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City of San Leandro Civic Cenle�, 8,35 E. 14th Sired San, Leandro, California 94577 ww,sai-ilear7(,Iro.or San Leandro City Council Civic Center San Leandro, CA 94577 June 3, 2019 Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: I am pleased to submit the Biennial Budget for 2019-20 and 2020-21 effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019. This two-year budget serves as a blueprint to assist the organization in planning for operations, services, multi-year projects and resources. The budget also reflects and supports the vision of the City Council as expressed through the Council's goal setting and budget work sessions and is intended to be a reflection of the community we serve. As in previous years, the budget is the product of a focused and successful effort to meet the challenges of balancing revenue growth and increasing costs, while responding to our community's service needs. FOCUS: ECONOMIC STRENGTH AND EXECUTING OUR VISION San Leandro is experiencing a robust economy, which has resulted in several years of strong revenues for the City. After many years of careful planning and public engagement, key projects are now coming to fruition during this significant time in our history. The past several years have seen the completion of numerous planning and visioning efforts, resulting in some great things coming to San Leandro. Some planning efforts that we have completed include: the Downtown Transit Oriented Development Strategy, a Public Art Master Plan, a Human Services Gap Analysis, the General Plan with an adopted and important Housing Element, the Bayfair Transit Oriented Development Strategy, a Creek Trail Master Plan, an updated Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan, and the largest Capital Improvement Program in our City's history. These efforts, completed in partnership with the community, have laid out an exciting vision for San Leandro's future. Now is the time to focus on implementation. can't express enough my gratitude for the Council's policy direction and for the work that is being done by our staff to ensure a bright — and busy — future over the next two years. We are at capacity and will need to maximize efficient use of our resources so that we can deliver on these commitments. This budget makes it clear that we have a lot of work to do, and still we must keep addressing the challenges in the future through sound fiscal stewardship. Pauline RQ6go Cutter, Mayor C;uly Council ViOot'tguildar, Jr Ed &'ernairdez Nota b all leww Benny Lee Deborah (ox Corina N. L61)ez 7