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File Number: 13-272 <br />expenditure of public funds. <br />Overall, the expenditure biennial budget proposed for 2013-14 and 2014-15 total $124.7 <br />million and $126.5 million, respectively. The City’s General Fund accounts for $80.0 million in <br />2013-14, and $82.8 million in 2014-15. The SARA is $7.3 million and $6.5 million for 2013-14 <br />and 2014-15, respectively; Enterprise activities (Water Pollution Control, Environmental <br />Services, Shoreline Fund and Storm Water Fund) are $13.2 million and $14.0 million for <br />2013-14 and 2014-15, respectively; and all other fund activities equal $24.2 million and $23.2 <br />million for 2013-14 and 2014-15, respectively. <br />The General Fund budget reserves were used to close the revenue and expenditure <br />imbalance for both fiscal years. A transfer from Community Impact reserves of $200,000 and <br />a transfer from Economic Uncertainty of $300,000 will be appropriated in 2013-14. For <br />2014-15, a transfer from Community Impact reserves of $1,000,000 and a transfer from <br />Economic Uncertainty of $135,000 will be appropriated. <br />The City would have faced reductions if not for the infusion of revenue from Measure Z, a <br />temporary quarter cent sales tax measure approved by over 60% of the voters in the <br />November 2010 election. Measure Z’s passage will bring in about $4.3 million annually in <br />additional revenue, allowing the City to maintain existing service levels. Even with our <br />reductions in staffing and services, Measure Z’s passage, and the beginnings of an economic <br />recovery, we still face economic challenges. Indeed, our five year forecasts for all funds show <br />that sustaining balanced budgets in subsequent years will be difficult. <br />Budget preparation, analyses and revisions have become year-round endeavors. Staff began <br />planning the 2013-14 and 2014-15 biennial budget in November, 2012, and started <br />discussions with City Council on January 26, 2013. This is the first time the City has proposed <br />a biennial budget as requested by City Council. As part of the biennial budget process, the <br />City Council reaffirmed its vision for the City during its goal setting session in January 2013. <br />These areas of focus help set the framework for the City’s budget development. Since <br />January, staff has continued biennial budget discussions with the City Council through a <br />number of budget work sessions that focused on budget forecasts, effects of the Great <br />Recession, the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency, and the City’s capital needs. <br />Budget Analysis <br />A number of factors influence the long-term fiscal health of the City: <br />·Unfunded Liabilities, <br />·the ability for San Leandro’s revenues to sustain the cost of providing services, <br />·the unwinding of the Redevelopment Agency, <br />·labor negotiations, and <br />·Community partnerships. <br />The 2013-14 and 2014-15 General Fund biennial budget reflects revenue growth largely <br />attributed to property tax revenues, sales tax revenues and utility user’s tax revenues which <br />constitute over 90% of the revenue increase. Staff continued to perform a detailed line-item <br />budget review of all funds and departments with minimal impact due to 2011-12 fiscal years’ <br />findings of $1.2 million reductions. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/29/2013