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The CAFR for the year ending June 30, 2018 provides a financial account of those activities, organizational elements, and City functions for which the City Council provides policy direction and general oversight. It presents financial info1mation on the activities of the City itself and the component units of the City upon which the City Council is authorized to impose its will. The operating nature of the City's component units dete1mines how they are reported in the fmancial statements. The activities of component units that provide financial benefit or create fmancial burden for the City are blended within the City's general financial statements. Component units that have no discemable financial impact upon the City are presented separately. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE CITY The City of San Leandro has a diverse and strong economy, with its business community comprised of varied businesses ranging from neighborhood coffee houses and fine restaurants, large food processing centers, and regional shopping opportunities, to cutting edge technology. While the economic base has dramatically changed from its agricultural early years, San Leandro continues to expand on its sound business base with the ongoing development of such projects as a multi-family housing development, a new high-rise office complex, and the continuing revitalization of downtown San Leandro. The recession resulting from the global fmancial and credit market meltdown in late 2008 has had a direct and dramatic impact on the City's local revenues. However, current data indicates median home prices are $689,000, near the median price at the 2006 peak. The unemployment rate is 3%. The City's General Fund supports many of the City's key services, such as public safety, library and parks and recreation. Revenue to this critical fund, generated largely from sales and property taxes, has grown to higher levels due to voter-approved tax measures in 2014 and 2016. Low mortgage rates have spurred investment in housing. The improving housing market, which represents 63 % of the City's tax roll, led to a 5.7% growth in taxable assessed value for Fiscal year 2017-18. Sales tax increased 3% in the City. With the passage of Measure HH (0.5% sales tax increase) effective April 1, 2015, the half-cent sales tax added $11. 9 million sales tax revenue in the fiscal year. City operations are also supported by other funds, including enterprise funds. Key enterprise funds include the Water Pollution Control Plant and Shoreline Enterprise Funds. Both of these funds have seen revenues slightly improving over the last year. The Water Pollution Control Plant Enterprise fund was established to account for the City's sewers, which protect public health and preserve water quality through collection, treatment, and disposal of the community's wastewater and wastewater solids. Program revenues to this fund in 2017-18 totaled $12.6 million, a 4% decrease from the prior year. The Shoreline Enterprise Fund was established in 2002-03 and combined the Marina Enterprise and the Golf Course Enterprise Funds. Program revenues to this fund in 2017-18 totaled $2 million, which is unchanged from the prior year. While the City has implemented considerable expenditure/service reductions to balance its budget, it continues to face increased operating costs. For example, the City's contribution rates for employee pensions continue to rise due to prior portfolio losses and a change in actuarial assumptions by CalPERS, with additional increases projected in future years. The City has offset some of these increases with staff reductions in recent years, and will be working with employee groups over the next couple of years to address this growing cost. Partially mitigating the double digit increases in annual CalPERS funding are extra contributions to the pension from employees, which are up to 11 % of salary. Vll 458