister reminded the Committee that if a program is restored, the money <br />must come from somewhere else to match the 15% reduction. Hollister stated that the City <br />would only increase deficits for future years and unfortunately we are not finished with cuts that <br />must be made to assist with the $4 million gap. Mayor Santos asked staff to look to see if the <br />$196,000 of CDBG funds that we will be receiving can be used for youth programs. Director <br />Knudtson informed the Committee that last fiscal year, $12,000 was used for youth subsidy and <br />$9,000 is what has been expensed this year due to the San Leandro Unified School District <br />2 <br />
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