Burbank, California City Council Meetings, 26 Apr 2022

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Burbank City Council Meeting - April 26, 2022

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Live from burbank the media capital of the world.

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During the current state of emergency, due to coven 19.

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The public will not be able to physically attend today's meeting.

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To participate in the general public comment period, please call now at 818-238-3335.

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Members of the public may speak for up to three minutes depending upon the number of speakers.

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Good evening and welcome to an online closed session meeting.

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Of the burbank city council on tuesday april 26, 9 2022., mr city attorney mcdougall. Will you please state the items on the agenda.

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uh Yes skip the page. Okay, there you go page, two welcome to burma. City council join meeting with.

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Successor agency, housing authority and parking authority on tuesday april 26th.

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I'm still learning the job. I have invited jennifer becker director of the financial services and.

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Department to lead us in the pledge of allegiance, miss becker welcome.

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Thank you good evening. Please stand put your right hand over your heart.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which.

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It stands one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Miss becker.

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Madam assistant city clerk, please conduct the role council member frutos good evening good evening.

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Council member schultz present council member springer here vice mayor, anthony president and.

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Mayor talamontes present there will be one period of general public comment tonight.

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And if you would like to participate, please call now at 818-238-3335.

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Callers will be placed in a queue until we begin public comment.

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We have two announcements this evening.

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The following are announcements for april 26 2022, the burbank parks and recreation department.

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In collaboration with rjm design group is conducting public engagement.

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To help identify the needs of burbank residents and stakeholders regarding future.

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Improvements to george isaiah park, including the park's amenities facilities and buildings,.

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You are invited to the in-person community presentation and feedback workshop.

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This thursday april 28th from 5 30 pm to 8 p.m at olive recreation center. During this.

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Presentation participants will preview the results of the community outreach.

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Review outreach methodology and review the plans prepared by community members that attended the.

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Design charette workshop on march 16th, we look forward to seeing you there to register. Please.

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Visit burbankca.gov forward slash isaiah master plan. Please know space is limited for this event,.

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The burbank city clerk's office is accepting applications for one resident required vacancy.

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On the sustainable burbank commission for an unexpired term ending july 31st 2023, the deadline.

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To submit an application is friday may 6 at 5 pm if interested apply online at burbankca.gov.

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Forward, slash, bcc application, vaccination proof or medical religious exemption will be required of.

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All applicants for more information, please contact the burbank city clerk's office at 818-238-5851.

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Or email cityclerks at burbankca.gov.

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This concludes the announcements for this evening.

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As a reminder, if you would like to participate in general public comment, please call now at 818, 230.

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We have two council presentations on the agenda this evening. The first presentation is.

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A proclamation declaring april 28 2022 as national holocaust remembrance day in the city of burbank.

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Whereas the holocaust was the state-sponsored systemic prosecution and annihilation of european.

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Jews by nazi germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, and whereas over 6 million jews.

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Were murdered and millions more were persecuted. Roma people with disabilities polls.

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Jehovah's jehovah's witnesses, soviet prisoners of war and political opponents also suffered grievous.

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Oppression and death under nazi tyranny, and whereas the city of burbank should always.

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Remember the terrible events of the holocaust and remind and remain vigilant against hatred.

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Persecution and tyranny and whereas pursuant to an act of congress, public law, 96-388.

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The united states holocaust memorial council designates the days of remembrance of the victims.

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Of the holocaust, known as yamaha to be recognized by cities, cities across the nation.

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Now I therefore just say by the city of burbank: do hereby recognize the days of remembrance on.

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The this day april, 28 2022 in the city of burbank, in memory of the victims of the holocaust and in.

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Honor of the survivors, as well as the rescuers and liberators, I proclaimed that we as citizens of the.

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City of burma should work to promote human dignity and confront hate whenever and wherever it occurs.

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Joining us this evening to accept this proclamation are the co-presidents.

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Of burbank temple emmanuel, limour, simskin and lauren connor. Thank you both for being here.

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Tonight and welcome great thank you so much mayor tom, montes and hello, everyone uh good evening.

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So this week we observe both holocaust remembrance day and armenian genocide remembrance day.

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um And both of these annual commemorations deeply impact and connect the people of burbank.

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This year, especially given what is happening in ukraine, we need to remain vigilant in our work to.

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Protect the lives and the freedom of those who are caught in the political crossfires.

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I'm going to pass it up to my uh my work, wife, lauren, burbank temple. Manuela is.

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Honored to be part of this community of burbank for 75 years and counting.

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We have families that have been with us since the beginning, and we continue to welcome new members.

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Of all ages into our community, any anyone here is interested in learning more check out our website.

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Bte.Org or give us a call, and someone will get back to you. Thank you very much mayor.

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Chalamontes and the entire city council of burbank for this honor. Thank you for being here.

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Next is a presentation of our proclamation declaring april 2022 is sexual assault, awareness.

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Month and april 27 2022 is denim day in the city of burbank, whereas the united states government.

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Has declared april a sexual assault awareness month and denim day has been declared on april 27.

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2022 and whereas sexual assault awareness month and denim day were instituted to call attention.

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To misconceptions and misinformation about sexual violence and the problem that many in society.

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Remain disturbingly uninformed with respect to issues of sexual harassment, assault abuse and.

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Rape and whereas every two minutes, someone in america is sexually assaulted, approximately one.

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In five, women are raped during their lifetime, and young youth under 18 accounts for about 44 percent.

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Of all reported at least 25 percent of women experience sexual harassment in the.

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Workplace about 75 percent of harassment, victims experienced retaliation when they reported it.

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And whereas the city of burbank strongly supports the efforts of local agencies such as santa club,.

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Of burbank and family service agency to educate our community about the true impact of sexual.

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Harassment abuse assault and rape in southern california. Now I therefore I just say telemontes.

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May or the city of burbank do hereby proclaim the month of april 2022, a sexual assault, awareness.

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Month and designate april 27 2022 as denim day and urge everyone to wear jeans on this day.

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To help communicate the message that there is no excuse and never an invitation to harass, abuse.

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Assault or rape, I would like to welcome burbank resident and santa club area 3, director gloria.

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Solis to accept her proclamation and say a few words on behalf of santa welcome misalis.

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Thank you, mayor, talamantes and greetings to vice mayor, anthony city, council, members and.

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City manager hess, thank you for this proclamation. Zonta international is a 100 year old organization.

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Of professionals who work to empower and support women worldwide through service and advocacy april.

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Is sexual assault awareness month and tomorrow is denim day denim day came about because of.

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A case that happened in 1992 in rome, italy, when an 18 year old girl, was raped by the 45.

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Year old driving instructor, who was taking her out on her very first driving lesson.

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He took her to an isolated road pulled her out of the car removed, her jeans and forcefully raped her.

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She reported the rape and the perpetrator was arrested, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to.

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Jail for that crime, however, seven years later in 1999, the driving instructor appealed the sentence.

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Claiming that they had had consensual sex the case made it all the way up to the italian supreme.

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Court, where the conviction was overturned and he was released, a statement from the court argued.

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That, because the victim wore very tight genes, she had to have helped him remove the genes and.

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By removing the genes, it was no longer rape but consexual sex. This became known throughout italy.

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As the gene's alibi enraged by this verdict, women of the italian parliament protested by wearing.

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Jeans to work the next day the protests spread throughout the world even to california, where the.

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Legis to the california legislature, legislature, where women wore genes as a sign of solidarity.

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In 1999 denim day was born as a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive.

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Attitudes about sexual violence, the zanta club works for a world in which no woman lives.

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In fear of violence, which is why we urge the city, council, members and the community of burbank.

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To wear jeans tomorrow in a pledge to say no to gender violence, we ask that you take a selfie and.

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Post it on the zanta club of burbank's facebook page again, mayor telemontes and city manager, hess.

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Thank you for lighting city hall blue tomorrow night as a reminder that the city and its citizens.

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Stands with victims and survivors of gender violence. Thank you very much. Thank you. Miss ellis.

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For joining us tonight in support of denim day, the city will be lighting city hall.

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And the burbank water and power administration building in blue tomorrow, wednesday april 27th.

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I also want to acknowledge that april was national volunteer month in the united.

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States a special thank you from city council to all the volunteers in the city of burbank.

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Who donate their time knowledge, skills and passion? Thank you for your unwavering service.

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To the community and inspiring youth and other adults towards volunteerism.

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Senior manager hess, do you have any anything else to report.

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uh Thank you, miss mayor. I do not have anything for tonight. Thank you, mr city attorney report on.

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Closed session, please, yes, mr mayor, this evening, city council met in closed session to discuss.

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Two items of existing litigation pursuant to government code, section 54, 956.9,.

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The first case was mark ellison versus city of burbank. The second case is rosenfeld versus.

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Burbank mayor, just telemontes at all council, took no reportable action. Thank you, mr city attorney.

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Now is the time for joint general public comment. Members of the public may address.

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The council for up to three minutes on any matter concerning city, business and or any.

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Agenda items remember to lower the volume on your tv or computer and take your phone off speaker.

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When you deliver a public comment to participate, please call 818 238-3335. Once again, it's.

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Clerk do we have 818-238-3335 callers online for public comment? Thank you mayor. As of right now we.

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Do not have any callers. The line has been open if we just give it a minute, I'm going to confirm that.

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All right mayor, we do not have any callers this evening, it's safe. To close. Thank you very much. There.

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That's the fastest available time, I've seen all the time I've been up here.

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The consent calendar may be enacted in one motion, madam assistant city clerk. Please read the consent.

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Calendar item number one: adoption of an uncodified ordinance approving a military equipment funding.

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Acquisition and use policy pursuant to assembly bill. 481 item number two approve the city.

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Council meeting minutes of the joint meeting of april 5th 2022 the regular meeting of april 12.

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2022, the special meeting of april 18 2022 and the dark meeting of april 19 2022 item number three.

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Approved the successor agency minutes of the joint meeting of december 7 and 14 2021 item number four.

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Approve the housing authority minutes of the joint meeting of april 5th 2022 and item number five.

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Approve the parking authority minutes of the joint meeting of december 7 and 14 2021 and the last.

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Item is item number six, adoption of a resolution extending the local emergency caused by covet 19.

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Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve the consent, calendar counselor's.

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Motion: zero. Second, second council member springer, any further discussion, madam assistant city clerk.

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Council member frutos, yes, council, member springer, yes, council, member schultz, yes.

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Vice mayor anthony no on one, yes on two through six alrighty and mayor telemontes, yes, thank you.

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We have one report to council this evening.

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The report is a review of the proposed fiscal year 2022 to 2023 city budget. Mr hess.

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Burbank city manager, please commence. This presentation welcome. Thank you good evening.

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uh Thank you for allowing me to take a a few moments to make some opening remarks prior.

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To reviewing the proposed budget, I am proud to present to you tonight the proposed fiscal year.

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2022-23 city budget, despite being impacted by the pandemic in every conceivable way over the last.

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Two years staff presents to you tonight a balanced general fund budget funding, the high levels of.

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Programs and services, this city and its residents deserve. I want to applaud the city council for.

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Sticking to your financial policies and making responsible decisions in response to the pandemic.

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I also want to recognize city staff for executing on those decisions.

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And managing their department budgets, the city implemented several kovitz saving measures.

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Which saved more than 24 million over the past two years and prevented layoffs and cuts to services.

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Throughout the entire pandemic, we provided essential services without stopping.

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We continued with our multi-year pension funding plan providing over 4.6 million in recurring.

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City-Wide savings to date and worked with our city labor groups to have all city employees pay.

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Half of their normal cost of their pensions on an ongoing basis, and we maintained our commitment to.

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Infrastructure fully funding the city's annual maintenance of effort for streets and roads and.

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We continue to use half of our measure p dollars to invest in capital projects throughout the city.

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As discussed at mid-year, the city's revenues are recovering at a faster rate than anticipated.

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With most categories remarkably, at or above pre-pandemic levels, ms becker will provide detail.

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On all of this, in just a few minutes, so staff is pleased to report that the general fund deficit.

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Has been eliminated for fiscal year, 2022 2023, the proposed general fund, recurring.

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Budget before you tonight is balanced, albeit by a very slim margin of roughly 280 thousand.

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And and that's of a two hundred million dollar general fund budget.

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In fact, all five years of the financial forecast are also balanced with that surplus growing to.

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1.7 million by fiscal year 2627, additionally, prior savings measures combined with federal assistance.

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Has resulted in a projected year end balance of nearly 30 million at the end of 2022-2023.

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While we are in a very solid position, there are many economic uncertainties that could impact our.

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Projections covet inflation supply chain issues; the war in the ukraine just to name some big few.

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It is important we continue to take a cautious approach and make responsible decisions with.

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Respect to our budget just to reiterate the proposed budget funds, public safety.

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Libraries parks and open space, reliable utility services and several capital improvement projects.

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As well as many other municipal services that provide burbank residents with a high.

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Quality of life, we look forward to reviewing the budget in more detail over the next few meetings.

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A lot of hard work goes into that process, so I want to be sure to acknowledge everyone.

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Who is involved in that process, mainly everyone uh here tonight.

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With that, I would love to turn it over to our financial services director.

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Miss becker and she will run through the rest of the presentation. Thank you. Thank you, mr hess.

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Welcome ms becker, thank you good evening, mayor.

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And members of the council jennifer becker financial services, director.

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Thank you very much if we can go up and uh bring up the presentation, uh we'll get started.

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So I'm very excited to be back here in person tonight to present to you our proposed fiscal year.

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2022-23 budget, as you well know, the preparation of our annual budget is a process that takes.

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Several months and requires a collaborative effort by city staff in every single department.

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Many of those individuals are here with us tonight, so I just wanted to thank everyone.

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For their efforts with this budget process and also let the council know that staff is.

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Here to answer any questions you may have, as we go through our entire budget book.

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Over the next few weeks, I will provide some opportunities to ask questions but feel free.

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To stop me if you have a specific questions on any of the items I'm covering this evening,.

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Does not seem to be working.

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Let's oh wait: there we go. Thank you! So first, I'm going to briefly go over all the materials.

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Provided to you in that white budget binder you received and let our viewers know how they can.

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Access those materials at home, then we'll do a high level overview of our total citywide.

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Proposed budget and then I'll kick off our fund by fund review, with an in-depth look.

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At our entire general fund budget, including our five-year forecast.

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Our fiscal year 2223 projected revenues and proposed appropriations and our department budget.

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Requests for the coming year and after we finish the general fund, I will turn it over to ms lindell.

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And her team to present the budgets for each of our burbank water and power funds for 2022-23.

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Following that, we'll hear a presentation from the public works department who will review the.

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Water reclamation and sewer fund and the refuse collection and disposal fund and time permitting.

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We will finish the evening with a review of our internal service funds and special revenue funds.

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So the proposed budget binder you received this evening- contains 29 sections each with a separate.

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Tab and that very first tab, titled review of the proposed budget, contains the staff report provided.

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For this week and next week's budget presentations with our general fund budget matrix and five year,.

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Forecast attached following that is a tab that contains all of the new budget items that were.

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Requested by city departments and approved by the city manager to be incorporated into this year's.

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Budget, we will be reviewing each of those requests as we go through our department and fund budgets.

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Next is our infrastructure tab, which includes a summary of the fiscal year, 2223 capital.

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Improvement program, which was approved by our infrastructure oversight board in late march,.

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This information will be reviewed during next tuesday's budget presentations.

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The following tab is our budget summaries tab, which includes a number of charts and.

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Graphs that provide a high level overview of our citywide and general fund proposed budgets.

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Also within this tab, you can find the city's debt service schedule summary of general fund.

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Reserves our city-wide authorized staffing and a copy of the city council's financial policies.

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Revenues is our next tab, which provides a summary of all our city-wide projected revenues by fund.

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And category, along with a description of the sources of each city, revenue, source and then the.

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Next 14 tabs cover each of the city's general fund departments, starting with the city council and.

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Ending with non-departmental here, you will find a summary, as well as the line item budgets for each.

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Department by division and program, as well as a description of each of those individual units.

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Following the general fund departments, we have our non-general fund line item budgets.

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Organized by fund and fund type: here's where you can find the burbank water and power fund budgets.

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As well as our other enterprise funds, our internal service funds, including the I.t department,.

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As well as special revenue funds, the housing authority and the parking authority, we have three.

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Additional sections in the back of the budget, the first being our agreements and contracts list.

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This list includes all of the contracts for professional services, as well as general.

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Goods and services that the city council is authorizing as part of the adoption of this budget.

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Behind that is a summary of proposed fee schedule, changes for fiscal year 2223, which outlines the.

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Changes from the prior year, the percentage increase or decrease and a justification for.

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Each item being requested- and lastly, is the final section: labeled supplemental materials.

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This section includes any additional memos or discussion papers that were requested by.

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The city council, as part of this year's budget process- and we may add more items.

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To this section in the coming weeks, as the budget review process moves along.

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And for the members of and for the members of the public that are interested in reviewing.

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These budget materials, along with us tonight or learning more about the budget you can find it.

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On the city's website at burbankca.gov, there's a link on the homepage that will take you to the.

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Finance department, where the budget is posted or if you prefer to view a paper version, we have hard.

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Copies of the proposed budget available for review at the financial services department's public.

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Counter the city clerk's office public counter and at each of the city's three library branches.

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You can also pick up a copy of our proposed budget at a glance brochure at these locations as well.

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So looking over our schedule for the next month, or so, as I mentioned previously tonight, we'll be.

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Covering most of our funds next week, we will be moving on to the general city infrastructure plan.

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And uh review of discussion papers on may 18th, I'm sorry may 17th. We will hold.

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The public hearing on the city's utility rates and then on may 24th. We will have.

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The public hearing and adoption of the entire citywide budget and fee schedule.

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So on that note, let's kick it off and begin with a look at our citywide budget.

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So our total citywide proposed budget for fiscal year 2223 is 791 million. Eight hundred and ten.

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Thousand and thirty eight dollars, as you can see by the pie, chart here the largest portion of our.

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Citywide budget is our bwp electric and water utility funds which make up about 40 47 percent.

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Of the total budget, the general fund, which is the city's main operating fund, is the second largest.

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Section of the budget coming in at just under 220 million or 28 percent of the overall budget.

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Overall, the citywide budget is made up of 30 different funds, proposing appropriations, including.

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Four enterprise funds, seven internal service funds, 15 special revenue and capital projects, funds; the.

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Housing authority, the parking authority and the successor agency we'll present each of these funds.

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As we go through our set of budget presentations, but we will start, of course, with the general fund.

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This year's total general fund budget of 220 million is just about 16 million or 7.7.

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Percent higher than last year's adopted budget of 204 million. This is predominantly due to some.

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One-Time items which we will discuss later in the presentation, the proposed recurring general fund.

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Budget of 202 million is about four and a half percent higher than last year's recurring budget.

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Now it's hard to put this budget into context without talking about all that's.

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Happened over the past couple of years, so let's go back and look at that financial.

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Roller coaster ride that was coveted 19 before we talk about where we're headed.

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So, two years ago, at this time, much was unknown about the fiscal impact of the pandemic.

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But we prepared ourselves for a pretty significant economic downturn overall general fund revenues.

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Dropped by 12 percent at the peak of the covet 19 recession, which was april 2020 with some.

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Revenue categories declining as much as 80 percent, while others remain largely stable. Ultimately, the.

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Fiscal year, 2021 budget ended with a general fund recurring deficit of over 15 million dollars and.

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Although we saw steady improvement as the pandemic rolled on the 2122 budget was adopted with a six.

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Point million dollar deficit, as the country was experiencing the throes of the delta variant.

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Response to those anticipated revenue losses, the city council implemented.

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Several coveted savings measures which included a city-wide, hiring freeze the.

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Cancellation of many city events and programs that were unable to operate during the pandemic.

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And the use of one-time funds to continue our pension funding plan altogether. These measures.

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Saved the general fund, an estimated 24 million dollars during the two years of the pandemic, the.

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Federal government also took action with a robust response in the form of financial assistance.

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In 2020, the city received 1.3 million from the cares act to support ongoing general fund services.

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In addition to a number of other allocations to support special programs, such as supplemental.

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Nutrition, ems, transportation and rental and small business assistance, then in 2021.

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Burbank was allocated 25.5 million dollars from the american rescue plan act.

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State and local fiscal recovery funds, a key component of the american rescue plan, which we.

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Now refer to as arpa is that it permits agencies to use those funds for revenue loss, so burbank.

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Has essentially recouped much of the revenue lost during the two prior years of the pandemic.

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So having reviewed, where we've been, let's take a look at fiscal year 2223. now you see that I.

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Have post covid heading in quotes there, because I recognize we're not nearly out of the woods in.

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Terms of the pandemic actually ending. That being said, it appears that the financial impacts of the.

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Pandemic to burbank's economy are mostly behind us and we are approaching a full recovery.

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We are projecting that fiscal year. 2223 general fund revenues will surpass the total revenues we.

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Received prior the to the pandemic, as we discussed during our mid-year financial report in march, our.

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Revenues have recovered at a faster pace than economists predicted, with most of our revenue.

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Categories fully recovered and in more of a steady growth mode, there is still some room for recovery.

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And improvement in our tourism-based revenues, which of course took the biggest hit during covet.

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19. citywide costs are escalating as well with the impacts of the pandemic, as well as other economic.

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Factors still having an effect on our day-to-day business. Kovid 19 has fundamentally changed the.

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Labor market and recruitment continues to be a challenge in a number of high demand fields.

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Of course, this is not unique to burbank as labor issues among another, a number of other factors.

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Have led to supply chain issues and short shortages on all sorts of goods across a.

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Variety of industries, of course, when supply is low and demand is high. We get increased.

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Prices and ultimately inflation, the december 2021 consumer price index or cpi, which is a measure of.

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The average change over time in the prices paid by consumers for goods and services in the us.

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Came in at seven percent year over year, you will see throughout this presentation that it has both.

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Positive and negative effects on the city's budget. All that being said, we are extremely pleased to.

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Report that the fiscal year proposed 2223 general fund budget that we are presenting to you tonight.

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Is balanced so because of that great news I wanted to skip ahead to our five year forecast chart.

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Rather than saving it for the end, you could see those blue lines just slightly edging out the red.

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Lines indicating that our general fund budget is balanced, albeit by the slimmest of margins,.

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Recurring revenues are projected at 201.8 million with recurring expenses at a little.

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Less than 201.6 million a difference of about two hundred and eighty thousand dollars or point.

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One four percent of the total general fund budget uh that balance drops to under a.

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Hundred thousand in fiscal year 2324 before increasing again throughout the.

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Remaining three years of the forecast as those remaining revenue categories, more fully recover.

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It's also important to note that significant general fund, one-time balance.

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Projected at nearly 30 million that you see at the bottom of that chart.

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This grows to over 41 million by the end of 2027.. This is predominantly due to prior actions taken.

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By the council, at the beginning of the pandemic, as discussed previously, as well as the revenue.

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Replacement dollars burbank received from arpa. Now, let's take a closer look at those arpa funds.

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As the council is aware, we received our first arpa payment of 12.75 million in may of 2021 and we.

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Expect to receive our second payment for the same amount. Sometime next month, staff has completed the.

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First round of quarterly arpa reporting and based on the formula provided to us by the us treasury.

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Department, approximately 17.4 million of our allotment is eligible to be utilized under the.

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Public sector revenue loss category, which is category c. These dollars will go back to the.

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General fund balance to essentially reimburse the city for revenue losses experienced during.

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The pandemic staff is proposing to dedicate the remaining arpa dollars towards category a which.

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The treasury department defines as responding to the public health and negative impacts of the.

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Kovid 19 pandemic: this is the broadest category under arpa and potentially covers a wide away.

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Array of projects that are applicable to burbank, including public safety park, maintenance and.

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Technology infrastructure, with the caveat that the funds are, of course, one time in nature and must be.

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Expended by the end of december 2026 for fiscal year 2223, the proposed budget includes a number.

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Of arpa-funded projects under the technology infrastructure category covering several service.

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Areas some of these technology items include 4.8 million dollars for police and fire projects with.

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The bulk of those funds going towards the replacement of the police computer-aided.

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Dispatch or cad system which has reached the end of its life, cdd and public works, are being.

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Allocated funding to implement online permitting for our residential and business customers, the.

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Finance department will be implementing accounts, payable, automation and payroll self-service time.

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Entry, both of which will provide enhanced service and eliminate reams of paper records.

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And there are several other city-wide projects planned, including the next phase of our mobile.

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311 system, the enhancement of technology at several conference rooms throughout the city.

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So, let's also take a look at the state of california budget for the upcoming 22-23.

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Fiscal year the governor's proposed budget totals 286.4 billion dollars.

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With a general fund budget of 213.1 billion, this year's state budget includes additional funding.

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For covid19 vaccination and testing health care, homeless prevention and housing, climate change.

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Mitigation and k-12 education, one notable item that could potentially impact burbank.

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Is the governor's proposal to and spend the annual suspend the annual inflation inflation adjustment.

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For the fuel tax that is required under the road repair and accountability, act of 2017.

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Also known as sb1, while the suspension would provide some relief to californians for rising.

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Gas prices it would reduce anticipated sb1 revenues that cities rely on for street.

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And roadway maintenance and repair by about 523 million dollars, statewide, which the legislature.

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Would then have to backfill with state general fund dollars, so there should not be any net.

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Impacts to burbank's 2.4 million dollar sb1 funding for 2223, but staff will continue to.

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Monitor the state budget process and notify the council should anything change with that proposal.

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And we can't have a conversation about state government without talking about.

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Our favorite topic pensions- the chart on this slide- shows us the.

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Calpers pension rates that have been incorporated into this proposed budget.

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With the normal cost shown as a percentage of payroll and the unfunded actuarial liability cost.

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Shown as a dollar payment for each of the city's three pension plans similar to past years, this.

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Budget proposes that the city pre-pay its annual liability payment in july, which will result in.

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The net savings of the city to the city of 1.1 million dollars in fiscal year, 22-23.

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Based on our july 2021 actuarial report, the city's unfunded actuarial liability for our three pension.

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Plans combined is 385 million dollars and our average funded status is around 73. This.

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Information is based on calpers june 2020, year-end earnings which came in at 4.7. But much of this.

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Will change in future years due to several calpers decisions that have taken place in recent months.

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As we discussed during the mid-year report, a number of calpers actions that took place subsequent to the issue, issuance of those 2021.

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Actuarial reports are not yet factored in our rates that were provided on the previous slide.

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But most certainly will impact burbank's projected pension costs, beginning in fiscal year, 23 24.

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First, that 21.3 fiscal year-end investment return earned by calpers in 2021 will decrease the city's.

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Ual payment amount and increase the overall status of burbank's three plans by as much as 10 percent.

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However, these investment gains triggered the implementation of calpers risk mitigation policy.

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Which they adopted in 2015., what this policy does is lower the discount rate anytime calpers.

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Achieves earnings of more than two percent above their expected rate of return? So as a result of.

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This 21.3 return calpers has permanently lowered their discount rate from 7 to 6.8, with no phase-in.

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And lastly, at their november board meeting calpers adopted a new experience study which.

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Included revised assumptions regarding retirement age, life expectancy and salary inflation. These.

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Revised assumptions, combined with the drop in the discount rate, are projected to increase the normal.

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Cost rates for each of burbank's plans by a range of 1.7 percent to 3 percent of payroll, beginning.

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In fiscal year, 23 24. overall calpers estimates that the ual savings from the investment gains.

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Will offset the normal cost increases and still provide a nominal net benefit to the city, but of.

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Course this is contingent on calpers continuing to meet their projected rate of return in future.

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Fiscal years and based on recent fluctuations in the stock market, it is unlikely that calpers.

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Will achieve its expected rate of return for the current fiscal year, which would have an impact.

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On rates beginning in 24-25, so we'll know more detail about what the city can expect in terms.

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Of pension costs for 2324 when we receive our next calpers actuarial a little bit later this summer,.

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And one thing that has remained constant over the past three years is the city council's commitment.

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To funding our multi-year pension funding plan adopted by the council in 2019.

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Fiscal year 2223 will be the fourth and final year of this plan.

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With 41 million in additional discretionary payments made by the city to calpers to date.

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With another 12 million planned in this proposed budget for this year, staff is proposing to utilize.

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Redevelopment loan repayment, set-aside funds for the 8 million general share of the payment.

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Both to preserve our general fund balance and to avoid violating any of the requirements.

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Under the american rescue plan that prohibits the use of these funds for pension payments,.

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The charts on this slide show you a closer look at our multi-year pension funding plan. Now that.

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We are nearing the end of the four years. The blue chart shows the city's total four-year commitment.

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Of 53 million dollars with an estimated interest savings of 63 million over a 24-year payoff period.

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Looking at the orange chart down below, we can see the resulting recurring reductions in our ual.

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Cost that the city has achieved as a result of the additional payments, our 1920 payment of 15 million.

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Resulted in savings of 1.7 million city-wide, our 2021 payment resulted in of 13 million, resulted.

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In 1.4 million in savings and our 2122 payment of 13 million resulted in 1.5 million in savings.

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For this current fiscal year altogether, the fence, the pension funding plan has achieved 4.6 million.

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In recurring, city-wide savings with 3.2 million of that savings directly benefiting the general fund.

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And these successes tell us two things: first, that we would not be here presenting a balanced budget.

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To you tonight, without these prior investment decisions being made by the city council and.

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Second, that it's worth exploring making additional discretionary payments to calpers beyond 2223 to.

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Keep our general fund savings rolling out into the future years of our forecast. We will definitely.

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Bring back a discussion of extending this plan prior to next year's budget development process.

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Now we're going to switch modes and focus in on this year's proposed.

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2223 general fund budget, starting with our projected general fund revenues, as you can.

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See from the many colors on this pie, chart burbank has a very diverse stream of general fund revenues.

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Sales tax and property tax are the two largest sources of general fund revenue.

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Representing 57.6 of the total recurring revenue anticipated for the coming year,.

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The table shown here provides a year-over-year look at all of our general fund, recurring revenues.

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Including the actual receipts from 2021, the adopted and revised projections for 2022.

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And the projected recurring revenues included in our fiscal year, 2223 budget we're projecting.

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A moderate but healthy economic growth for the coming year with revenues increasing 5.1 percent.

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From the revised 2122 projections, each revenue category is different in the way that it was.

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Affected by the pandemic, but the majority of our revenue categories have already retrieved a full.

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Recovery or will do so in 2223. It is important to note that a couple of revenue categories.

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Most notably transient occupancy tax and transient parking tax are still working their way back from.

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The pandemic and thus have more room for growth before we can say that they are fully recovered.

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These next few slides will examine some of the city's more significant general fund revenue.

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Sources, you can find a comprehensive summary and description of each of the city's revenues in that.

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Revenues, tab of your budget binder. So, let's start with sales tax. The most recent sales tax results.

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We have available are from the second quarter of fiscal year 2122, which is that ever important.

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Holiday quarter of october, through december burbank's, second quarter sales, tax receipts.

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Were up 19.7 percent from the same quarter the prior year on an adjusted basis leading the way.

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Were fuel and service stations up a whopping, 109.3 percent and of course, that's attributable.

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To both rising fuel prices and the return of jet fuel sales at the hollywood, burbank airport.

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Receipts for restaurants and hotels, increased 61 percent from the prior year indicating a.

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Post-Pandemic return to leisure activities such as travel and dining out and, lastly, general.

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Consumer goods were up a very solid 18 and a half percent which you like to see during the holiday.

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Quarter as it signifies a return to shopping at brick and mortar stores, here in burbank,.

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While we don't anticipate this type of growth to continue in the next fiscal year,.

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And we certainly hope that's not the case for gas prices. Economists are predicting that.

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Inflation will continue to impact sales prices for goods at least for another year. Thus we are.

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Projecting an overall increase to sales tax of three and a half percent for fiscal year, 2223.

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Property taxes have been our most stable source of revenue throughout the pandemic.

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Low inventory and favorable mortgage rates have continued to fuel an extremely strong.

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Local housing market, with the median price of a burbank single-family home.

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Selling for 1.2 million in january through march of 2022, while we predict that rising.

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Interest rates may temper the growth in housing prices somewhat in the coming year.

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We are still projecting moderate growth of 3.3 for property taxes in fiscal year 2223. I should.

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Note that revenues received next year are largely based on assessments done during the prior year.

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Utility utility users tax is the city's fourth largest revenue stream, with a rate of seven.

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Percent that is applied to telephone gas and electric usage, while the proposed six percent.

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Electric rate increase along with the rise in natural gas prices, will also serve to increase uut.

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Revenues, this will be offset by reduced electric sales due to conservation efforts as well as.

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Shrinking telecom revenues, as the market continues to transition from phone plans to data plans.

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Altogether, we expect uut revenues to increase by 3.9 percent for 22.23 service charges, outperformed.

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Expectations in several categories during the current fiscal year, thanks to the easing of.

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Pandemic restrictions and the return of several programs and industries that drive these revenues.

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We can expect more of the same in fiscal year, 2223, with a return to full activities for all.

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City facilities, programs and services, such as the passport program and the star light bulb summer.

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Concert series a significant uptick in production activity in our local film and television industry.

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Will also impact revenues for the safety service provided to our local studios. All.

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Together, we're forecasting a nine percent increase in service charge, revenues in fiscal year, 22-23.

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Now, let's take a look at our next revenue category transient occupancy tax.

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Sometimes referred to as a hotel bed tax, as I'm sure you remember, travel activity almost entirely.

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Ceased at the beginning of the pandemic, with hotel occupancy declining from roughly eighty percent.

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To twenty percent in one month's time and revenues declining by over sixty percent, it's been a long.

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Slow climb back from the spring of 2020, but now we are really starting to see some positive numbers.

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With occupancy back over 70 percent last month, as indicated by the blue lines on that chart, you.

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May remember that we revised tot revenue upward at mid year by about 1.4 million, as revenue had.

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Continued to outpace projections in the current fiscal year. We expect that pace to continue in.

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Fiscal year 2223 with revenue growth estimated at 18.8 percent, I should point out that our projected.

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Tot revenue of 10 million is still well below our pre-pandemic forecast of around 12 million.

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However, our five-year forecast now estimates that we'll see a full tot recovery within.

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The next three years, instead of the initial five years estimated at the beginning of the pandemic,.

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Transient parking tax tends to follow along the same lines as tot. Both revenue categories.

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Largely depend on the travel industry and both took a significant hit during the pandemic.

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Ninety percent of our parking tax revenues come from lots serving the hollywood burbank airport.

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And we are now seeing a very nice recovery in tpt, as anyone who's been to the airport lately can.

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Tell you that those lots have been pretty full. The chart here shows monthly passenger counts at the.

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Airport with the most recent month shown in blue tpt, revenue tends to mirror airport activity and.

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While we're not quite back to pre-pandemic levels, we did make significant improvement in 21-22.

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We're projecting another five percent bump in revenue in 2223, estimating total revenues of.

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3.3 million just a little bit shy of our pre-pandemic peak of 3.5 million.

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So before we wrap up our revenue discussion, I wanted to take a moment to review some of the.

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More notable general fund related changes to our citywide fee schedule. New fees included for this.

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Year are container fees for commercial businesses that are mandated by the state of california.

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The establishment of a brush inspection fee to ensure homeowner compliance within the very high.

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Fire hazard severity zone, some notable revisions to the fee schedule include a restructuring of.

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Fees for emergency medical services based on recommendations from a recently completed first.

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Responder and ambulance fee study an increase in residential parking permits from ten and a quarter.

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To fifteen dollars to better align with the city's cost recovery goal of twenty percent increases to.

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Pool rentals and field reservations to offset the cost of staffing and a reduce of the cost and a.

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Reduction in the cost of a typing certification test from eight dollars to five dollars.

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Now, typically, all other fees contained within the fee schedule are increased annually by the.

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Consumer price index, in accordance with the city council's established, cost recovery policy. However,.

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As a result of inflation, the december 21 cpi came in at seven percent so in an effort to lessen the.

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Impacts of inflation on our burbank residents and businesses, the proposed fee increases before.

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You tonight are based on a three-year average of cpi, which we calculated to be 3.4 percent.

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As you will see later in the presentation, a financial services staff is proposing to complete.

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A new citywide fee study in 2223, which will give us the opportunity to ensure that all of the.

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City's fees are in compliance with proposition 218, as well as the city council's cost recovery policy.

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And, of course, the city continues to operate the very successful burbank program activity and.

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Service subsidy also known as the pass program. This provides burbank residents in need of.

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Financial assistance, the opportunity to engage and participate in city programs and services.

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Subsidies are available through the pass program for a wide variety of.

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City services, including sports and aquatics programs, recreation classes, animal adoptions.

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And senior in disabled transportation, managed by the parks and recreation.

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Department, the city has over 700 residents, actively participating in the pass program.

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Okay, so we're going to move on now from revenues to review all of our fiscal year. 2223 general fund.

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Appropriations, this year's general fund budget includes roughly 1.3 million in new general fund.

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Recurring requests net of revenue, in addition to 1.7 million in one-time budget requests, the budget.

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Also includes roughly 7 million for a variety of information technology projects and improvements.

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Among our general fund departments, with the majority of those projects being funded by arpa,.

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Each new budget item was reviewed and approved by the city manager's office prior to its.

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Incorporation into the proposed budget, new appropriations were prioritized based on.

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Whether they were a mandated expense or how they adhere to the city council's established goals for.

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The coming year, including economic recovery and responsible development, housing and homelessness,.

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Sustainability city services, traffic and transportation, quality of life and infrastructure.

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The chart you see here shows how our total general fund appropriations of 220 million are broken up.

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By city department, 46 of our budget is dedicated to providing safety services to the public.

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Including our police and fire departments, another 32 percent is dedicated to our community facing.

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Departments including community development, public works parks and recreation and library, services.

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And just under 11 percent of our budget is dedicated to administrative functions.

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Such as finance management services, city manager, city attorney, city, treasurer, city, clerk and city.

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Council, these next slides will highlight each of our general fund departments individually.

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Including an overview of their proposed budget and staffing and a look at any highlights or new.

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Requests for the fiscal year, 2223 we'll present these slides in the order of the tabs. You see.

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In your budget book, so you could follow along. If you choose to do so or you can refer to that new.

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Budget request tab in your binder as well, and we have representatives here from each department to.

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Answer questions on any of the individual budget requests being presented to you this evening.

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So, let's start, of course, with the city council office.

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The city council is our elected legislative and policy, making body enacting all laws and.

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Directing city actions, among the many things our council does- is authorize contracts and agreements.

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Appoint city commissions, boards and committees, reviews and adopts the annual operating budget.

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The city council office has a total budget of 761 000 and three full-time equivalent positions.

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Not including our five elected city council members that dedicate their time to the city.

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And they will continue their great work into fiscal year 2223 with no new budget requests.

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Next is the city clerk's office with uh which operates with a total budget of 2 million.

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And 10.475 ftes, our elected burban city clerk, mrs zepp mullins, serves as clerk to the city.

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Council, housing authority, parking authority and successor agency and her office is responsible.

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For maintaining all city records, including the burbank charter and the burbank municipal code,.

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The clerk's office also conducts the city's municipal elections and coordinates voter.

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Registration services with la county. Additionally, the clerk's office operates a wildly passed.

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Popular passport acceptance facility, which offers new and renewable passport services to members of.

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The public so some of the budget items requested by the city clerk's office for fiscal year, 2223.

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Include a one-time request of 236 thousand dollars for anticipated expenses relating.

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To our upcoming november election, the upgrade of an analyst position for twenty one thousand.

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Which is offset by increased passport revenues, uh four thousand dollars for.

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Passport related expenses and supplies, which are also offset by those increased revenues.

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And a recurring request for records, destruction, services of 3, 100.

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Next up is the city treasurer's office, also in elected position.

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Our burbank city, treasurer, ms crystal palmer, operates her department with a.

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Budget of just under nine hundred and ten thousand dollars and a staff of five ftes.

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The treasurer's office is responsible for receiving dispersing dispos, depositing and.

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Investing all public funds and providing monthly reporting of cash balances by fund.

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And bank balances, in addition to regular reporting on all of the city's outstanding investments.

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And ms palmer and her team will continue this work with no new budget requests in fiscal year. 2223.

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Led by our city attorney joe mcdougall, the city attorney's office serves as the legal.

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Advisors to the city, council, city boards and commissions, and all other city officials and staff.

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They represent the city in civil litigation and other proceedings and protect the community.

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By prosecuting misdemeanors and infractions committed within the city.

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The total proposed 2223 budget for the city attorney's office is just under 4.7 million.

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With an fte count of 19., the city attorney has one request for some temporary staffing assistance.

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Totaling 93 000 to backfill for staff that is scheduled to be on leave in fiscal year. 22-23.

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Next is the city manager's office, our city manager, justin hess, serves as the city's.

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Chief executive officer setting the goals and providing administrative direction for.

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All city departments, in full accordance with the policies established by the city council,.

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The city manager's budget of 2.7 million and 12 and a half fte also includes the public.

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Information office, which provides the city with a comprehensive communication program, including.

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Dissemination of information regarding all city services, activities and events, one new recurring.

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Request of just under 20 000 is incorporated into the city manager's fiscal year, 2223 budget.

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This will re-establish the communications manager position that was eliminated several years back.

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And once again provide a full-time, dedicated staff member to oversee the.

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City's public information office, this request is mostly offset by salary savings from two.

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Other positions currently vacant within the city, manager's office.

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Moving on next to our management services department, with a proposed budget of 6.7.

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Million and just over 45 fte, the management services department provides a wide array of.

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Services to city departments and employees, including employment services, employee.

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Benefits: labor relations, general liability workers, compensation and environmental health and safety.

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The department also provides a robust training program and support services.

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For city employees, as well as our local teens through our youth, employment programs,.

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Some of the highlights of the management services budget proposed for 2223.

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Include a hundred thousand dollars for additional required medical screenings as part of the.

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Firefighter wellness program and hundred and fifty thousand dollar one-time request for a consultant.

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To assist with managing the city's current caseload under the americans with disabilities act.

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Okay, next we'll look at my personal favorite department, financial services.

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With a budget of 6.1 million and 34 fte, this outstanding department provides a wide.

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Array of city-wide financial services, including accounting accounts, payable, accounts, receivable.

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Revenue collection, fixed asset management, payroll, debt management and internal audit.

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Each year the department produces the city's annual operating budget.

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Capital improvement program, budget and annual financial report all have which been recognized.

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Annually with awards for excellence from the government, finance officers, association and the.

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California, society of municipal finance officers and additionally, the finance department, provides.

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Centralized procurement services for all city departments, the financial services department.

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Has two proposed requests for fiscal year, 2223 proposed budget? The first is a reorganization.

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Of our purchasing division, which will provide additional administrative support and oversight.

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For increasingly complex procurements, our staff is tasked with such as federally grant funded.

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Programs and public construction projects- the second is a one-time request for ninety thousand.

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Dollars to complete a new citywide fee study, as I mentioned previously, gfoa best practices.

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Advise that cities should complete a fee study every three to five years to maintain compliance.

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With proposition 218- and it's been just over five years since our last fee study was completed.

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Now as fun as the finance department is, this next apartment really gives us a run for our money and.

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That, of course, is parks and recreation. The parks and recreation department maintains and operates.

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42 public parks and facilities offers a variety of recreation programs, senior and human services and.

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Community events- and they do all of this fantastic work with a budget of 29.4 million dollars.

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And just under 184 full-time equivalent positions so new to the park and rex budget this year is the.

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Animal shelter which transitioned over from the police department during the 21-22 fiscal year.

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Parks has several proposed requests related to the animal shelter for 2223, including the.

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Reorganization of animal shelter, staff to broaden operations and improve efficiencies. The addition.

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Of a part-time vet tech to provide more services and increase animal adoptions and an increase in.

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Supplies to cover vaccines and microchips for our local pets, the total funds being requested, are.

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Roughly 222 thousand dollars of which 166 000 will be offset by increased revenue for these enhanced.

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Services parks is also requesting an additional vehicle so that our animal control officers.

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Can continue to do their great work, responding to calls and patrolling our local parks.

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Parks and rec is also proposing to continue our utility box beautification program in fiscal year.

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2223 with twelve thousand dollars of art and public places, funds budgeted for this purpose.

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And lastly, an additional nine thousand dollars is proposed to cover cost increases for special.

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Events, many or which are returning or have returned after a long covered hiatus, including.

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The independence day celebration at the starlight bowl and the mayor's tree lighting ceremony.

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The library services department operates the city's three library branches with a bubble.

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Budget of roughly eight and a half million and 65 ftes, the department provides access to formal and.

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Informal learning opportunities through its collection programs and services that reach.

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750 000 people annually library services has three general fund requests proposed in this.

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Year's budget, the first is the use of 77 000 in community benefit funds received from a developer.

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Towards technology improvements at the central library next is the appropriation of a 25 000.

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Grant from the california state library association to provide adult literary services.

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And lastly, a fifteen thousand dollar request to provide translation services for official.

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Documents as part of the library's commitment to more diverse and inclusive services,.

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Next up is community development, the community development department fulfills many of the city's.

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Most critical missions and goals, including protecting and preserving our neighborhoods.

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Providing transit services, land use and transportation planning and economic development.

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Implementing affordable housing and homeless services, programs and strategies.

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And verifying life safety in the built environment and they are proposing to do this work with a.

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Budget of 14 million and just over 65 of the department's 93 full-time, equivalent positions.

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Will be funded by the general fund among cdd's budget highlights for fiscal year, 2223.

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Are a new permit tech position to help issue and process over four thousand building permits.

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And two thousand plant check applications each year. Additionally, staff is requesting.

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A hundred thousand dollars in support of the city's residential parking permit program.

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Which includes sixty thousand in one time, temporary staffing per processing, permit renewals.

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And 40 000 in consulting services to perform surveys for new parking permit zone requests.

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The public works department operates with a general fund budget of 18.5.

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Million approximately 90 of the department's 196 full-time positions are funded by the general fund.

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Made up of four divisions, admin, engineering, design and construction.

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Fleet and building maintenance and streets and sanitation, the department plans.

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Builds designs operates and maintains the city's public works system in a financially.

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And environmentally responsible manner, while responding to the community's changing needs.

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Public works budget highlights for fiscal year. 2223 include the addition of a civil.

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Senior civil engineer to provide oversight for the department's permitting process, as well as.

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Management of capital improvement projects, along with a permit technician, to help the.

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Department process, wireless telecom and adu permits with greater efficiency. These two.

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Positions are partially offset by 140 000 in additional permit fee revenues. The department.

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Is also requesting 500 000 in additional funding for engineering consulting services.

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A hundred thousand of this will be recurring and go towards project management, support for a.

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Variety of special street design, pilot programs or projects that the department is tasked with.

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Throughout the year, two hundred thousand will go towards design review for development plans.

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As well as permit reviews and inspections, and the final two hundred thousand is a one-time request.

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In support of anticipated traffic studies and planning for future traffic, calming projects.

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Up next is our fire department, which provides city-wide fire prevention, fire suppression.

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Emergency medical services and emergency operations management with a total budget.

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Of 39.6 million and 137 full-time employees, the fire department responds to an estimated 11 000.

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Emergencies annually, including fires, hazmat incidents, regional mutual aid needs.

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And state and federal strike teams among the fire department's requests for fiscal year.

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2223 are 400 000 to begin a two-year phased-in replacement of their self-contained breathing.

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Apparatus also known as scba 300 000 to operate a firefighter recruit academy in the coming year.

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A new civilian fire inspector position, which is offset by fire, permit and inspection revenue.

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161 000 in additional funds for brush clearance to increase their.

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Number of cuttings and provide strategic removal of dead trees in the hillside area.

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And 150 000 for the emergency management division to develop a continuity of operation.

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Plan for all city departments for use in the event of a major disaster or other emergency.

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And last, but certainly not least, is our police department with a budget of 62.4 million and.

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Almost 263 ftes, the police department's mission is to protect life and property, provide professional.

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Police services and work in partnership with the community, in addition to the 50 000, calls for.

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Service they respond to annually. The department also provides citywide parking enforcement.

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Operates a state-of-the-art 9-1-1 communication center and maintains a joint air support program.

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With the city of glendale for the fiscal year 2223 budget, the department is requesting a new police.

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Communications manager position, this civilian position will replace a rotating lieutenant.

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Position who has been managing the communication center for a number of years and will provide the.

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Appropriate level of management and stability for this critical operation. Additionally, the.

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Department is asking for an increase to the safety program budget to provide kevlar pants.

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For the motors unit, which is a safer and more durable uniform for officers on motorcycle duty.

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So there is one more section in our general fund budget that I wanted to cover tonight.

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And that is our non-departmental cost center. This is where we budget appropriations that.

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Are not specific to any one department, some of the notable items that can be found in our.

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Non-Departmental budget is the general funds portion of the additional contribution to pers.

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As part of our multi-year pension funding plan, the city's annual 4.7 million infrastructure.

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Maintenance of effort contribution to the 534 fund and approximately 7 million in contributions to.

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The information technology fund for general fund and arpa funded it projects for the coming year.

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We'll talk more about those individual projects when we present the full fund 537 it budget.

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So I realized I've covered a lot of information so far this evening, but before I wrap it up.

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I wanted to summarize how all of the revenues and appropriations we've just discussed fit together.

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To form our overall budget picture for the coming year, we will start at the top of this slide with.

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Our total projected recurring revenues minus our total proposed appropriations, which combine to.

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Give us a balance of 281 thousand for fiscal year 2223. Now, that's our recurring balance. Now we take.

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A look at our one-time or non-recurring funds we're projecting to end this fiscal year. 2122.

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With a general fund spendable balance of over 31 million dollars, this includes the 17.4 million.

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Dollar portion of the american rescue plan funding that the city can report in the revenue.

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Loss category, then we go to the next line, which is the projected use of 5.8 million of those arpa.

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Funds for technology projects in the coming year, another 8.7 million in anticipated non-recurring.

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Revenue and resources, including one-time, grant funds, the use of other restricted set-aside funds.

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Then we have our estimated budget savings of three million, which equates to about one and a half.

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Percent of the recurring general fund budget, so out of that available cash, we'll fund our formal.

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Reserves and our compensated absences reserves in accordance with the city council's financial.

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Policies we'll appropriate, roughly 9.6 million in proposed one-time budget requests and grants for.

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Fiscal year 2223 and will contribute an additional eight million dollars in general fund to calpers.

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As part of our multi-year pension funding plan netting all of these one-time items together, we.

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Get a total non-recurring balance of 29.4 million. Now we add to that. Our 281 000, recurring balance.

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To get our projected general fund balance of 29 637 157 at the end of fiscal year, 2223.

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So, let's take a look at that forecast chart one more time to see how we anticipate the budget.

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Play out over the next five years, I will remind the council, as we look at those blue and red.

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Lines that the budget is balanced by only the narrowest of margins for the next year or two.

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Roughly 0.14 of the overall recurring budget, however, we project both our recurring budget.

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And our cash position to improve over the next five years, as our revenues continue.

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Their recovery and new developments begin to come online throughout the city.

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Now, of course, we are thrilled to be in the financial position we are in with both our.

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Recurring balance and our cash position, but there are many unknowns still out there. That could have.

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An impact on the economy both locally here in burbank and around the globe. The pandemic has.

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Finally, fundamentally changed the labor force and the way we think about work, future coveted.

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19 variants and the war in ukraine may continue to impact the labor force and cause further.

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Disruptions in the supply chains, issues that are all continuing to drive inflation worldwide.

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Now, looking more regionally at the rebound of travel and tourism, along with the return.

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Of our daytime business population to burbank will have an impact on our revenue growth along.

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With any future development that comes online throughout the city over the next few years,.

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And, of course, pension costs are always the wild card as those calpers board decisions and year-end.

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Investment returns can have a substantial impact on future budgets. Fortunately, prior city council.

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Decisions have put us in a strong position to be able to weather those future economic storms.

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I will remind the council that, in addition to our projected spendable balance of nearly 30 million.

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We continue to fully fund our financial, our formal reserves, in accordance with our financial policies,.

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We also retain balances in our compensated absences reserve.

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Our remaining rda loan repayments set aside and our section 115 pension trust.

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Altogether, the council has 83 million dollars in available unrestricted funds and reserves.

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Which equates to about 37 percent of the recurring general fund budget for fiscal year? 22-23.

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So, in conclusion, the fiscal year 2223 proposed general fund budget is balanced on a recurring.

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Basis and not just in this proposed budget year, but in all five years of our financial forecast.

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We are projecting a remaining one-time general fund balance at the end of 2223 of 30 million.

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Thanks to prior savings measures implemented by the council, an economic recovery that outpaced.

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Previous projections and a half the amount of federal government aid in response to the pandemic.

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However, there are still many department needs that were not funded in this budget.

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And further economic recovery and development will be needed in order to fully accomplish.

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The city council's goals in the coming years, so that concludes our general fund presentation. I'm.

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Happy to answer any questions the council may have, and we also have representatives from each.

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Of our departments here to answer questions regarding specific line items in the budget.

F

So, thank you very much. Thank you. Excellent balance is good to hear.

D

Yes, uh colleagues, questions comments.

D

Anyone customer springer- yes thanks, ms becker for your report um when you note that there.

N

For example, an increase in service fees of nine percent and utility utility users tax and.

N

Has a six percent is that included in the rate like the electric proposed electric increase rate.

N

Of six percent, so the city receives a utility users tax of seven percent on all electric sales.

F

uh So when you raise electric rates, uh we assume that the city the uut will increase. However,.

F

We don't increase ut projections by that full six percent, because we know, as a result of the.

F

Rate increase people are going to conserve more electricity and, in general, sales will.

F

Won't keep pace with uh revenues. So that's why we projected a more conservative, 3.9 percent.

F

And, of course, uh uut is not just electric. We also have a uut on natural gas, whose prices are.

F

Increasing and on telecom, which we've seen decline over the past few years as people shift more.

F

Towards data plans and away from phone services, thank you, and so I think you said that service.

N

Fees are projected to increase nine percent, and so that is in part due to just the increase in.

N

People using those services correct service fees are not increasing. Nine percent service.

F

Charge revenues are increasing nine percent and that's just the continuation are some of our.

F

Programs coming back online from the pandemic and increasing volume of utilization of those services.

F

So, for example, you know we've the golf course and the passport and several other services safety.

F

Services for the film industry, the volume is going up, we're not increasing our fees by nine percent.

N

Got it thank you, and um in one of the slides that noted that there were 700 participants in pass.

N

That's correct, and in here it says that today 840 burbank residents have been enrolled in the.

N

Past program, so there are some dropouts. Is that what that means, uh or it's possible that I did.

F

Not update my slide, um I will I'm looking at the parks and rec director right now. I believe the 800.

F

That's in the staff report is the correct number, so I apologize for 140, okay um and- and I is there.

N

Any room to increase that is that a big expense in our budget are we just including people who.

N

Would not be able to participate, otherwise, um I will defer to ms garcia, but I believe.

F

There's not a cap or a limitation on how many people can participate in the past program.

O

Good evening, mayor telemonte's, council members, marissa garcia parks and recreation director.

O

To answer council member springer's question: yes, there's absolutely always room to increase.

O

Our capacity as you'll note, one of our light and light line, item requests in parks and recreation.

O

Is a 50 000 increase in our budget to help offset the significant increase in popularity with pass.

O

Program and- and we can expect that, possibly to increase with inflation and higher expenses and.

N

Other on other categories: absolutely: okay and there's no cap on that so correct anybody who.

N

Wants to participate in their qualify will likely be able to do that. Yes, and now that we've resumed.

O

uh Near normal programming, my staff has been really doing a fantastic job, promoting the.

O

Pass program and reaching out to those particular focused, neighborhoods and attending some community.

O

Events to ensure that we get the word out about the past program, great, thank you and thank you.

N

Very much- and I just have a question for um miss goldman, if she's here just.

N

Thank you. I'm curious about the employment help assistance like through the pandemic and coming.

N

Out of the pandemic, are you busy with that? Is there demand? Are our residents taking advantage.

N

Of that uh they're sorry good good evening, I'm elizabeth goldman library, services, director.

P

We have the burbank employment connection has been operating out of the library since september. 2021.

P

We have seen steady use, we probably certainly have not maxed out. I I our understanding from what.

P

We're seeing as well as talking to our partners that are part of the verdugo workforce development.

P

Board is that a lot of people are still either searching or for what they want to do with their.

P

Careers, there's still a lot of fluctuation, so we're, I don't think, we've seen quite the volume.

P

That we might have expected as we're coming out of the pandemic, but we do expect at some point.

P

There's a lot of things coming down the road that may put more financial pressure on families and.

P

Encourage people to go, seek these opportunities for enhancing their skills and finding higher.

P

Paying jobs so do you actually help them with the training or you direct them to where they need.

N

Where they can get the training that they need to change careers or still on subject enough.

P

Yeah: okay, it depends what sort of training they're looking for at the library we provide.

P

We can provide assistance with basic computer skills as well as some of the more advanced.

P

Technology skills through the spark lab that would be relevant to the media industry. We also provide.

P

Assistance with the microsoft office suite we help people, we have a number of online resources where.

P

People can get self-paced training as well as interact with with live help online for resume.

P

Writing practice: job interviews, aptitude tests, practice tests for civil service exams, all sorts.

P

Of things like that, where we pass them along to the verdugo job center or other partners is.

P

If they're looking for something more advanced technical skills in a specific area, for instance,.

P

There's a new biotechnology focused program that the verdugo job center is just rolling out and.

P

And there's programs through the community colleges in the areas, so we bring them in. We.

P

Put their basic information in the system, we refer them over to the verdugo job center and.

P

Depending on what they're interested in as well as their background, for instance, if they're a veteran.

P

If they're emancipated foster youth, if they're coming out of the prison system,.

P

There's all sorts of special programs out there that can direct them to specific job training.

P

Great, thank you. Thank you, mayor talamontes. That's all. I have right now.

D

uh Councilman. Thank you, mr mayor. um I want to first start uh thanking the city manager for your.

Q

Budget in the presentation and to all your staff, it wasn't easy uh two and a half or three years.

Q

Ago, when I called for the hiring freeze- and there was a reason for that- obviously we're now reaping.

Q

The fruits of that tough decision, but I wanted to thank them. Thank the manager and I wanted to.

Q

Thank the council members, so we picked up two new council members and you have allowed us through.

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Your participation to stay the course so we're in the positive now, but I also want to acknowledge.

Q

uh Council member tim murphy, who was here two years ago, because the community needs to hear.

Q

That this is where it started two years ago and also former mayor emily gable eddie. um It was.

D

You that called for that freeze, yeah, honestly I've been asked quite a bit. Who was, I couldn't remember.

Q

I remember the fire department was here. Thank you for reminding me pay raises, and I called for that.

Q

And oh boy that eyeball stare at me big time, oh my my rear end was on fire that night it was bad.

Q

Okay, that was a blaze where's. The fire department um miss becker, the 115 pension fund.

Q

How much growth in that in this last fiscal year is projected.

Q

Into the next year, too, well like the rest of the stock market, we've seen a little bit of.

F

Growth and a little bit of decline we've still netted. I think let me pull up my.

F

Summary we're about 10.74 and we deposited 10.7, so our net growth has not been uh what we had hoped.

F

For at the beginning, but we still are earning more than we would earn had we left it in our.

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City cash pool, so uh you know that's the risk you take with the stock market. Sometimes you go up and.

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Sometimes you go down, but overall we're still uh netting a cash benefit to the city. More so.

F

Than we would if we left it in the city's cash pool and for the benefit of the members of the.

Q

Community that are watching in two minutes and three seconds. If you can explain what the 115.

Q

Fund is at the council. uh Basically, through policy gave direction to the city manager to invest into.

Q

A 115 fund, absolutely so a section 115 trust is a special trust that any pension government agency.

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Can invest their funds in our funds are invested with calpers? Who, of course, also maintains our.

F

Regular pension funds and what they do is they offer you options to.

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Invest those funds in similar strategies that they use to invest our pension funds.

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So you are uh likely to get more of a rate of return than you would had you just left it in your.

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Regular city cash pool because some of the rules for uh for government investing are a little bit.

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More conservative than what we have for calpers, so what those funds do is you can put those aside.

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And utilize them at any time for pension payments, so in the future should our.

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Pension increase, or should we want to make an additional one-time payment to pers or if we.

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Just want to use that for our pension payment one year, so we can use general fund dollars for.

F

Another purpose uh we have the ability to do so, so those funds are very flexible, but it allows you.

F

To have a larger rate of return without committing uh to a long-term investment or a non-liquid asset.

Q

Thank you, mr specker. Was that two points it was more than 2.3 seconds. I apologize, but I just want.

Q

To make sure the members of the audience knew what we're talking about the 115 fund.

Q

um I'd like to speak to the director, I got questions regarding park and rex budget ma'am.

O

Good afternoon, okay, so obviously with the transfer of the animal shelter from the police.

Q

Budget, I'm just talking dollars into your department.

Q

How much additional money is your department getting gaining with the reduction of that.

Q

Specific assignment within the police budget into your budget now.

O

If you can repeat that, I'm not quite sure I fully understand the question. No good. um So.

Q

You're picking up the animal shelter, that's no longer a function of the police department.

Q

So there's monies going from the police department now they're no longer there into your department.

Q

Yes, what's that dollar sign- and I left my notes on my desk- um I want to say it's uh roughly about 170.

O

000 is a total net additional cost of the budget. I believe about 115 or so is well, so the full budget.

O

Yeah, the full budget is 2.1 million dollars, but the the dish there's some costs because.

O

There were some um needing to realign or re-re realign the animal shelter operations because.

O

The police department, administration division was performing some functions that now parks and.

O

Recreation has to assume so the net additional cost to the general fund, I want to say, is in a.

O

Neighborhood of like 50 50 to 60 thousand dollars, so we are um inc having to change some titles.

O

We, you know consolidated the vet, we had two part-time veterinarian positions, we're.

O

Making that to one so there's some savings there. However, we need a clerical position.

O

To do some of the clerical functions like payroll and some other.

O

That the police department, administration division would support. Does that answer the question? No, I.

Q

I I guess I'm looking at because this is budget and we're looking at dollars and signs.

Q

I want to know how much dollar signed we're taking monies from the police department. That's no longer.

Q

Doing the animal shelter function it because I'm trying to find it in the budget and the 2.1. How.

Q

That how that equates to additional personality, like, for example, now you're going to have brenda.

Q

Going from the police budget into your department and the other uh control officers.

Q

So I'm just trying to figure out how much dollar sign is coming from the police budget.

B

Sure, mr mayor, if I could um so, the transfer is going to be roughly 2.1 million from the police.

B

Budget to the party correct so that that program is roughly 2.1 million. So we've taken that from a.

B

Police department budget moved that over to uh uh park and rack into their budget. The uh of that 2.1.

B

We needed to add roughly about 60 000 net um in order to make some additional changes. Okay, now.

Q

In the budget you're requesting a shelter vehicle correct, they already have.

Q

I believe two vans three three vans, so you're picking up an additional vehicle.

O

Yes, we're also in our budget. We are proposing to add one additional animal control officer position.

O

Which we have grant funding for for the next three years, so in order to properly.

O

Provide our staff the adequate resources they need to do their job. We need an additional vehicle and.

Q

That won't be covered in the 2.1 million. No okay, um that's enough for this round of questioning.

Q

Sure I apologize no, no! No! No! No! I I'm glad the city manager kind of got involved. Thank you. Ma'am.

Q

um My next question, if I may mr mayor, thank you, sir, is to uh mr prescott under cdd.

R

Good evening, good evening, scott community development director, um under your request for.

Q

A permit technician, 85 000. What were the specific duties? What permits will he or she be working on.

R

Our team of permit technicians will issue permits, take in plan checks, respond to inquiries via email.

R

And phone they manage a lot of our project, docs workflow project docs. Is the online plan check.

R

Submittal, when we ramped up thanks to our help with our partners in I.t over the last.

R

Couple years with some of our online access, we essentially opened another public counter.

R

We have the physical counter and the online counter, and so additional staff is needed to to.

R

Fully respond to that and under the budget I was looking at the code enforcement. How is it working.

Q

On the weekends we are currently recruiting for an inspector to do weekend, inspection.

R

And in the interim we have our inspect current inspectors rotating on saturday code enforcement.

Q

And uh last question for your department, sir, and thank you for answering my question. Of course,.

Q

Is uh I've it's interesting as we're talking about it this week, I've had three uh conversations with.

Q

Three different residents throughout the city that they're very concerned about these illegal food.

Q

Carts showing up and now they're starting to show up at schools will that be under code enforcement.

Q

Do you have enough people for that in this budget, or just something the council should consider on.

Q

A white paper to add another body for this type of specific enforcement. What are your thoughts.

Q

As a director code enforcement would respond to complaints about vendors on the sidewalks.

R

Vendors are allowed in most areas if they are properly licensed. Last week my team went out.

R

With the lice business licensing, inspector and code enforcement and let everyone that we knew of.

A

Know that they needed the license and they had to leave until they had it and they complied.

R

And so we plan to follow up on that um as we receive complaints or see them out about.

R

Ourselves, thank you, mr prescott. No more questions can I continue, mr mayor. Thank you. um Public works.

A

Good evening, sir, real quick, if my colleagues don't mind as long as the person representing the.

D

Department is up there and we other colleagues have questions might as well. If you don't mind.

Q

No please! Okay! Yes, definitely uh thank you, mr burkman, how you doing good evening honorable.

Q

Mayor council, okay, I'll try to be real painless on this one here and I know about pain lately,.

Q

Okay, um engineering consultant services, 300 000, reoccurring, 200 one time could this be covered.

Q

Because it's related to traffic, I heard the presentation for.

Q

You know traffic improvements. Studies could this be instead of coming from general fund.

Q

Could it be measure our return money versus the general fund money since it's traffic related.

S

Well, it it could be for specific products, but we have um in the public works department and.

S

Engineering we've streamlined going from three sections to two, so we have two sections now of.

S

Land development and permits and the capital improvement program and inspection, so we.

S

When I first got here a little after two years ago, we didn't have the consultant.

S

Horsepower to accommodate these peaks, you know a a successful city with with council's leadership.

S

And mr prescott, community development brings development and permits and.

S

And development is traffic related, for example, so those are the three areas for these consultant.

S

Services and the one that you are speaking to that uh 200 000 for uh traffic, specifically.

S

um Is needed because there's a different dynamic, you know it used to be a simple.

S

Level of service analysis because we were vehicle focused well now we have our complete streets.

S

Programs we have bikes and peds and other more complicated analysis to do so. I wanted to make.

S

Sure that we had the proper consultants available, who have this newer type of analysis to help us.

S

Deal with our success, okay and then my final question. I know you made yourself available to me.

Q

About two and a half months ago with mr mohler and you were helping me prepare for tonight's meeting.

Q

Because I was looking at your budget very closely, but I didn't see in this short piece. The new and.

Q

Important for forgetting the technical name but the new flux, capacitor wazoo machine up at the.

Q

Dump site that you were talking about replacing, I didn't see it in the budget, but you were kind.

Q

Of alerting me that it needed to be replaced some big machine up there that cost about.

Q

I think was 400 bucks an hour to operate and the vehicle and um assistant director molinar is here.

S

So we're talking about the landfill, yes, there's some type of machine. You were telling me about.

Q

And I questioned the cost see if it could help out and we went no, but I didn't see this. I think.

D

He was asking for a donation. Oh, he was alerting you for a future donation good evening, sir good.

T

Evening, sir, good evening, through the mayor, uh john mulliner from public works, uh you I believe.

T

You're talking about the new d6 xe that we are going to be replacing our big d9 bulldozer with.

Q

Okay, I didn't see it in the first white paint and I know what we've talked about the.

Q

Cost and we went over it at nauseum and I really appreciate the education of the importance of.

Q

That machine, but I was curious- I didn't see it in your budget on the white sheet here.

T

It I believe it's already on order that was in last year's budget. I think.

A

Okay, that's it. Can you explain to the council members what the new wazoo machine is.

T

Okay, uh we have a very large bulldozer up at our landfill, then what it costs.

Q

To operate because I was focused on that, it is much larger than it really needed to be.

T

And when we did our optimization study in 2017, they told us this machine's a little too big for.

T

What you really need to do, and uh so we decided we were going to get a new machine. We got the d6.

T

Well, actually, we we started looking into other equipment and we found this d6xe, which is it's.

T

Run more like an electric locomotive on a railroad locomotive, it has a little diesel pony motor and.

T

That runs all the electronic equipment. Everything else is electronics, so it'll spend. I think it's.

T

About 50 percent, less fuel than the d9 that we're going to be replacing it with and actually d9.

T

Since it's not very old, we probably are going to be able to swap it almost straight across. We hope.

T

Because the d9 still has value left in it, at least that's what we're hoping to do.

T

So it's it's, it's a win-win, no more questions and that's part of the enterprise fund refuse.

Q

Okay, well thanks for making yourself available as I was going, let me ask one more question:.

D

On the wazoo is that going to be available to the fire department? uh I would imagine if.

T

They needed us we're going to be there for them. That's what I want to hear. Thank you very much.

D

All right, can you hear that chief, the police as well may continue, mr man, thank you, sir.

Q

Yeah yeah, it's up to the council members. Anybody.

D

You're done and then we'll. Thank you, sir. I was gentle with you, sir yeah. I'm still.

S

Here: okay, buddy uh fire department. Oh sorry, any questions not for me. No fire department.

U

Good evening, mr mayor fellow council members good evening, fire chief, how are you, sir.

Q

All right, sir, um thank you for being available to ask my question. I asked my question.

Q

I don't quite understand the 150 000 for a continuance of an operations plan. Explain that.

Q

Why it's a hundred fifty thousand dollars sure that's just going to be for private.

U

uh Contractual services for us to be able to uh broaden our emergency management preparation.

U

And so in that the importance of ensuring that we've got a continuity of government plan.

U

A a fully functional continuity of government plan to be able to elicit the the needs that.

U

We'll have, from a city standpoint, elected event that we have some type of a major disaster.

U

Earthquake and things along those lines is this a one-time funding, or is this going to be again next.

Q

Year's budget in the year after not correct this is going to be a one-time fund for this and again.

U

There's a lot of federal and state legislation that we want to make sure that we're compliant.

U

With again, just as we had with govid, we were able to utilize uh our systems and our uh our executive.

U

Team to be able to uh prepare and mitigate those challenges and from a now a disaster standpoint.

U

It's that similar facet, we want to ensure that we're prepared uh again from a city perspective.

U

In the event that we have any type of a major disaster, any trucks or paramedic vehicles uh due.

Q

To be replaced in this next year's budget, uh it is not not this year coming up, but we currently have.

U

Our truck company, that was uh from last year's budget that is uh being spec'd out now we have.

U

Additional um battalion chiefs a rig as well and a couple of our utility pickups, but in that we're.

U

Looking forward to seeing those completed and operational, hopefully within a year's time, okay.

Q

For the money, thank you congressman schiff for making that happen for our city and.

Q

Through our fire department correct mr mayor, yes, all right, anyone else any questions to the fire.

D

Department, yes, go ahead. Thank you, mr mayor. uh Thank you chief, just two quick questions.

V

um So to piggyback off councilmember fruitos talking about item number, eight, the continuity.

V

Of government or continuity of operations plans um it anticipates uh preparing for the course.

V

Of a major disaster, what kind of things are we talking about? That can be uh a wide array of.

U

Disasters that we're concerned with, obviously the the biggest being earthquake we live here in.

U

uh In fall, territory, fault land, and uh that would be the biggest and, as we all know, uh living here.

U

In southern california, that uh uh I'm gonna knock on wood here, councilmember schultz, but uh we spent.

U

Quite some time since our last significant earthquake uh in that too, there's items.

U

In that, in any other uh wide scale, emergency that we have major conflagration with regards.

U

To wildland fires, mudslides, as we've experienced with that as well, so anything that would impact.

U

Our city, that would have made a major detriment to us being able to again pick up our continuity.

U

Of operations ensure that we're uh providing our services to the community as quickly as timely.

U

As possible, uh thank you chief, just one more question, mr mayor, uh with regards to item number.

V

One, which is the fire, recruit academy. I think it's terrific that we're no longer relying on our.

V

Salary savings to fund the academy so moving forward. Do you anticipate the need for.

V

Annual academies to fill vacancies yeah- that's an interesting topic- is the uh the landscape of our.

U

Recruitment has drastically changed and um we have done a very good job of of forecasting. Our needs.

U

As far as attrition, but uh the current landscape, as far as the demand for firefighters has grown.

U

Exponentially and currently there is a high demand for not only firefighters but paramedics, and so.

U

Consequently, it is seen it is seen nationally, particularly here in the southern california,.

U

Region, though, what's occurred is the larger scale. Departments have also uh have that same demand and.

U

So, unfortunately, uh uh we're seeing some of the smaller agencies, such as burbank, see some of our.

U

Our our firefighters transition to those larger agencies so consequently, as I stated that.

U

Landscape of recruitment has changed. We need to be more agile with how we're able to go through these.

U

Recruitments and then so this this seed money here will help us to do just that. We'd have that to be.

U

Able to initiate a a recruitment should we have again unforeseen vacancies that occur. The last.

U

Thing that I want to have is where we were several years ago, with the force hire situations that we.

U

Were at that was devastating to our agency, and I do not want to see that happen again so again.

U

These dollars here, particularly and the collaboration and working with the city manager's.

U

Office will allow us to be able to be more agile with that recruitment and be able to capitalize.

U

On the cream of the crop that may be out there again, the demand is high, so we want to be able to.

U

Capitalize, excuse me uh on those uh those members that are those candidates that are out there for.

U

Us to be able to draw into our burbank fire family. Thank you. Yes, sir. I've got a question chief.

D

I couldn't let this go by without asking a question: uh 300 000 for an academy, so.

D

What's your forecast and about when would you be looking at 10, 15 20 in two or three years.

U

uh As far as total candidates or recruits uh well, that all depends again on the dynamics that are.

U

Surrounding the current recruitments and as we're sitting right now, what we want to put.

U

In that threshold is about that number of five. So again we don't get ourselves back in that cycle of.

U

Of having that big demand for firefighters, so this uh these dollars would allow us again to initiate.

U

That recruitment to to keep us at a manageable range, uh should we unfortunately see again outside.

U

Of attrition and and so forth, see something uh unforeseen that would see a large member of our.

U

A large number of our department transition out of uh of our agency to another agency. We would want.

U

To be able to again capitalize on that, so these dollars would help us to get that initiated if.

U

There was going to be a need because of that demand and the the broader number that we may.

U

Be looking at, we may be having to come back to council to request some more dollars to be able.

U

To assist with that, depending on that total number, but our goal is to keep that that. That's that that.

U

Look at five five and six six and seven uh in that manageable range versus getting to that broader.

U

Range where we're looking at twenty eighteen to twenty as well, are your projections of retirements.

D

Are they coming pretty close to what you know you're asking when are you gonna, retire chief.

U

We're getting close, we're getting three bad shifts and you're out yeah. No, I'm not there. No I'm not.

U

There, but we are the uh the the artists I mean you're asking. I know that see more senior members.

D

What are you looking at right, correct, yeah? You can reject the forecast that way absolutely project.

U

And then through that, we'll see obviously promotions that will go with that too. That ultimately equate to firefighter positions, and so we're staying abreast of that so that we can have.

U

A a firm understanding of where that's at and then be as best we can be in front of it as you well.

U

Know there is that reflex time it takes to be able to go through a recruitment, ultimately begin that.

U

Initial and then get us to actually an academy and then graduate and actually on, the line uh working.

U

So um we uh we we manage, manage that and keep a very close eye on that for certain. I like to hear.

D

That you're being proactive instead of reactive you're, trying to be as much as possible, and I.

D

Also want to encourage- and I know you've heard me say this many times or my whole time in on council.

D

Maybe we should look at the recruitment phase, maybe that's taking too long. Maybe we're asking.

D

We're doing the same thing that we used to do 25 years ago, when there were, you know thousands of.

D

Applicants coming in for firefighter and for police officer: that's no longer the what's.

D

Happening now, you're exactly right, mr mayor, and we have done just that. We've been able to look at.

U

Different types of and modes of, our recruitments to be able to again remain more agile with that.

U

uh Different testing exam, for example, fctc through the state, provides a different range.

U

Of, as you recall, once we had our recruitments was, we went, we'd do a written exam and that list.

U

Would hold for for two years and as members came off of that via our department or other agencies,.

U

What what was left was the balance of that. Well, this new model of of recruitment or exam allows.

U

For that, as it's replenished, that the cream of the crop, if you will, are right back atop and we.

U

Would have access again to be able to see those uh those candidates in our recruitments so again.

U

That that's a different model and mode that we've adapted to to be able to again try to find those.

U

Best and those highest of character, integrity to being on bring on to our agency. Well great. Thank.

D

You that's good to hear anyone else. Colleagues, fire department, the chiefs here, okay, move on.

Q

Thank you. Thank you, mr mayor uh police department, deputy chief, I mean correction.

D

uh Chief albany, who just got demoted, it would be worse if I called him sergeant albert.

Q

I used to call him that years ago you you actually did so. uh That goes back many.

W

Years uh mayor vice mayor council members, good evening, uh sir, I was uh looking over the budget.

Q

And in miss becker's presentation we talked about 132 000 750 for police communications manager.

Q

22 540 for motor officer safety equipment, but what I didn't see is in one of the report in one.

Q

Of the reports that I got for tonight's council made in preparation, you're requesting one-time.

Q

Monies for 15 000, which increases your budget 0.3 percent. What's the 15 000 for there's no written.

W

So that's the personal protection uh uh equipment, oh for pcp, pp yeah, so we spend uh pre-code about.

W

Nine thousand dollars a year on gloves and and stuff related to that uh this this year that we're.

W

Concluding we're up to 27 and change and we still have two months left. So that's gloves, mass wipe is.

W

Everything associated with that- and I would remind folks, is that it's not only our police officers, we.

W

Maintain a jail, we have a lobby, we have folks in and out so um we uh that's equipment that we need.

W

So 15 000 is what we're uh projecting, because what we don't know is what's going to happen, two.

W

Three four months from now: uh if there's a sea change, if there's not a sea change, then we'll.

W

Land on about nine thousand a year, okay, my next question- and I need the city manager to maybe help.

Q

Me out, uh it's not a personnel question, I'm asking, but it's related to a position within the budget.

Q

So you've been chief now for how long sir well interim chief from july 13th to december 29th.

W

Chief from december 29th to tonight all right- I don't know about tomorrow- okay.

Q

I like it, I like it, so my question is mr city manager, or the chief is: where is the.

Q

Savings because, obviously you haven't put anybody of your command again, not personnel. I'm looking.

Q

At the budget and the position I don't want to get in trouble by mr city manager, city attorney.

Q

Here so my question is, since we don't have a in position in pocket, an assistant chief.

Q

I was just looking at, I think, that's a increase of fifteen hundred dollars, plus benefits plus a.

Q

Take-Home car plus pension. So when I'm looking at your requesting 0.3 percent added to the.

Q

Budget with 15 000, but you haven't filled that position. Are you planning, not personnel matter.

Q

Just the dollars and signs for an assistant, chief's position, if you're not planning to.

Q

Fill that in your in the next fiscal year, then I would ask the city manager: what is the savings.

Q

And do we have to give them an additional 15 000 when we have a vacant position that I.

Q

Believe can absorb because I where's that money going since he's been chief um city manager or.

D

Sure so, basically, a council member you're asking if there's sufficient salary savings from.

B

Underfilling, the deputy uh police chief to be able to um uh use that instead of uh um increasing.

B

Increase 0.3 percent, so we could certainly do that. I think courtney, uh I don't let courtney.

W

Do the math on that, and just for clarity is that that position, that's a differential.

W

And it's not perseble, so uh uh if uh that position uh is filled, it is not personal, meaning that it's.

W

Not pension base uh that person would retire as a captain, so let me do a better case uh study. So if.

W

I had left as a deputy chief and retired. Actually I would have retired as a captain, because it is.

W

Just a differential, but the mass is complicated. It is really complicated. That's why I'm going to have.

W

uh Well, that's I I'm just asking for the dollar sign and again uh tomorrow may be a different.

W

Day, I don't yeah and and again, if it and and my rationale and through the city manager, is that.

Q

If we're not going to fill that position in next year's budget, then obviously that savings from.

Q

The department's budget should come back to the general fund and it could pick up and if I yeah.

M

Yeah 0.3, plus I'm looking at 22 540 that I'm saying, okay, the deputy chief, has a take-home.

Q

Car that costs insurance, it's a city, vehicle city, so there's a lot of savings there and I'm just.

Q

Trying to watch the people's dollars, that's why we go through the budget process and that's why.

Q

Council, I'm asking this question: that's it! Thank you good evening, mayor vice mayor council, good to.

X

See you guys um it's actually not that complicated the police department is actually not budgeted for.

X

A deputy chief position, we're budgeted for four captain positions, so the deputy chief is actually.

X

A specialty assignment that is made and when that assignment is made, they get 12 of their base, pay.

X

So we're actually budgeted at a top step for a captain position and should we decide either this.

X

Fiscal year or coming fiscal year to sign a deputy chief, then they would get 12 on that base pay. So.

X

The actual salary savings is inverse of probably what you're looking for. So if we took one of our.

X

Four captains, so that spot is currently filled by a captain, not not to cut you out. But here's where.

Q

It's it's kind of tough to understand, so captain albanese gets promoted to the assistant's position.

Q

I get it's not personable, not pension, but he still gets a 12 increase. If I heard you right.

Q

So that 12 percent increase still has to come from somewhere. So all I'm asking we're saving 12.

Q

Percent since he's been acting chief to chief and if we don't have a an assistant chief next year,.

Q

That 12 percent should be either going to that 0.3 increase and that still gives additional monies to.

Q

Help support the 22-540, because, somewhere that 12 is going to come from the general fund. If he puts.

Q

Again, I'm not doing personnel, but if he puts a assistant chief tomorrow or.

Q

Next year in the budget, then great that's going to cost the general fund.

Q

12 and if we're not going to fill that position, I want to know now what's going into the next fiscal.

Q

Year because I'm still trying to like the five of us we're trying to make sure we stay in the black.

Q

That's my reasoning for question councilman, so salary budgeting is not an exact science.

F

When we put together the salary and benefits budget for the next year, we look at all staff.

F

At a specific point in time- and we say what step are each of those folks at how much increase are.

F

They eligible for the next year, who's making. What differential and based on the the knowledge that.

F

We have about our current staff, that's how we uh put together and develop our budget for the.

F

Next year, so, if that deputy chief position was not currently being occupied, meaning there was.

F

Nobody receiving that differential at the time we developed the budget for next year.

F

We would not have budgeted for that differential because it it wasn't currently being occupied.

F

Now, if there was somebody in the budget- and that would have- I guess been about.

F

February or march that we based those salaries on, uh then we would see the differential show up in.

F

Next year's budget, but I would just point out that you said it's a fifteen hundred dollar a month.

F

Differential, I believe, or approximately I kind of calculated approximately about 25 000 a year, yeah.

Q

You know compared to the police overall salary and benefit budget. It's a pretty small percentage, so.

Q

Well, it's small! But when I'm looking at the 25 000 a year and we're requesting for 22 540 from the.

Q

General fund and we're still carrying the deputy chief 12 funding because technically it's in.

Q

This current year's budget, so I'm looking at the budget going forward, I'm like wait a.

Q

Minute, there's there's this 12 25 000, that's somewhere that we don't have a body so that.

Q

Should go back into the general fund for other things, or it could actually pretty much either.

Q

Cover the motorcycle officer's equipment or that additional 0.3 for ppe, fifteen thousand dollars.

Q

Yeah, oh and then sorry, sorry and then we just approved the uw grant money which the.

Q

Fire department got ppe equipment and, in that grant, how come the police department and that.

Q

Would save the budget under the police budget, 15, 000 or 0.3 edition, I'm just looking at the budget.

Q

What I got over the weekend, mr city manager, please clear this sure um if the council's so inclined.

B

We could certainly uh use the existing uh the the uh uh the incremental difference between that.

B

Differential and what the captain is, which is a little over a thousand dollars a month, uh we could.

B

Use that uh since the chief's been uh uh appointed uh uh chief back in july, so we almost have.

B

About nine months at you know so uh so I think it's roughly about 1500 a month is that 12.

B

Increase going from police captain to deputy chief, that's the differential, so that's nearly uh 15.

B

000, so what we could do is use that existing and I don't know if he's going to fill that anytime soon.

B

But um uh it's nearly fifteen thousand dollars if we wanted to use existing money, existing savings.

B

From that difference of not having a underfilling, basically a a deputy chief and not providing that.

B

Differential, we could carry that over into next year. For that ppe, it's 15 000 out of a 62 million.

B

Dollar budget, so we that that's not um it's up to the council. We could certainly do that. Vice mayor.

Y

Thank you, mr mayor. um I appreciate uh uh trying to find that money. uh Council, member fruitos.

Y

I of everyone up here, I'm probably the most critical of our police budget.

Y

However, I will say if we do that now and we for lack of a better term, nickel and dime, that 15 000.

Y

What, in essence, we're saying to the chief and the rest of the staff is, if you don't fill.

Y

Your positions, quick enough you're going to lose that budget and what I don't want to do is use a.

Y

Budgetary method of forcing the chief to choose a deputy before he's ready to do so, I want to.

Y

Be able to give him the leniency in a given fiscal year to make the right personnel change and not be.

Y

Forced and constrained by us trying to lock him in with the budget, so I I'm willing to allow it.

Y

To be discretionary to the to the chief, it's only 15 000 and let him decide on his own time.

Y

When he's found the right captain to promote or whoever he wants to bring up here's what we have.

Q

That's in place mid-year appropriations and that's when it comes to council. So if he put in a deputy.

Q

Chief, several weeks or months from now, we get mid-year appropriations that we do twice a year.

Q

That money goes back, but let me tell you a story that a young council member found out that he.

Q

Kind of went at odds with the last fire chief. This went on for over 10 years, there was over 500 000.

Q

A year that was budgeted to put a firefighter in on a truck and they use it for overtime. It.

Q

Wasn't until I went through the whole budget- and it was, it was a tough discussion, but no.

Q

The budget to me has to be very strict, because this could this could go on for years and that.

Q

Money will add up and then, when we're tight for resources, I want to be very strict on.

Q

The people's money- I don't care if it's public works, cdd or park and rex bottom line is this.

Q

Could be managed from the savings? That's not taking away the position which I agree with you.

Q

Sir, I'm not here to nickel and dime the chief of all people, I'm the biggest cheerleader, but.

Q

Nothing against the chief, but I'm just going through the numbers of the budget.

Q

That's what's on their agenda and I'm trying to watch the people's money and if it's not being.

Q

Spent then you know what we can use it for other things, like you always used to say, we can use that.

Q

Money to help out homeless nutri, you know anything that will add up, but in in in your point and what.

Q

I agree with vice mayor is that if he says hey I'm going to put in uh uh you know a deputy chief.

Q

Within the next two or three months, great mid-year appropriation- all he has to do is say: hey.

Q

I need to uh through the city manager I need uh 12 from the budget added, because I just filled.

Q

In a deputy chief spot at a council meeting, we approve it and it he gets that money. So.

Q

It does not stop the chief from ever putting an assistant chief if he wishes. I'm just looking at.

Q

The dollars and signs and that money will add up quick, but thank you sure. I would like to ask the.

Y

Chief, it was, would you be comfortable with that uh policy decision there to be able to give you.

Y

The opportunity at mid, mid budget, my position is just tell me what to do. I will make it work. Okay,.

W

All right, yeah we're not making policy here right. This is this has happened.

Q

For years, that's why we go through the budget. This is nothing new. This discussion.

D

Has been going on for years, okay, I mean just can tell you about the big books and you got to cut.

D

How much three million yeah? So this happened? That's that's what we go through the budget, sir.

Q

And I've been on the hot seat several times. Yes, sir, do you have more police questions or let me.

Q

Ask my colleagues, thank you chief, it's not it's not against you, I'm just looking at the.

Q

Dollars and cents, sir, I understand anyone else. You were still a good sergeant to work for yes,.

Y

Yeah, I have a question going back to the uh the animal shelter the.

Y

Our parks and rec director mentioned that it was uh 2.1 million to bring it over to parks.

Y

And rec by your recollection last year was that about what we were spending when it was in the.

Y

Police department, or was it different- it was 2.1 million what it was 2.1 million and then then.

W

We're trying to uh it'll be may 30th that'll go to uh uh check that june 30th uh parks and recs and.

W

I wish him the best wish him well all right. That's all it's a gift yeah, and you know that.

D

The animal shelter was a different animal for like a better word, because you had a lieutenant.

D

You had officers that were part of the animal shelter now in the parks department.

D

You're not going to have officers you're not going to have lieutenants. I don't think. No, no! So it'll.

W

Be staffed by parks and recreation, any any safety officer, whether it be a fire or police officer.

D

Those are high dollar individuals. We all know that, yes, everybody out there is going like this.

D

But anyway, chief on this police communications manager, 132 750. we'll be replacing a lieutenant.

D

That oversees the communications center, so a lieutenant, has been on a rotating basis to oversee.

W

The comm center- this is something that we have wanted for many many years to civilians completely.

W

Civilianize or non-sworn that that that position and and uh if you recall it was last year a.

W

Year and a half ago where'd my subject, the geo manager was last year uh two years ago.

W

To have a jail manager, a non-sworn jail manager and that that model has worked well for us.

W

Most law enforcement agencies, our side- will have a non-sworn manager, so we believe that.

W

This is uh the best practice moving forward and there's continuity in the chain of command for.

W

Those non-sworn people versus lieutenant that they may see infrequently, so you have stability and you.

W

Also have a career path for non-sworn. Folks, too, there's a variety of career paths that they can.

W

Pursue now so this is something that is needed and we're looking forward to it moving forward, let's.

D

Reference a career path in-house or in other agencies in in-house, but but here's you know.

W

That's that's valid, I mean, do we want to be uh the folks that develop folks for other agencies um and.

W

uh We're competitive right now and we have folks that are interested, especially on the non-sworn.

W

Side in coming to burbank to work so um we're always at risk of that uh the fire department.

W

Just lost their assistant chief to the city of santa monica, that's great for burbank, because.

W

They want our folks, so we become competitive and we do everything we can to keep them here.

D

Okay, now in I remember, we talked about not last year the year before.

D

About we were having a manager, somebody to oversee all the.

D

Body videotaping camera taping. It was going to be a big struggle. There was a big.

D

Situation because of keeping those tapes for a certain amount of time, how are we doing.

D

With that so we're doing well, so we have one admin analyst that is currently overseeing that and then.

W

That admin analyst subordinates to a sworn lieutenant. So as far as managing.

W

That program, our body-worn camera in-car camera system, it's working out well right now.

D

That's good excellent. Thank you very much. Anyone else with the police department we're through.

D

Chief have a seat chief. Thank you. Thank you.

D

No, that's fine, uh you know I'm going to go back around to the.

D

To the departments that I wasn't able, I didn't institute the rotation that we had here. The last.

D

Few departments, which was a great idea, mr mayor, but it was a little late- it was a little late.

D

Let's see, let's go back to.

D

I made notes, I did. I really did.

D

Anyone want to talk about the city, clerk's office,.

Y

Yeah they're doing great okay, excellent, especially the passport service right.

D

uh City council office, anyone all right, I'm just going back to the attorney's office.

D

Yeah one question there we go see. Oh thank you, mr mayor. It wouldn't.

V

Be a meeting without me: grilling our city attorney on something.

V

Sorry, joe so mr city attorney, I did have one question on the temporary staffing.

V

So I see that you mentioned here at peak levels, the city attorney's office had 12 attorneys, which.

V

You currently do if I'm counting correctly and nine support positions, and I think you.

V

Currently have seven so just wondering if you could explain the rationale why pursue.

V

The temporary staffing, as opposed to seeking a full-time position.

L

The city attorney's office is um playing well with all of the other departments that have.

L

Excess needs uh the city, I've worked for the city for going on 17 years and burbank has been very.

L

Financially responsible, so I asked for additional positions and I applaud our strong financial.

L

The city manager indicated that we do have some one-time funds and so we're going to have to float.

L

With temporary staff, we have had an incredibly difficult time, recruiting we've had positions open.

L

For more than a year that we recruited and had almost no candidates we're paying twice.

L

The cost in temporary services, as it costs for the city uh to retain a full permanent, full-time.

L

uh And it's uh it's very difficult. All of the departments are going through this, so.

L

We set aside our request, we'll be renewing it next year, but we we do need to. We have one temporary.

L

Employee we would like to keep as long as they will stay. It's a very strong labor market for.

L

Legal uh staff and we're trying to keep up all of the support departments at the city are trying to.

L

Keep up with the city's advancing mission there's a lot of demands. This will go to help cushion.

L

We've also had people grow their families with the city of burbank, but that creates overlapping.

L

Leaves as well so it's not only vacancies, but burbank is a good place to work and raise your.

L

Family, but that also creates ongoing staffing demands. Thank you. Anyone else. Okay, let's move.

D

On to the city, manager's pio department, I've got one question. Mr city manager.

D

The communications manager position yeah at 19 849 is that going to be a part-time position? No.

B

So uh well, it's pretty reasonable, not bad huh good at all, good job. What we were actually able.

B

To do was offset that by um one clerical one and a half clerical position. So uh that's the.

B

Executive assistant in the city manager's office, as well as we're under filling a.

B

Executive assistant in the council office, mr thompson, is, I think, a senior clerk versus an.

B

Executive assistant, so so that has worked well for us, especially over the last two years, so we.

B

uh The main goal for us was twofold was one we have the assistant community development director.

B

uh That's currently overseeing pio as well. We need to free her up to concentrate on housing.

B

And homelessness, uh so that's a big deal and then we also need additional resources for that pil. We.

B

Need to have some concentration there, so this kind of gets us both so for this one, we kind.

B

Of get a twofer so to speak because we'll be able to enhance both a pio as well as get.

B

Farlin back to uh be able to concentrate on on a cdd, so so uh that's kind of the plan.

D

Sounds good to me excellent, yes, thank you, mr mayor. I can't miss the opportunity to ask our.

V

City manager, on the spot, uh follow-up to that. So what are the deliverables with getting the.

V

Communications management manager back. What is it that they're going to be able to do that? Maybe.

V

Hasn't been accomplished over the last few years, with the cost savings in place.

B

Yeah, I think uh miss wilkie who actually oversees the pio. I think.

B

Overall, you're going to have a more a better dedication to that uh department. Just because.

B

Mrs mcfarlane, right now she is, uh you, know, split in many different directions, so just having that.

B

uh uh um You know concentration within that uh department is huge, so both from a graphic.

B

uh Illustrative uh uh expectations, social media uh print uh relations with our our papers. My.

B

Burbank, those type of things uh your you know, uh training whatever it is, uh we hope to enhance.

B

All that website mobile 311, so so we're kind of excited about providing more resources to that.

B

And just boosting our our numbers with respect to to all aspects, whether it's websites, social.

B

Media et cetera, so um hopefully mrs mulkey will have a better answer.

Z

um Good evening, mayor and members of the council, I don't know that judy wilkie, sorry assistant city.

Z

Manager- I don't know that, have a better answer. I can just probably enhance that a bit one would be.

Z

I just want to first say that miss mcfarlane has done an excellent job over the past few years.

Z

Taking on an additional assignment, that was not an easy task in terms of what her.

Z

Normal job is and then to take this on, and I think she's done an excellent job and has.

Z

Brought the pio into a place that we were not, I mean from the website to our social media presence.

Z

Talking points just to you know, press releases, just everything that we do. You know I've been here.

Z

30 years and I've seen that grow exponentially in the last couple of years under her leadership. So I.

Z

Want to say that that she has done an amazing job in that role and as part of that she has.

Z

Done an amazing job to work with that staff and to enhance that staff and to change that staff. A bit.

Z

As well right so there's been some new positions added they've changed. We used to do a huge video.

Z

Presence and now that has changed, and things are easier now in the way that you can do video so.

Z

I think that she's done a great job to to groom a lot of that staff to bring in new energy new ideas.

Z

And I think that you've seen pio grow under her leadership, so I think that's part of that. I think.

Z

Where you're really going to probably see you'll, see deliverables in pio for sure, based on what the.

Z

City manager said there'll be a more concentrated effort for that person, not feeling pulled in a.

Z

Couple of of areas, but I don't want to say that any things that we've missed the boat in any area.

Z

Because I don't think that that's the case, but I do think that where you'll see some changes.

Z

Is that in community development I think there'll be some some deliverables that have maybe not.

Z

Been able to be focused on in that arena, since ms mcfarland will be able to kind of step away from.

Z

That and be there to take on that that assignment and those responsibilities, because we all know.

Z

That that area has grown not only via economic development and all that has occurred via kovid.

Z

But also her her role in homelessness and housing, and we know that that is a huge.

Z

Effort of ours as we move forward and we can never have enough staff in those areas so.

Z

That's you know, just being her being able to be more concentrated in that arena.

Z

Will be very valuable for the city, so um I think that all in all um you know we're in that position.

Z

Now, where it's, it feels right. It's the right thing to do to to to let that that department grow in a.

Z

Different way and the great thing is, we still have miss mcfarland here to help nurture that.

Z

And to help ensure that the success of that that department, so that's all that I would add to that.

Z

Thank you go ahead, thank you and miss wilkie. I just wanted to be clear. I think miss mcfarland's.

V

Done a phenomenal job, and so, while I'm supportive of this agenda item or the budget request,.

V

Yeah, it's because I know that she has an awful lot on her plate in terms of housing and homelessness.

V

Economic recovery, which are the council's top priorities, so I'm glad we can lighten her.

V

Load just a little bit so she can focus on those things and appreciate the answer. Well now she can.

D

Take a deep breath not having to work with council members and mayors that will be a big relief. Thank.

D

You very much she's going to miss that, but she'll still be working with you so great. Thank you.

D

Anything nothing else for city manager, okay, you're, lucky management, services; department; yes, go ahead,.

D

Customer springer, yes, thank you um on the 150 000 for the ada consultant. What will that person do.

AA

Good evening mayor vice mayor, councilmember, springer council members, betsy mcclinton, with.

AA

The management services director uh management services department. Thank you for the question.

AA

So what we are looking to do is we are looking to bring in an ada consultant to help us manage case.

AA

Our caseload and also help us to identify improvements throughout our process. So what.

AA

We were trying to do is we are always trying to look for ways to improve our processes and when.

AA

We reached out to our fellow agencies glendale and pasadena. What we found out is that our caseload is.

AA

Enormously higher than those agencies, and the reason is because they outsource a large piece.

AA

Of what they do so, for example, over the last 12 months, we had about 248 cases that we dealt with.

AA

In-House with our one staff person glendale had they outsourced most of their caseload. They had.

AA

About five cases that they actually did in-house and all the rest of them, they outsourced.

AA

For pasadena, they have more of a split model where they dealt with about 50 to 60 cases. In-House and.

AA

Then they outsourced or had a consultant deal with the rest of them. So where our case load is so much.

AA

Higher is because we deal with ada that arises out of workers, compensation cases, pasadena and.

AA

Glendale both outsource those particular cases and then the other thing that is very unique to.

AA

Burbank and the management services department is, we actually do title ii cases as well title.

AA

Two is public access to government service cases, so if you have somebody in the community.

AA

That needs assistance that needs a reasonable accommodation to be able to access public services.

AA

Management services does those cases as well and no other hr department in southern california. That.

AA

We talked to actually does those cases, so it is likely those cases and our workers comp cases.

AA

That we would outsource to a consultant who's going to have much more specialized information.

AA

And knowledge to deal with those cases and will also be able to give us some ideas and pointers.

AA

On how we can improve our processes internally as well, thank you. You're welcome anybody else.

D

So, by contacting glendale and pasadena, we learned that they were doing using a different format.

AA

That's right so we're always trying internally to figure out ways that we can provide better.

AA

Services to our our departments and ada has been an area that we know that we want to.

AA

Improve in, and so we did, a survey of we looked at glendale, we looked at pasadena, we looked at.

AA

Several of the other agencies that we kind of talked to regularly about hr items.

AA

And this was the big glaring thing is that we internally do a lot of cases that other agencies.

AA

Outsource because they're very specialized, because caseloads are higher for all of those reasons and.

AA

So we said: okay, it looks like that is really what the best practice is and that's why we're bringing.

AA

This before you this evening now, as far as do, we have the expertise to handle some of those cases.

AA

So we do um we do we do. um We are very fortunate that our management services staff partners very.

AA

Closely with the city attorney's office, um and so we have built up a lot of expertise.

AA

um Within that area, but it is true that some of the title two things sometimes.

AA

There's research that has to be involved. We have to look at case law with the city.

AA

Attorney's office, so those cases can be more complicated and workers. Comp is really.

AA

We're trying to improve our processes there as well. It was a long-standing practice where we.

AA

Didn't engage in the ada process with workers comp cases until somebody was permanent and stationary.

AA

The best, the best practice that we have now learned by going to conferences seeking outside.

AA

Counsel kind of trying to do our due diligence to do the research is that really ada and workers.

AA

Comp should be running parallel, and so we need to engage with workers comp claims right when they.

AA

Start so we're doing those in parallels and that's also a big reason why our case load is so high.

AA

And really those workers comp claims for ada uh the those other agencies outsource those as well.

D

So we realize that we're trying to do too much in essence. Yes, this is that's what it comes.

D

Down to in essence, I appreciate you thinking about that and implementing something moving.

D

Forward that will be great because remember springer. Yes, thank you so of the 240 cases is.

N

Is there 248 cases? Is there a typical case so um of those about 200 of them? Are employment cases.

AA

Right uh so 200 our employment cases or their cases that come out of the workers, comp system.

AA

About 50 of them a year would be those title ii, uh public access cases, so you might have.

AA

In the employment side, you might have an employee who is injured off duty right and they can work.

AA

Limited duty for a little while and then they would come back, we would accommodate them on.

AA

A temporary basis, you might have somebody who's injured at work they're in the workers, comp system.

AA

They're off for a while, but then they can come back and have restrictions. We figure out how to.

AA

Accommodate them in that situation you you might have somebody who's, got permanent restrictions.

AA

And perhaps they need some sort of permanent accommodation, so we work through that as well.

AA

You might have also recruitment accommodations if we have a candidate going through the recruitment.

AA

Process and they need some sort of accommodation to be able to participate in that process.

AA

The ada staff works with our recruitment staff to take care of that as well. Thank you. You're welcome.

D

Thank you real quick. Can we uh partner up with these other cities and maybe take advantage of.

D

Some of those resources by working together, um you know that's a great idea, idea, mayor.

AA

Will definitely have those conversations we recently had a model with our reaper graphics.

AA

Equipment where we did, we took advantage of a bid that had already had already taken place.

AA

Through another agency, so we have connections with those agencies. We know what consultants they're.

AA

Using there may be something in the purchasing world that we could work out with that, so we'll.

AA

Definitely take that under advisement I mean, I know the fire department uses it. I don't know if.

D

The police department uses it when they purchase their vehicles, fire departments peeking back on.

D

La county fire or la city fire, so it's nothing new out there. It's just a matter of looking into.

D

It and absolutely getting some uh right. That's a great idea. We will definitely take that out.

D

Thank you very much sure anyone else. Thank you vincent. Thank you.

D

uh Financial services- oh you're up mrs recker, any questions from for financial services.

D

Okay, I just had one question: you mentioned three to five years for the study.

F

uh Yes, so the government finance officers association, that's our national organization.

F

That sort of makes recommended best practices for uh things like studies or audits,.

F

They recommend that uh you do a citywide fee study every three to five years, so I know.

F

Those of you who were on the council remember when we brought the study to you five years ago.

F

uh We in uh concurrence with that adopted that city council cost recovery policy right and.

F

That policy says that we're going to collect certain fees at certain rates of cost recovery.

F

And uh increase it by cpi every year to keep up with that cost recovery well over time.

F

The cpi doesn't always necessarily reflect the city's costs, so occasionally you want to start.

F

From ground zero, look at your fees again how much city service is going into those fees? How.

F

Many staff hours you know, does it take to issue a permit or provide you know different services.

F

We'll look at that we'll we'll break down each fee that we charge basically throughout the city.

F

Figure out the number of staff hours the supplies, the overhead and determine uh what the cost is of.

F

Providing that service and then apply it against the cost recovery policy to determine at what rate.

F

We should be collecting through city service fees, so some may go up. Some may go down, but.

F

Rather than just always using cpi as a factor, you really want to kind of take a new look at that.

F

At least every three to five years, because ours is so large, we're such a full-service.

F

City that you know five years is probably about all we can handle because it'll be.

F

You know pretty close to a year undertaking for us to go through that any other questions.

D

Thank you, you're welcome. uh I've got a question for the parks and recreation director, ms garcia.

D

And I had marked down already the animal shelter vehicle.

D

Was asking how many they already had and you were asking for additional one.

D

But I also noticed burbank on parade.

D

There was 22 000 budgeted for burbank parade, I believe the burbank on parade budget.

O

Is in the um burbank water and powers budget, but let me confirm: oh in that case, all right.

O

I apologize yes 22 000 for birmingham parade. I was confused. Thank you for making me look good.

D

I was confused with the irvington order: roses association. Oh there, you go yeah, that's true.

O

I probably keeped on a heart attack, but um you didn't know you had burbank on parade.

D

uh Welcome to burbank um so is that's going to be staying in there. What's the status of the.

D

Organization itself correct, so the organization parks and records liaison to burbank on parade. We.

O

Are in uh frequent communication with them because of the pandemic, they suspended their parade.

O

Earlier this year they were hopeful that they could have a parade in the fall, but about a couple.

O

Months ago, they confirmed to us that they're not going to be able to put together a parade for the.

O

2022 calendar year, but they are uh planning to do the parade resume. The parade next year in 2023.

O

Around the same time that they normally would do it great. Thank you very much for the update.

D

uh Library service, that's all I have. Oh, you have one more customer. Thank you, mr.

V

Mayor really quickly, I wanted to ask about item number five, which has to do with the low cost.

V

Vaccine clinic to the public for the animals, I think this is terrific. I was just wondering- are.

V

There going to be income requirements attached to those who are eligible to participate will.

V

It be the income requirements of the pass program or what do the details? Look like right now, uh so.

O

No, it wouldn't be income eligible or or based on your income. We just know that we would be able to.

O

Provide and and if I'm mistaken, I'm sure, miss chris smith, who will be overseeing the animal.

O

Shelter permanently um can it can uh elaborate to my response, but really it's just providing.

O

By doing it in-house, we would be able to provide provided at a lower cost than perhaps residents.

O

Could get going to their vet or going to other locations.

V

Thank you sure anyone else thank you. Go ahead. Vice mayor, uh yeah, just a follow-up on that. So.

Y

So, just by operating that vaccine clinic, it's just gonna be cheaper. It's like our passport program. We.

Y

We can offer it through the clerk's office at a little bit cheaper than if you go to your yes.

O

And- and I will just kind of you know, cap with the caveat that you know the animal shelter in in this.

O

Short period of time that we've been co-managing, they are a very resourceful group who are.

O

Really similar to parks and recreation right, we operate. We do a lot on on a rather limited budget.

O

Where we see partnerships, we seek grants, and that is the model that they have been working under.

O

Which we would just continue supporting and that will also help with our you know, keeping our.

O

Our uh service, high and cost is low and the pass program does serve the adoptions, so we are able to.

O

Provide reduced costs for pet adoptions through the past program and again it's just.

O

Something that we're going to continue promoting just to follow up on that.

Y

Earlier we mentioned that it costs the same amount to run the animal shelter through the.

Y

Police department so we're not really seeing any cost savings, switching to parks and rec, but are.

Y

We getting better services more services. Is that the impetus behind that absolutely so, while the.

O

Animal shelter under the police department has been doing a fantastic job. uh We believe.

O

That under parks and recreation, because of uh marketing, we have dedicated marketing staff.

O

There's a lot of cross-promotional opportunities. We do a lot of community events in which we will.

O

Have the animal shelter as they were just most recently at the spring extravaganza.

O

um We just believe that, through uh by them being under the parks and recreation department, we.

O

It is our goal to see a increase in pet adoptions, um just enhancing the.

O

Already fantastic service to the community, just making it even better: okay, okay, great thank you.

Y

That miss garcia. I see another uh item in regards to the utility box beautification program, correct.

D

Twelve thousand dollars- and that says funded by the art and public places correct. So the.

O

Cultural arts, urban, cultural arts, commission and art and public places committee have developed.

O

A really fantastic partnership, by which one group has some funding and the other group has.

O

A fantastic program, so they work collaboratively. So our we use our public places, funds which are.

O

Funds that the city receives through developers, so these are not uh taxpayer dollars. It's money.

O

That developers pay to the city in lieu of on-site art and so we're taking a portion.

O

Only twelve thousand dollars um and it's about a thousand dollars per uh utility utility box.

O

And so the cultural arts commission administers this program by which they do a call for artists.

O

um Have a committee that selects the artist and they paint these utility boxes. So yes, that 12 000.

O

Will add an additional 12 utility boxes in our community that will be painted.

D

So a cultural large commission has to creativity in the brains.

D

But art and public places have some money in essence. Yes, and you know it really, is that the.

O

Limited, you know, aren't public places, committees, responsibilities are very limited and confined to.

O

Public art and their focus traditionally has been on.

O

Installing more permanent long-term actual art installations in the city.

O

So yes, absolutely cultural arts, commission has more of that creativity and so they're trying.

O

To find a way by which they could um enhance our community, and so it's you know a mural.

O

We're going to find a way to make that mural uh be as permanent as possible.

O

Hence the ability to use those a lot of those monies come from also the developers obviously.

D

That the building that goes out throughout the city right, correct, it's all. It's all.

O

Developer money- those are large amounts. I mean when a percentage of the development.

D

Goes towards art correct, whether it's, whether it's inside.

D

Their building or outside they have to. I don't know what the percentage is of the of the project.

O

It's one percent of their construction costs not including parking, so parking structures are not.

O

Included in that calculation, I believe it's one percent for the first 15 million, then from the.

O

From 15 million to 20 million at three quarters of a percent, then it drops uh to half of a percent.

D

Okay, that's all I've got anybody else. Thank you very much. Thank you. Ms garcia.

D

Just one quick question to the library services director.

D

Welcome back l.a county grants. Do we apply to l.a county for any grants.

P

Generally, for the library, no so l.a county operates its own library system.

P

That has many branches and then cities can choose to opt out of that and operate their own library.

P

So, to my knowledge, la county generally does not have grants that are open to.

P

The independently operated public library such as our own, but there are some cities that have.

D

Got the money from l.a county to build their oh for construction for construction, okay, um yeah.

P

Well, that's in again to my knowledge that is generally a situation where, for instance, the.

P

um County has been operating and it's been handed over to the city or there were some agreements.

P

From many years ago, I'm not aware of any ongoing funds for something like that. If you are aware.

P

Of anything or have a person that I can ask about that, certainly let me know generally there's much.

P

More available to us at the state level, rather than the county level. Okay, thank you very much.

D

I have one more question to the community development department. Thank you for.

D

Coming up here and your patience with me.

D

Mr prescott- and this was uh already asked- a permit technician yes, and I notice under.

D

The community development department is asking for a permit technician at 85, 000 plus, and the.

D

Public works department also asks for a permit technician at 85, 000 plus, but the public works.

D

Department says it's got partial revenue offset. Do we foresee any revenue offset with your request.

R

Well, the revenue that comes in from the collection of permit fees.

D

So so yes, so what you're telling me or no.

D

I was just comparing the same position. One says revenue offset, the other one doesn't leave the.

D

Blanks, yes, it's possible, so each department tracks their permit fees separately depending.

F

On what the services are for, you may remember that last year we did add several positions for.

F

Community development with regards to permits, so I believe we sort of already took advantage of.

F

Those increased fees to add positions last year, whereas public works. We didn't really.

F

Add positions, so we still had that sort of fee increase that we could use to offset the position.

F

This year, so I don't necessarily know that we're going to see another increase in permit revenues.

F

For cdd, that would be enough to fund their position for this year, but it's quite possible.

F

We in finance are pretty restrictive if you're going to call something revenue offset.

F

We want you to validate that you actually are going to receive the revenue, so it just.

F

May be the you know the way we looked at each of those revenues for those specific types of.

F

Permits that each department does it may differ between public works and cdd. As far as how the.

F

Revenues are tracking. I, like your answer, quite possible. That's I'm going with that. Thank you.

D

Very much council members. Anybody else have any questions. Oh yes, go ahead. Yes, um thank you.

N

um In the this is a pandemic um and response question related to housing and.

N

So in the 1.3 million cares act. We is that where we allocated like rental and landlord assistance.

R

Yes, that's correct is: did we spend all that? I believe it's all spent yeah? Okay, so was that eight.

N

Hundred thousand dollars, do you remember what that amount was? It was two two separate pots right. Yes,.

R

Marcus gonzalez, okay, and um so now we refer well, the state is wrapping up, I guess their housing.

N

Is key program yeah? Yes, so our residents who need help? Okay. Thank you good evening.

AB

Council members and uh marcus gonzalez housing development manager, the karazak funds that we.

AB

Received were received in two phases phase one we received approximately six hundred over six.

AB

Hundred thousand and phase two was about 1.2 million um over a period of 12 months.

N

That's through the cares act, okay, so how much of that went to help our tenants and.

N

Landlords through the pandemic uh for the rent assistance programs, we we had.

AB

We allocated a total of about almost five hundred thousand foreign assistance.

AB

We leveraged that, with some county measure age funds to bring up that total um amount.

N

Okay, and so now, if we're contacted by somebody who needs help, we put them in touch with cdd and then.

N

Then you in turn put them in touch with um home again or right with the karzak funds, since.

AB

Those been that those have been all exhausted right. We do have other resources available so.

AB

When the public does contact uh council, we would appreciate that referral coming to.

AB

Myself or the um or mario leland, and we can make sure that it gets to some of our other service.

AB

Providers that have other funding- okay. Great. Thank you very much. Thank you. Anyone any other questions.

D

Yes, go ahead vice mayor, sorry marcos. Can I have a question just to follow that up while you're there.

Y

um So, just to clarify uh the um the housing is key or though it ended in april right and there's.

Y

No money coming from the state for june may and june is that right well we're housing in key we're.

AB

Referring to housing is key, we're not a direct recipient of those funds, uh any tenant or landlord.

AB

Could apply directly to the state, so those that did apply to the state um who met the deadline of.

AB

March 31st, their application is still in the queue, so they may still be able to get assistance. Okay,.

AB

As they're working through all the applications that they rece that the state received, um do you.

Y

Know of any uh assistance coming from the county, I had heard something on june 1st. The county is.

Y

Putting together something similar, do you know about this, or no? No, I'm not too familiar with what.

AB

The county is going to have available, but I'm sure that they're looking at I know they were looking.

AB

At tenant protections, um so they might incorporate some funding for that. Okay, and if anybody has a.

Y

Problem now, if they hadn't applied already you're saying reach out to cdd uh when it comes to.

AB

Some other forms of like say, rental assistance. Not housing is key since we're not managing the having.

H

This key program, but more for rental assistance. We can try to put them in touch the household.

AB

To other programs that might be able to help them. Okay, all right great. Thank you appreciate that.

D

Thank you. Thank you. There's no other questions. Okay,.

D

Let's move on jennifer.

F

I wanted to thank the council for your very engaging questions um if we have no further.

F

Questions on the general fund, I will go ahead and turn it over to ms lindell and her fantastic.

F

Team to present the bwp budget. Thank you. Thank you.

D

Welcome miss lindell.

D

And you have the burbank parade. Thank goodness I don't have that because I do not recall it. Thank.

AC

You, honorable mayor, you start building floats over there. Yes, well, we do that.

AC

Vice mayor and council members really appreciate the opportunity to be before you tonight.

AC

To present the burbank water and power budget on our march board meeting our board unanimously.

AC

Recommended this to for us to carry this budget forward to city council members, so I'd.

AC

Like to start my presentation, by giving you the opportunity to hear from the chair of our board,.

AC

Mr robbie brody and also another board member, mr philippe eskendar, and I believe, we've got them.

AC

On the webex, yes, hi.

AD

Miss lindell, I'm here very good. Thank you, mr brody. So we'll start with mr brody, hey mayor.

AD

Talamante sen, council members kasha, you know I'm just always beaming from year to year, when.

AD

I get to participate in a council meeting, uh I'm just so proud to be a volunteer for our city.

AD

I'm probably one of the few volunteers that will speak tonight, but thank you for your confidence.

AD

In me and mr eskandar and us we've had a very tumultuous couple months with our bwp board. But.

AD

I want to share with you that all of our original board members reviewed and vetted.

AD

The budget that you're going to hear about tonight and council members- I I want you to know.

AD

I know you know it, but we take this so seriously. All of us come to these budget meetings with.

AD

Our binders and 50 post-it notes, with uh a ton of questions from all of us, for the bwb staff.

AD

In fact, mayor you, you and marissa you, you freaked me out when you when you started.

AD

Talking about burbank on parade, I thought, oh man. I know this budget forward and backward, but now I.

AD

Don't remember that page, you know that burbank water and power operates with three goals and.

AD

That's delivering sustainable, affordable and reliable power to the residents and businesses.

AD

Of our city, I'm going to ask you to look at my focus on this budget, which is reliable and mayor.

AD

You've mentioned once or twice tonight where other departments have been proactive and I think that's.

AD

What you're going to see in the water and power budget reliable, is what I am all about. I want any.

AD

Resident or business owner, whether it's a movie studio or a hotel, guest or a small business or.

AD

Any resident in any home or apartment in our city to flick a switch and have power with.

AD

No delay- and I can tell you when I go to work, there's always a lot of water cooler talk about my.

AD

Power went out last night. My power went out this morning. My clocks were off. That is not a burbanker.

AD

Who's talking, because that does not happen in our city, uh how to do it well, you've got to preserve.

AD

Our infrastructure, with the needed improvements, there's been a lot of can kicking, even in my time,.

AD

On the board- and I think this budget is going to resolve those issues- the cost.

AD

To repair and replace are up- and you know when, when I'm at our our bwp meetings.

AD

I see people wearing what I think are too many hats, and I know that ms lindell is very aware.

AD

Of that, where I say well who's working on this well, it's the same person. That's working on that.

AD

And I think that the staffing challenges are being met in this budget in terms of sustainability,.

AD

I think you're going to see that our budget has an eye on three things: efficiency.

AD

Conservation and renewables and I'm very proud of dawn's forward-thinking approach.

AD

uh In these areas, finally, I'm just going to say: affordability, even with the rate.

AD

Increases that you're going to hear about bwp remains among the lowest water and power rates.

AD

In all of southern california, what do these increases mean? For me, a very small.

AD

Homeowner by the joslin senior center, an increase of about ten dollars, ten dollars a month.

AD

So you know I have to answer for my board to city council and I'm very proud to do it.

AD

And I just want I'm here to say that your board supports the 2223 bwp budget. So thanks for giving.

AD

Me an opportunity to speak, I'm gonna, I leave the nuts and bolts to dawn and I know mr escondar.

AD

Always has some nuts and bolts to add, so I'm gonna pass the baton to him and then on to dawn. So.

AD

Thank you, council members. Thank you, chairman, brodie and good evening, mayor and council members.

AE

It's a pleasure to be here with all of you this evening um and as mr brody said, I have some of the.

AE

Nuts and bolts to cover, but mr brody provided us excellent segway, one of the things that we review.

AE

Across the many items, the metrics that we review every single month as a board with bwp staff.

AE

Are our reliability numbers and I just wanted to build on what mr brody was saying.

AE

You've heard staff on occasion mention five nines 99.999 percent, that is our reliability for the.

AE

Electric, uh when you flip that switch, as mr brody said, those lights come on 99.99 of the time. That's.

AE

Not by accident, one of the things that I wanted to mention was that it's important for us to speak.

AE

About water and power, and particularly bwp as a utility, not the sum of our water and electric.

AE

Rates which you'll hear about from ms roth lindell later, but the value proposition that bwp brings.

AE

The utility is a community owned utility, that's only as strong as the community pushes bwp to be.

AE

We as a board, and especially as the residents and those who call into the customer service center.

AE

Push bwp regularly to be very, very strong and we continue to build that utility.

AE

You heard earlier, the finance director mentioned that uh speak about the wild cards. The wild cards.

AE

That we don't know about, there are several wild cards that we do know about this evening.

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Those wild cards- and I will use the buzzword and the word that we've been kicking around this past.

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Several months, the inflation inflation has gone up and is impacting the utility significantly.

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You'll hear miss roth lindell mention different numbers later, but I'll give you one number.

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Or a few numbers actually substation component costs, we have several substations, which are.

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The backbone of our reliability in this city, substation component costs are up on average 67.

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Evc conduit, which the utility uses a lot of miles and miles of are up 400 uh metropolitan water.

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District, which has a meeting this week, it may have been today, if I'm not mistaken, but you'll.

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Hear about that rates are up 16 on the electric side, if many of you, council members will recall.

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Electric rates over the past several years were lagging behind inflation and electric.

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Rate increases were not implemented during the initial portion of covid, that was by design of.

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Excellent management from the utility- and now we have to continue that so that we can make.

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Sure that the utility is well structured and has the resources to continue building on reliability.

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We continue to build the value proposition of the utility and build upon what mr brody mentioned.

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And we are unfortunately not immune to the inflation factors and certainly not immune to the.

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Drought, that's impacting this entire state; it is a crisis in california and being a city that does.

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Not own any water rights beneath us, it's important for the community to know that we have to buy.

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Every single drop of water that we go through, and so the last thing I'll leave you with is while.

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This is an extremely difficult decision that the board was unanimous in recommending to all of you.

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We believe, as a board, that it is important for us to continue to support staff and, as all of.

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You know my professional job is on a staff side at a city, and so I don't take this decision lightly.

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That we made this recommendation. This is a very difficult choice for all of you, as the policy.

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And it's been a pleasure for all of us as the board to continue to.

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Grill and work alongside the utility, and particularly miss roth lindell and all of.

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Her staff, with that, I will turn it over to miss roth lindell and again, it's pleasure to serve at.

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Your pleasure and thank you all for having both mr brody and myself here this evening,.

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Thank you, mr eskendar, so with that we'll bring up our presentation.

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And we'll click through the first page. There we go so this is our mission to safely provide reliable.

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Affordable and sustainable utility services to the city of burbank, as mentioned our reliability.

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uh For water actually is 99.999 percent, so five nines of reliability in water and for electric.

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It's 99.996 percent. We do have still among the lowest regional rates, both for water and electric.

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Even after the proposed rate increases and then we come to sustainability and sustainability has.

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Been a little bit more challenging for us and is going to continue to be more challenging for us.

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Over this next uh decade and three quarters, as we work toward our ultimate sustainability.

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Mandates for the state we are, we've got a purple arrow there representing water. We are at 19.

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Recycled water and we've got a green arrow there, representing electricity.

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This year we have been able to achieve about 47 or 40 percent excusing about 40 percent procured.

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Renewable energy, however, that will fluctuate because we have contracts that are going away.

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And we've got to negotiate new contracts. Let's move on. I want to talk about the challenges so.

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We'll start in the upper left corner and then sort of go around in a circle here for covid19. This.

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Does continue to impact, especially our electric revenue, on the commercial side, we have not seen.

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This rebound and are typically seeing about nine percent lower revenue than we were pre-covered.

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We are also still seeing a steady study caseload. In fact tonight I have two people subbing in.

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For their bosses, because two of my direct reports have coven, we have seven uh utility.

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Employees now who, who do still have covid so we're seeing that impact still with us for.

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Regulations we are seeing an increasing regulatory environment and in regulations that have been.

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There are really starting to kick in, and these regulations have teeth, so our most expensive is.

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Sb 100, which requires us to acquire a renewable generation of 60 percent by the year 2030 and.

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And 100 by the year 2045 and of course, at your pleasure, we are aiming to have 100 greenhouse gas.

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Free or greenhouse gas, neutral uh generation by 2040., if we miss getting to 60 by 2030, we.

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Face up to 147 million dollars in fines, so it is worth it to us to make the investment necessary.

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In renewable contracts and staffing now to avoid that, if we're going to spend 147 million dollars.

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I want to buy solar and storage, I want to buy win contracts, I want to buy geothermal and I want to.

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Have the staff available to make those things happen? Because even if we get that fine, we.

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Still have to meet those targets and we will be spending both the fine money and the target money.

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In the six years from 2015 through 2021, burbank, water and power only moved the needle 1.5 percent.

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We have to move that needle 20 in the next seven and a half years. We didn't move the.

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Needle because we weren't staffed to do it, we've got to make the change to make that happen.

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To give, let's see to give you an idea of scope this year we are including a 10 million dollar.

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Project to put solar on the rooftop of the regional intermodal transportation center.

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At the airport, that solar is four acres and we're adding storage with it. That will help.

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Help to cover about one half of the airport's load sounds like a lot of power. Doesn't it it's.

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Actually, one quarter of a one percent of the load we have to meet in the city, so that gives.

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You an idea of the scope we must invest in in order to meet our renewable targets.

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Magnolia power plant, another area where we're seeing regulations, particularly in storm water, now.

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Magnolia power plant is accountable for testing the stormwater runoff, the i5.

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Runs right behind the plant. Our tires have zinc on them. The zinc comes off of the tires.

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Lands on the pavement and gets washed down into our power plant. We don't use zinc in our power.

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Plant but we have zinc in our storm water and we are accountable for remediation for that zinc and.

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So we are paying for a remediation plan to and we have paid fines on our stormwater contents.

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And we are working on a remediation plan that we are implementing and that is in this budget.

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Climate change: we continue to see the effects of that and it's directly impacting our cost.

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One way that it impacts our costs is that we had to develop a wildfire mitigation plan.

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We have to do that every single year renew and review that wildfire mitigation plan. You all will.

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See it in another few weeks, this year's version of that you've heard mention of the drought.

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That, of course, impacts our water revenue as we encourage our customers to not buy our product.

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It is a crazy business model, but we do need to ask our customers to continue to conserve.

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To meet our drought, our drought conditions and our governor's goal for us for supply chain, we.

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Are seeing impacts there that are coming out of the covet pandemic? Our intermountain power.

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Plant supplies us with steady base load power. We normally have 89 megawatts of allocation.

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But because of the delivery issues in getting coal to intermountain power,.

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Plant they've had to cut back, and so instead of 89 megawatts, we have 11 right now. 11 megawatt.

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Allocation we're saving most of our allocation to help this community through the months of.

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July august and september when it gets hot, so what are we doing? In the interim? We have to buy power.

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Much more expensive power off the market. This is expected to continue through next year, so we have.

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Budgeted for that, we are seeing delays such as this for a single phase uh pad mount transformer.

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Used to we'd order it we, it would take two to three months and we'd. Have it.

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Now, when we order it they're telling us two and a half years, if they'll, let us place the order.

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Many of the vendors are not taking orders anymore because they have too much of a backlog, and so we.

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Can only get on a list to place an order, so we are struggling with supply chain. Our chlorine supply.

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Is something that richard wilson and I look at every single day without chlorine we can't.

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Deliver safe drinking water to this community we've had our chlorine supply dwindle to under.

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Five days now we have been able to get chlorine, but at one point I was calling marissa garcia.

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To see how much chlorine she had on hand, they use a different kind, as does can berkman.

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We actually put in an additional dual system to be able to use the kind of chlorine that they have.

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In case we weren't able to get the normal chlorine that we use, we have been able to keep it they've.

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Done just in time, deliveries for us and we do have a couple of weeks of supply on hand right now,.

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Workforce, recruitment and retention we have, we have been hit a little bit not too much because.

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We're such a great place to work, but we have been hit a little bit by the great resignation and.

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Increased retirements and we're also seeing that we have changing needs, so we need to do retraining.

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Of our employees- and we also need, as as employees, leave to reassess the kind of position that.

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We have, we need more analytics, we need more in technology, we need people who are skilled and are.

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uh Have the ability to learn solar plus storage, how to engineer it? um How to train on engineering.

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It because we're going to be doing a lot of that and then also we'll be working to train our.

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Ibew workforce on maintaining solar plus storage, because we are going to use a lot of rooftop space.

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Here in burbank, distributed generation requires a different way of managing electricity.

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We're really good at moving it from one place out to all the need. Now, we've got to manage pulling.

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It in from multiple places and then sending it out to the need- and that requires a specific.

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Software so again we need different, a different kind of workforce and so.

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We're modernizing the positions and looking at what we need for that. We are building 12 500.

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Units housing units here in the next well, I guess we have 13 years left of our 15-year window and.

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That's after building only 550 units in the past 12.. That means I need staff who can engineer. We.

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Were generally turning around development requests in two to three months now, it's six to nine months.

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And I don't find that acceptable, so we need to staff um to handle that, and you know what that'll.

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Be covered by aiding construction costs, so it's a net neutral ad for us. Moving on to aging assets, we.

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Have 276 miles of water pipe and 30 plus miles of that is over 100 years old? It has served us very.

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Well and it is becoming brittle, so we are seeing increased water main breaks. We are watching this.

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Very closely and using new technology that richard wilson will will talk about to make sure that.

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We're only replacing the pipe that act absolutely is coming to its end of year life. We have 34 pipes.

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That cross the verdugo fault, those pipes bring water from where we store it into the city and.

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I know the fault has been pretty quiet for a long time, but it doesn't mean it's going to stay. That.

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Way- and I would not be doing my job if we did not make sure that we are replacing those lines.

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And keeping them ready to be able to serve this community through at least a medium-sized quake.

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Our customer expectations are continuing to change, especially in the arena of communication. People.

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Want to be communicated to in the way that they like, which might include online chat for some.

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And includes full touch people for others, and we will continue to provide that tech innovations.

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Give us the ability to avoid additional cost and delay in the asset based replacement.

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We are also upgrading systems so that we can have safe renewable usage, as I mentioned, and.

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We're learning a lot about new technology around batteries, so we will continue to focus there.

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I want to talk a little bit more about inflation. Let's move to the next slide.

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In addition to the delays we've seen with chlorine, the cost of chlorine is up 98.

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Virtually double from where it was one year ago and metropolitan water board unanimously.

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Passed instead of a 16 percent increase a 10 percent increase with 5 percent per year.

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Knowing that they are pushing out necessary increase to a later year, that did save us, 133 000.

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That decision saves us 133 thousand dollars this coming year and another 133 000.

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The following year, let's see for electric substation cost, is up 30 to 60 percent.

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We had the golden state substation that unfortunately suffered a fire in. I believe 2019.

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And we had priced that out at 9 million dollars. We went through the rfp process and it's actually.

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Going to cost us 15 million dollars to replace that substation, and that is one year difference.

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Not even quite a year difference natural gas prices are up, 50 percent and renewable contracts.

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Which were on a nice downward trend over the last decade are now coming up 35 to 50 percent, and we.

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Cannot delay any more? We have got to buy renewable contracts so that we can meet our 60 percent by.

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The end of this decade, so we will continue to keep our eye on those we've got a top-notch negotiator.

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In agm mondeep samara, who is watching that and negotiating for us and needs support to do that.

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I've talked about the coal supply already, but I do want to mention fiber, which supplies our.

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One burbank and also supplies revenue that helps to offset electric increases the cost.

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Of fiber has gone from a dollar twenty per foot to three dollars per foot in this last year, so.

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While uh this past month, the overall consumer price index was up eight and a half percent.

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For us we are seeing much bigger variances than that. Let's go on, I have to brag a little.

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Bit about the bwp staff- and this is my brag slide- they have really stepped up to find every.

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Possible penny: for the last 12 months, we have been tracking cost savings and cost avoidance, and they.

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Have uh come up with about 20 a little over 25 million, and we worked through our.

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Our led our legislative process with our.

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California, municipal utilities, association and with scapa's help to identify what we needed to.

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Do to apply for the california arrearage payment program for electric and the california water.

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Wastewater ridge, payment program for water- we are still working through that for wastewater.

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That brought our customers another two and a half million dollars to help offset a rearage.

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That they incurred through the pandemic. I am super proud of what we've been able to do and we.

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Are building in to the budget that we expect to have additional efficiencies this year.

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Okay, let's look at budget authority by fund, so here is what this looks like electric.

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Is we are asking for 42 almost 43 million dollars more than we did last year.

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It's a 24.4 million dollar increase in capital. I mentioned the 10 million dollar project for the.

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Four acres of solar plus storage- and we are also rebuilding two substations- we've got 11 million.

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Dollar increase in power supply costs, which is primarily around getting renewable contracts. We've.

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Got a 3.4 million dollar increase in salaries. Most of that comes from the negotiated mou's and.

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Expected increases some of it comes from adding additional for four additional staff specific to a.

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Electric plus one additional staff in our finance area for regulations related to electric.

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We will be asking for somewhere between 60 and 70 million dollars in bond, to help us build out.

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The capital that we need for or help us get the capital that money that we need in order to build.

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Out additional solar plus storage throughout the city, um we've budgeted for 60, but we may end up.

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At a at a slightly higher number for water, we are asking for almost an additional 15 million that.

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Is a 13 million dollar increase in capital? It's for additional pipe replacement. As I mentioned.

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And it's also to help us replace a reservoir. We have a reservoir that if we fill it more than.

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Halfway full, it leaks, so we've essentially cut the capacity of this reservoir by half, and it's.

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Just that old we've got to replace it so that we have adequate storage in in the face of a.

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Major drought- I think storage- is really important for our water so that we've got.

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What we need and can and can store it when we can magnolia power plant, is up just.

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About 1.4 million, which is primarily due to the increased cost of labor.

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Again, just the mou to keep labor at market. It also does, though, include the stormwater.

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Improvements that I mentioned and an increase in insurance as it ages, titan is actually below.

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Where it was a year ago or this year, because we're doing a lot of maintenance work this year, that we.

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Will not need to repeat next year. Street lighting is slightly up primarily due to the increase in.

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Developments that we see throughout the city and then communications is actually down again from.

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This year, and that's because again this year, we're doing a bunch of maintenance on our com.

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That we will not need to repeat next year and then I want to talk a little bit about.

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Pensions, so we'll move one more slide. This is our portion of the pension pre-funding plan.

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And it's our last year of pre-funding. This does save us about 12.3 million dollars in interest for.

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Electric and another, almost two million dollars in interest in water, so again a place where we can.

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Find where we can find a way to save, we are doing that so with that I am going to ask riad sleeman.

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Our assistant general manager of electric services to come and talk about the electric fund riya.

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Thank you don again good evening, honorable mayor vice mayor city, council, uh riad slayman assistant,.

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General manager for electric services, and uh are we using the we're using this.

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All right sounds good, so next slide, please so we'll start off with what's driving our rates.

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uh This fiscal year we're looking to begin with about seven million dollars in under collection.

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And under collection is when our revenues are not enough to cover the cost, to deliver electricity to.

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The citizens of burbank and we'll dig into that a little bit more on the next slide, we'll be seeing.

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Higher o m and capital costs due to inflation, which is more than seven percent this last year,.

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With the limitation on ipp, which is our coal power plant, we've lost a very cheap power source.

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Which we have to replace with more expensive power source, and not only that. We also need to acquire.

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Renewables to meet our mandates and the renewables are the most expensive power sources on the market.

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We'll also need to pay for the demolition of ipp and its conversion over to green hydrogen.

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Capital financing is for the bond financing, which is like our mortgage payment and we're.

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Also, anticipating lower sales due to covet overall we'll be finishing fiscal year, 2223.

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With about 30 million dollars in under collection, we can lower that down to about 20 million with a.

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Proposed six percent rate increase next, a little more information on under collection. Thank you.

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Again under collection is when our revenues are not enough to cover the costs.

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Of delivering electricity, and this graph shows how we get to 7 million and under collection.

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At the end of this fiscal year in fiscal year, 1617, which is shown on the left.

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We started with about 4.8 million and under collection from the previous year.

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With the 2.1 percent rate increase, we finished at only one per 1 million dollars in under collection.

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We increased rates by a total of only one percent over the next four years and the result of that.

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Was a under collection balloon to about 10 million dollars after the 2.5 rate increase.

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In fiscal year, 2122 we're anticipating to finish a year with under collection, around 7 million.

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And that's how we'll start fiscal year 2223, as I mentioned in the previous slide next.

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Here's some highlights of the budget and our assumptions we're anticipating 2.7 load reduction.

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Primarily, due to covid, inflation is above 7 percent, which is much higher than our historical.

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Average levels and our renewable portfolio on average for fiscal year 2223, will be 40 percent.

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In order to maintain our reserves and to cover our costs, we're requesting a six percent.

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Rate increase and 60 million dollars in bond financing in fiscal year. 2223 is the last of four.

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Years of unfunded pension liability, prepayment and that we've committed to so I discussed.

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Earlier energy costs are higher and there's a need to invest in long-term renewable contracts.

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Next, in the next five years, our renewable mandates will increase to 52 percent.

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Eventually, going to 60 percent by 2030 and the goal of 100 ghg-free by 2040.

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And that means we'll need to constantly look for and negotiate more renewable contracts and.

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Additional transmission to bring those renewables into burbank, we'll be paying for the ipp.

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Decommissioning and its transition over to green hydrogen will also continue to make investments.

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In sustainability, piloting new technologies and installing local, solar, plus storage.

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Next, here are some ideas that we're considering for the future. These were not included in the.

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Proposed budget in front of you today we'll be looking at ghg reduction projects and reevaluating.

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Our staffing needs we'll be exploring an update to our financial reserve policy.

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We'll need to build out more transmission and add more local, solar, plus storage to our portfolio.

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We'll be looking to replacing the olive unit with renewable peaker units and there's consideration.

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For a new rate structure designed and possibly additional pension liability, prepayments.

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So this graph shows our cash reserves from fiscal year, 17 18 on the left and projecting out to years.

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26 27, which is on the right cash reserves, are used for many things, including stabilizing rates.

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Emergency funds and reducing borrowing costs it's extremely important for bwp to stay above the.

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Minimum reserves, which is the red line on this graph- you can see that, based on our projected.

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Spending will be below minimum measures within fiscal year 2223 and into the foreseeable future.

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As I mentioned before, we'd had years of zero percent rate increases.

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And that was at the expense of cash now that we actually need the cash to build renewables. We.

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Need to increase rates so we don't fall below the minimum reserves next slide and so looking forward.

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With the 60 million dollars bond financing in fiscal year, 2223 and the proposed rate increases.

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That follow will find ourselves back in a strong position by fiscal year. 26-27.

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Next, the bond financing is estimated 60 million dollars at 3.5 percent with an annual debt service.

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Of 3.2 million dollars next, the bond will finance some of the biggest infrastructure.

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Improvements that we've made in decades- and this includes two substations for 27 million.

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15 million in 4 kv to 12 kv conversions that will modernize and strengthen our grid and 10.

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Million to build local, solar, plus storage in support of our renewable portfolio, standard.

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It's important to note here that, based on the bids recently received from vendors.

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The two substations will cost more than 50 percent from what was forecasted here.

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Next, so the graph here shows uh where bwp's power comes from aka our power mix.

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So compare our power mix from fiscal year, 2001 2002 on the left versus the proposed.

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Power mix in fiscal year, 2223 on the right, the biggest change that can be seen is the inclusion.

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Of renewables, which is in green growing from zero to 40 percent ipp coal, which.

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Is in red has been reduced as we venture into renewables from 45 percent to just 14 percent.

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Natural gas, which is in purple, has increased since mpp was not online in 2001.. It went.

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Online in 2005 and contributed to the increase in natural gas mix. You seen our sharing of nuclear.

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Is consistent and large hydro is decreasing due to the drought conditions at lake mead.

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Next, one of the ways electric utility performance is measured is by the reliability, and so one.

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Reliability metric is safey which stands for system average interruption frequency index.

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Video bp's five five year average is 0.41, which means the typical burbank resident.

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Experiences one outage every 2.5 years in comparison, pg e is at one, which means a.

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Typical pg e customer experiences about one outage a year, so, as you can see, burbank has.

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The lowest value of safety amongst neighboring utilities- and this is a direct result of strong.

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Infrastructure maintenance practices slide. So, in addition to the low frequency of outages.

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The duration of the actual outage for burbank residents is very short compared to the rest.

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Of the nation, the burbank resident experiences a yearly average of only 10 minutes without power.

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Due to outages and this industry benchmark of sadie, which stands for system average interruption.

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Duration index shows bwp at the lowest end of the benchmark at 10.11 minutes a year. Bwp is looking.

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To maintain this outstanding reliability by continuing to invest in our workforce.

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Which is which has some of the quickest response times in the nation next, so this chart is a.

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Comparison of our residential rates, along with our neighboring utilities and others across california,.

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The known rate increases are shown in orange and if you don't see an increase.

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That just means we don't know the amount, because the fact is the issues facing.

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Bwp are industry wide and everyone's rates will be increasing over the next few years.

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For example, in fiscal year, 2021 pg e rates increased by six percent.

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Sce increased by 13.4 percent, while burbank took no increase in response to the pandemic.

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In fiscal year, 2122 pg e increased rates by 20 percent; sce, increased rates by 19.4 percent.

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And burbank only increased rates by 2.5. With this said, we have to much like other utilities,.

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Invest in our renewables, for example, glendale and pasadena, who are right above us on this race, chart.

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Were at 40 percent renewables five years ago, it's five years ahead of us, so we're likely to.

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See the gap between us, glendale and pasina get closer in terms of rates over the next few years.

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But we believe we could still retain relatively low rates next here's what the proposed six.

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Percent rate increase will look like on an average electric bill for an apartment.

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And a single family home, both during the average month and during a summer month.

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Next, as we look at the income statement, electric fund budget drivers include rate recovery from.

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Prior periods, higher energy prices, ipp coal issues, investments in future, sustainability, inflation.

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Driven higher on expenses and a decrease in demand, as the net income shows we're projecting to lose.

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4.4 million dollars this next year. Next, this is a view of our five-year capital plan in fiscal.

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Year, 2223 there's a proposed 56 million dollars in capital improvement projects with another.

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7.2 million dollars in aiding construction for a total proposed budget of 63 million dollars, you'll.

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Notice this dips down quite a bit the following year in fiscal year, 23 24 and that's mainly due.

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To the fact that we have to budget the total cost of large multi-year projects in their first year,.

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These projects include two large substations and the ritzy solar project, we're in a.

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Position where we're just barely meeting our renewable mandates and we've got to move to 60.

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Renewables in eight years and the risky project is part of that effort in the following years.

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We'll be working on additional renewables and the replacement of our electric ami system. Next.

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Here's a list of capital improvement projects that make up the 56 million dollars being.

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Budgeted in fiscal year, 2223 of note of the two stations and the ritzy solar solo.

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Plus sword project, we also have a 4 kv to 12 kv conversion, which will provide.

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Our distribution system, with the capacity to handle future ev, solar and additional housing.

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Next, aiding construction or aic are projects that are fully paid for by developers.

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In previous years, we budgeted closer to two million dollars a year, but given the dramatic.

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Increase of developments coming through the permitting process we've increased our.

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Budget to reflect this at seven million dollars, that's a 250 percent increase from prior year.

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This is the five year outlay capital outlay budget. In fiscal year 2223 you got two 2.7.

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Million is for the materials such as transformers and meters, and you have 700 000 in specialty field.

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Crew vehicles and equipment for information technology you have 190 000 and that's for.

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The electric share of the city ita location for costs such as licensing hardware and software.

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Next and so to end my portion of presentation with this graph, since I feel that it's a true.

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Reflection of our new reality as a utility, so this graph shows the number of field visits.

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Based on the requests from residents and small businesses for new or upgraded electrical service,.

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In orange, are the field visits and the blue is confirmation issuance which enables a resident to.

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Get a building permit you'll notice that customer requests have doubled over the last decade.

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And the drent, the trend is driven by residential solar and battery storage technology. Ev loading.

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And accessory dwelling units we've anticipated we're anticipating this increase will continue.

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As state housing mandates take effect, building electrification surges and ev adoption.

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Increases so the work has doubled, but we haven't really added any labor to address it.

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We've been diverting labor resources to support these services to our residents, but that comes.

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At the cost of deferring maintenance and longer wait times for other services, these positions.

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Being requested tonight will help support these and other mandates that have been imposed on bwp.

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Over the last decade, as well as the large amount of developments coming our way. That concludes my.

AF

Portion of presentation and I'll introduce shawn, aquino bwp as administrative officer. Thank you.

AG

Thank you, mr slayman, good evening, honorable mayor vice mayor council members, my name is.

AG

Sean aquino, I'm the administrative officer for burbank water and power.

AG

And this evening I'll be sharing some updates about our employees and our customers.

AG

Our employees are at the heart of our organization, and our vision is that our employees go home.

AG

As safely and as healthy as they arrive one of the ways we measure, that is by tracking our osha.

AG

Recordable injuries and last year we had our best safety performance in over 10 years.

AG

With an osha total recordable injury rate of 2.5 per 100 full-time employees in 2011, this number.

AG

Was at 13.7 injuries per 100 employees and bwp is committed to continuing to take deliberate.

AG

Action to ensure our employees are as safe as possible. Two new proactive practices that.

AG

Have shown success are safety, stand downs and environmental, health and safety walks this year.

AG

We had a safety stand down after a significant near-miss event and a root cause analysis.

AG

Was performed and it revealed that three-way communication could have avoided this outcome.

AG

The safety stand down shared these findings. We invited employees to discuss their thoughts.

AG

And review the three-way communication process in addition to this, pwp has started performing.

AG

Monthly environmental, health and safety walks where bwp leaders walk with their teams throughout.

AG

All the various premises in burbank and look for potential safety hazards action items are taken.

AG

Documented assigned and followed up on until close out this ensures bwp is taking the deliberate.

AG

Time necessary to ensure our employees and our premises are safe as possible. Next slide, please.

AG

There is no doubt that the role the utility is changing, and for the last decade we have primarily.

AG

Focused on reliability and affordability and we've excelled in those two areas.

AG

But now we must truly balance sustainability looking forward to the future in order to meet.

AG

These challenges, the utility, is requesting six additional staff for fiscal year, 2223.

AG

State mandates and customer demand are driving up development in burbank, which is driving a growing.

AG

Workload in electric engineering services, our estimates show a need for five new positions.

AG

However, this evening we are requesting two new engineers to support new development.

AG

And infrastructure development replacement, the engineering section is seeing an unprecedented.

AG

Amount of development requests, including large site developments, major housing developments.

AG

And salary dwelling units in the last decade bwp has energized about 400 new residential units.

AG

But, based on the current proposed development, bwp is on the path to energize more than 2 000.

AG

New residential units in the next three to four years, this is a 10-fold increase.

AG

In the amount of development wait times for a new service or solar upgrade, which used to take.

AG

A few days now take three to four weeks and could take up to a month or more without proper staffing.

AG

Feasibility studies used to take a month, and now they take six months, leaving our community waiting.

AG

In power supply, we simply do not have the staff necessary to perform the required work to stay.

AG

Compliant with sustainability mandates, we have completed one contract in the last five years.

AG

On the next eight years, we will need to finalize six to eight major new contracts in order to.

AG

Meet the sixty percent renewables by 2030 mandate, these contracts typically take one to two years to.

AG

Finalize and are not guaranteed, even after a year of working with multiple partners, and we are not.

AG

Staffed with enough people to manage this work and are at risk of 147 million dollars in penalties.

AG

If we do not comply, the need and power systems is estimated to be four positions. However, this.

AG

Evening we come to you requesting two new principal power resource planners. These positions.

AG

Are critical to bwp staying in compliance with regulatory and legislative mandates and to.

AG

Assist with new projects such as energy storage and renewable resource projects within the city.

AG

Water services is requesting one project manager as we modernize how we manage our water.

AG

Infrastructure with the new automated metering system expected to be installed.

AG

In the next year, a new leak detection technology we now access and manage an increasing amount.

AG

Of technical information, which will enable us to provide our residents with increased transparency.

AG

On water usage and management, this is especially important as we adapt.

AG

To permanent drought conditions and plan through the lens of one water for california,.

AG

Our finance division is requesting one new senior utility accounting analyst to meet increased.

AG

Workloads driven by the increasing complexity of new accounting standards and additional.

AG

Reconciliations and reporting requirements, which simply require more staff time to complete.

AG

These requests are based on a careful analysis conducted over the past year.

AG

Where we discussed and then prioritized our staffing needs in order to ensure that we balance.

AG

Affordability, reliability and sustainability for the community. These requests represent the.

AG

Crucial foundational roles required in order to manage the business effectively next slide. Please.

AG

So next year, bwp will be completing a reorganization focused on driving, improved.

AG

Efficiencies across the organization managing the growing infrastructure, replacement and development.

AG

Within the city and modernizing position, titles to better reflect the skills, knowledge and abilities.

AG

Bwp needs in order to position the utility for success, an example of what we'll be looking into.

AG

Is modernizing the titles of employees who work on our customer sustainability programs.

AG

Currently, we are utilizing customer service representatives to assist in the management.

AG

Of our programs and bwp is requesting four upgrades to marketing specialists.

AG

In order to bring in the appropriate skills, knowledge and abilities to effectively create.

AG

Manage and improve customer programs next slide. Bwp has a suite of customer programs targeted at.

AG

Engaging customers in our sustainability efforts and ensuring that rates remain affordable for.

AG

Our most vulnerable customers, our energy water efficiency programs, provided our customers almost.

AG

One million dollars and assisted our customers in saving over 860 thousand dollars. This resulted in.

AG

4.7 million kilowatt hours of energy saved, 25 million, gallons of water saved and 1975 metric.

AG

Tons of carbon dioxide emissions avoided via our energy efficiency and electric vehicle programs.

AG

This is equivalent to removing 400 passenger vehicles from the road for one year next slide.

AG

For fiscal year 2021 we had many customers participate in our sustainability focus programs.

AG

However, due to covet, we had to pause all programs that required customer contact. This impacted.

AG

Participation in the home improvement program and the low-income refrigerator exchange program.

AG

These are popular programs that we've recently restarted with on-site customer visits next slide.

AG

We are here to serve our community and we measure this by annually, along with our peer.

AG

Municipal utilities, this past year, we measured the satisfaction.

AG

Of residential customers and 79 of residential customers are very satisfied with our services.

AG

This is 15 points percentage points higher than the average of our peer community, owned utilities.

AG

Next slide, this upcoming year will be measuring business customer satisfaction.

AG

Our last measurement in 2019 showed us that 80 percent of our commercial customers were satisfied.

AG

Which was nine points higher than our peer municipal utilities? Next slide in the 2021.

AG

Residential survey, we took the opportunity to ask customers about their support of renewable.

AG

Energy overwhelmingly burbank residents are in support of moving towards a sustainable future.

AG

With 65 stating we should accelerate our plans and of those almost 70 percent would pay at least 5 or.

AG

More to do so next slide. It is important to note that even among those who said they did not want.

AG

To accelerate the adoption of renewable energy 62 agreed that we must meet the minimum requirements.

AG

In total, eighty percent of the residents surveyed support this transition next slide.

AG

Burbank, water and power understands the need to keep our services affordable, especially for.

AG

Our most vulnerable customers in fiscal year 2021 we had over 2 000 households, participate.

AG

In our customer assistance programs- and we ensured the distribution of one million dollars in.

AG

Discounts to the community next slide, in addition to this bwp apply to the state of california.

AG

And receive 2.2 million dollars to assist electric customers with their past due unpaid balances and.

AG

Water customers, with 373 thousand dollars for past few unpaid balances. These funds will be applied to.

AG

Reduce their outstanding bills, this assistance reduced bwp's, total outstanding electric debt.

AG

To 2.4 million dollars and 537 000 in total outstanding water debt next slide. Now this.

AG

Year, bwp is requesting a six percent increase in electric rates and a nine percent increase.

AG

In water rates, this was not an easy decision, but it is the prudent path to take to maintain.

AG

The reliability our community deserves and to make meaningful strides towards renewable energy.

AG

We know not all residents will be able to afford this increase. So in fiscal year 2223 we will be.

AG

Widening the safety net and expanding the criteria for qualification to assist those who may not be.

AG

Able to afford their rate increases current income. Qualified customers must have a household income.

AG

Of less than sixty thousand dollars for a family of four to participate in our existing programs.

AG

The new program will increase the income qualification up to ninety two thousand.

AG

Dollars for a family of four, in line with the parks and recreations pass program, and will it.

AG

Will provide customers with a monthly discount to help offset the cost of these increases. This new.

AG

Program will be funded by the 1.1 million dollars of approved and unused cova 19 relief funds and.

AG

With that I'd like to introduce my deep samara, the assistant general manager of power supply.

AH

Thank you sean uh good evening, honorable mayor vice mayor and city council members,.

AH

My name is mandeep samra, the assistant general manager of power supply. Today I.

AH

Will be providing an update on our joint power authority projects and the street lighting fund.

AH

Magnolia power project or mpp came online on september 22. 2005. mpp is a 310 megawatt.

AH

Highly efficient and very reliable natural gas power plant located right here in burbank.

AH

Mpp is under a joint power authority because it is financed under the southern california, public.

AH

Power authority or scapa bwp is the operating agent of mpp, and the project is very unique.

AH

Because it is shared with five other participants, anaheim has the biggest share, followed by burbank.

AH

Then glendale then pasadena and colton and cerritos next slide as the operating agent for mpp.

AH

Bwp runs the unit and is responsible for the operations and maintenance of the facility.

AH

The increases in our operations and maintenance of over one million dollars is due to combined.

AH

Factors of labor cost, increasing insurance costs, increasing and supply chain issues.

AH

In addition, the increase in the capital expenditures of over four hundred thousand dollars.

AH

Is due to our stormwater mitigation efforts, that is a mandated compliance mandate next slide.

AH

The titan small hydroelectric facility came online in september 2006, as in located in.

AH

Washington state, it is a 14 megawatt renewable resource facility similar to mpp bwp also is.

AH

The operating agent for titan- and it is also a joint power authority because it.

AH

All is also financed under scapa, so the facility is actually shared with two participants at 50.

AH

Each since burbank and glendale, with burbank, sharing seven megawatts total.

AH

In total, it adds two percentage points to our renewable resource mandates every single year.

AH

Next slide, overall, we are seeing a slight decrease in the titan budget, because a lot.

AH

Of the operations and maintenance we actually did this year, so that is why you're seeing a decrease.

AH

Next slide, so I'm going to now cover the street lighting fund next slide. The street lighting fund.

AH

Is made up of 1.54 of our retail sales? That is where the line for transfers comes from. Overall.

AH

The cost for street lighting is going down because many of our street lighter street lights.

AH

Have already been replaced by leds, we are seeing utility costs go down by over 322 thousand dollars.

AH

Based on the way, utility costs are now being allocated with the increase in developments across.

AH

The city we are seeing a 340 thousand dollar increase in adam construction funds, which is.

AH

Going to be used to me, increased customer demand for street lighting the capital line item you see.

AH

Right there that increased by over 1 million dollars, it's due to the increases in costs for.

AH

Leds- and this is really the supply chain and labor issues we're seeing across the board next slide.

AH

So this graph walks you, through the impacts of changing out our street lights, to leds.

AH

Which consume less energy and are more efficient.

AH

The bar chart shows that our energy usage is declining over time and the area charge shows.

AH

That we are almost 82 percent on with our led changeout. The leds will be completely.

AH

Changed out by the end of 2024, so that is the end of my presentation and I'm actually.

AH

Actually going to hand it off to the manager of telecommunications, daniel lipper, thank you.

AI

Thank you mindy good evening, members of council, I'm daniel lippert, the manager of.

AI

Telecommunications at bwp uh could we bring up there we go one. Burbank is a part of the.

AI

Electric fund fund 496 that serves the business community by providing fiber optic and internet.

AI

Services to local businesses, excellent here's, a sample of some of our customers.

AI

We're largely focused in the entertainment, medical and hospitality industries next slide.

AI

Beginning in 1995, the program started with dark fiber leases, which is simply.

AI

Renting out our infrastructure, we aren't currently using to companies that could take advantage of it.

AI

In 2010, we began offering lit services which are networked and internet services over the top of.

AI

Our otherwise unused infrastructure, our current revenues, are approximately four million dollars.

AI

A year and it's important to note that these are revenues that would otherwise need to be.

AI

Collected through electric rates, so every dollar you see on this slide.

AI

Has contributed to reduced electric rates over time next slide, in addition to direct revenues.

AI

Owning and operating our own fiber optic network saves the city over 1.5 million dollars a year.

AI

This includes five hundred and fifteen thousand dollars in savings to other funds within bwp.

AI

Six hundred and twenty one thousand dollars in savings to city departments such as libraries.

AI

Parks and recs and I.t and 373 savings to the bureau bank, unified school district next slide.

AI

The communications fund fund 535, provides phones and radios to police and fire, as well as to the.

AI

Non-Safety departments throughout the city next slide the proposed budget for fund 535.

AI

Is relatively unchanged from last year, our revenues will be flat as we're not proposing.

AI

Any changes to the internal rates that we charge other departments, our operating expenses, will.

AI

Be slightly reduced due to a truing up of capital, labor credits and our capital expenditures will be.

AI

Reduced as a large capital project we're currently undertaking this fiscal year will be completed.

AI

And now I'd like to introduce richard wilson with our water department,.

AJ

Thank you, daniel honorable mayor telamontes and council members. My name is richard wilson.

AJ

I'm the assistant general manager for water systems and I'm here to present.

AJ

The water fund budget next slide. Please.

AJ

This slide lists what is driving our rate increases. They are being driven by the need.

AJ

To recapture revenue that was under collected last year, under collection is a term that means.

AJ

That the proposed rates do not produce enough revenue to cover the cost to deliver water.

AJ

And electric services- I'll repeat it again, because it's a very important point under.

AJ

Collection is a term that means that the proposed rates do not produce enough revenue to cover the.

AJ

Cost to deliver water and electric services, the rate increases, are due to several factors. First,.

AJ

Under collection, as I just mentioned, second, inflation, labor and material costs are increasing.

AJ

The cost of chemicals alone, as dawn mentioned earlier, have almost doubled.

AJ

Three higher water costs, mwd is increasing their rates, 10 percent.

AJ

Over the next two years and fourth lower sales due to the drought.

AJ

Note that even with the fiscal year 2223 rate increases, we will still end the year.

AJ

Under collecting our revenues by over 3.6 million dollars, but we are working our way toward full.

AJ

Cost recovery, if we were to achieve full cost recovery today, we would need a 20 rate increase.

AJ

That is the projected under collection, even with the proposed nine percent rating increase included.

AJ

Now that is too much, but we do need a larger rate increase this year to make up for previous years.

AJ

AJ

The cumulative effect of under collecting and how we got to where we are, is illustrated on.

AJ

This slide at the top are the rate increases in percent by year for each year, the impact of.

AJ

New rate drivers such as increased material or water costs, cost savings and the revenue from.

AJ

That year's rate increase are added together to give the total under collection for that year.

AJ

In dollars note that the absence of a rate increase in fiscal year 2021 had.

AJ

A considerable effect on our rate recovery, even with the fiscal year 2122 increase the next year.

AJ

The amount of under collection at the end of each year and its cumulative effect.

AJ

Shows that the under collections have more than tripled since 2016. next slide,.

AJ

Moving into fiscal year 2223, we expect the utilization of the burbank operable unit our.

AJ

Treatment plan to be lower due to capital work at the valley pumping plant that work will require.

AJ

Planned shutdowns and reduced flows during part of the construction and concurrently, our manager of.

AJ

Production and operations, a 30 plus year veteran, will retire water supply costs and chemical costs.

AJ

Continue to rise during a period of high inflation and decreased water use due to the drought.

AJ

We are also doubling our conservation spending to two percent in a greater effort to educate our.

AJ

Ratepayers on the effects of climate change on water supply and the continued need to conserve.

AJ

We are investing in our future by replacing critical pipes and reservoirs, adding equipment.

AJ

To our distribution system to enhance water quality and upgrading critical.

AJ

Pump stations, the loan from the electric fund will be paid back this fiscal year and.

AJ

The cash flow balance was adjusted to reflect this next slide. Please.

AJ

Looking out five years ahead, we will continue to modernize our infrastructure that will serve.

AJ

Burbank for generations to come as we spend the bond proceeds to modernize our water system as we.

AJ

Do so we will develop rate plans that balance, affordability, reliability and sustainability.

AJ

Water supply costs will continue to rise, and the effects of climate change is here to stay.

AJ

We must adapt by investing in our water system by continuing to conserve water and reduce water loss.

AJ

And increase cash reserves to stabilize rates.

AJ

As we do this, we will continue on a path toward full cost recovery. Next slide. Please.

AJ

We plan to build a sustainable workforce that will meet future challenges, such.

AJ

As increased development, that requires more engineering and plan reviews increasing the.

AJ

Number of miles of pipe replaced and using new technologies that will require data analysis.

AJ

To assist with project planning, however, this budget does not include the future staffing needs.

AJ

We will examine these needs in the near future. We also did not include revenue.

AJ

Loss due to a drought extension- and we did not include additional mwd rate- increases.

AJ

That would include capital projects not yet approved by their board next slide.

AJ

This slide compares water bills for smaller homes, with our proposed nine percent rate.

AJ

Increase our water bills continue to be among the lowest in the area. Next slide.

AJ

This slide compares water bills for bigger homes.

AJ

And tells the same story as the previous slide, with our proposed nine percent rate.

AJ

Increase our water bills continue to be among the lowest in the area. Next slide.

AJ

With our nine percent increase, our water bill is the lowest in the region. In fact,.

AJ

In fiscal year 2223 our rates are lower than what our neighbors were five years ago.

AJ

Next slide, this slide shows the rate impact on a small and medium home.

AJ

The water bill for a small home will increase and twenty four cents.

AJ

And a medium home six dollars and forty five cents next slide.

AJ

On the left of this graph is the amount of cash reserves in millions of dollars and the.

AJ

Years are shown at the bottom of the graph. The gold bars represent our reserve balances.

AJ

And the blue bars show the bond spending to modernize our infrastructure, the red line.

AJ

Shows the minimum reserve level and the green line, the recommended reserve level.

AJ

With our proposed rate increases our reserves, reach recommended levels in fiscal year, 2627. note.

AJ

That the rate increases shown does not account for the construction of the delta conveyance project.

AJ

We must be at the recommended level to make sure that we are prepared for emergencies.

AJ

Such as wind and firestorms, mudslides and earthquakes and other similar emergencies.

AJ

Perhaps a more potent virus than what was recently experienced to ensure that we have cash on hand.

AJ

To provide business continuity and minimize service interruptions next slide.

AJ

This slide shows the published metropolitan water district rates through 2032 for treated.

AJ

And untreated water, these rates only include projects approved by mwd during their last.

AJ

Two-Year budget cycle future capital spending on projects not yet approved by mwd's board.

AJ

Are not reflected in these published rates next slide.

AJ

This slide illustrates how our use of treated water.

AJ

Our most expensive water that is purchased from mwd shown in blue has decreased by nearly.

AJ

Two-Thirds since 2004., meanwhile burbank's use of groundwater, our lowest-cost water shown in.

AJ

Yellow orange and green has increased over the same period and now represents approximately 70.

AJ

75 percent of the potable water that we deliver to customers also notable is the increased use.

AJ

Of recycled water approximately eight times more than what was used in 2004 maximizing groundwater.

AJ

And recycled water helps burbank maintain the lowest rates in the region. Next slide.

AJ

The water conservation act of 2009, known as senate bill x7 required water agencies to reduce water.

AJ

Use from 2009 levels by 20 by 2030, which equates to a new total of gallons per capita per day, shown.

AJ

By the dotted green line since 2015 burbank's per capita water use has been below this level.

AJ

After the drought in 2016, water use increased, but with a reduction in lawn watering frequency.

AJ

To three times per week and an aggressive educational, educational and marketing campaign.

AJ

By bwp's marketing and customer service department, we have averaged 134 gallons per capita per day.

AJ

The effect of the drought is estimated as we move forward into its third year.

AJ

And we do not expect a full bounce back in water use and with legislation establishing.

AJ

Lower indoor water use, we expect per capita consumption to drop.

AJ

Next slide, the income statement shows that expenses exceed income by 984 thousand dollars.

AJ

And points to the fact that we continue to under collect.

AJ

We have aggressively operated our production facility to minimize the purchase of treated.

AJ

Water from mwd and maximize the use of our least expensive water, the water that we store on the.

AJ

Ground and is illustrated by the reduction in our water cost adjustment, charge, expense.

AJ

Our five-year capital plan includes investments to modernize.

AJ

Our infrastructure paid for by the 25 million dollar bond issuance.

AJ

Much of the work is pipeline replacement, reservoir improvements and distribution system, water quality.

AJ

Improvements and will start in fiscal year 2223 and will be completed within the next three years.

AJ

The projects just mentioned will begin in fiscal year 2223 and includes a substantial increase.

AJ

In aic work, aid in construction work, work paid for by developers.

AJ

Due to the increased number of development projects,.

AJ

The total capital improvement budget for fiscal year 2223 is just under 22 million dollars.

AJ

The majority of the recycled water projects will enhance and increase, storage and add new pipelines.

AJ

AJ

The bulk of the 476 thousand dollars fiscal year 2223 capital outlay, will include additions to the.

AJ

Vehicle fleet, large multi-purpose, flatbed truck two hundred thousand dollars a vacuum truck one.

AJ

Hundred thousand dollars and two extra cab, pickups totaling, a hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

AJ

The remaining twenty four thousand dollars will be for technology projects next slide.

AJ

At the beginning of the presentation, don mentioned that we have 278 miles of pipe here in burbank.

AJ

And we have approximately 30 miles of pipe that are a hundred years old.

AJ

All of this pipe, all of this 30 miles of pipe is aged cast iron. It gets very.

AJ

Brittle with age, the break in leak history by calendar year is shown in the graph on the left.

AJ

As you know, magnolia we're working on magnolia if you've been down that street lately.

AJ

We're replacing that pipe that pipe has had four breaks within the last two years.

AJ

Using machine learning, satellite data and ultrasonic devices bwp is working to deliver.

AJ

The future, by incorporating new technologies that will help us prioritize pipeline replacements,.

AJ

And target ratepayer dollars to where they are needed. The most next slide.

AJ

To summarize, bwp will have an increased focus on sustainability and investing in.

AJ

Our infrastructure to maintain reliability, we will continue to balance affordability with.

AJ

Prudent financial planning and will invest in our employees to meet our challenges. I will now.

AJ

Introduce miles collins, our rates manager to present the proposed electric and water rates.

AK

Thank you richard good evening, honorable mayor vice mayor and council members, my.

AK

Name is miles collins, I'm the energy services and utility rates manager.

AK

I'm going to review the proposed electric and water rates for fiscal year, 22-23.

AK

Specifically I'll give an overview of the customer types and rate structures for both electricity and.

AK

Water and review the proposed rate increases for the next fiscal year next slide. Please.

AK

This table summarizes the rate structure by customer class and rate component for the main.

AK

Customer classes for electric the columns show the different customer classes with residential.

AK

On the left, followed by small commercial, medium, commercial and large and extra large commercials.

AK

We move across to the right overall, we have about 53 000, electric customers, residential customers,.

AK

Make up over 85 percent of the customer base, but account for just 30 percent of consumption.

AK

The small cos, the small commercial rate class comprises 10 percent of customers and 7 percent.

AK

Of consumption, medium, large and extra-large commercial customers make up about 3 percent.

AK

Of customers, combined with medium commercial customers, making up 17 percent of consumption.

AK

And large and extra large about 40 percent, the rows show the different rate components for each.

AK

Customer class, the three bill components are fixed charges, demand charges and energy charges.

AK

Fixed charges cover costs that are the same for each customer account such as billing.

AK

Collections and customer service fixed charges also recover costs that can vary by the type.

AK

Of site infrastructure, for which residential customers.

AK

Distinguishes between apartments and single family dwellings, small and medium commercial customers.

AK

Pay a monthly fixed charge based on whether they receive one phase or three phase power.

AK

Demand charges cover costs related to system capacity and are based on the maximum demand.

AK

For a 15 minute interval during a billing cycle, residential and small commercial customers do not.

AK

Have this component medium, commercial customers have a single demand charge and then large and.

AK

Extra large customers have have two separate components to the demand charge that cover.

AK

Different types of costs related to peaking energy charges are based on units of energy consumed.

AK

Measured in kilowatt hours per month, residential customers pay tiered rates where the first 300.

AK

Kilowatt hours is less expensive and additional kilowatt hours are more expensive. Non-Residential.

AK

Customers are charged by the time of day and season that they consume electricity. The energy.

AK

Cost adjustment charge helps cover the cost of generating purchasing and transporting electricity.

AK

We have fewer water customers about.

AK

27 000. The reason for this is that most customers in multi-family dwellings have one meter for.

AK

The entire building, so the landlord, receives the bill and incorporates the cost of water into rent.

AK

We see the same pattern of consumption as with electric single family, make up 90. Sorry.

AK

70 percent of customers, but 40 percent of sales volume, multi-family and commercial customers are.

AK

About 25 percent of customers and 35 to 40 percent of volume and recycled water, which is not potable.

AK

Is about 19 of sales volume? The water rate structure is similar to the electric structure.

AK

In that it has fixed and variable charges, the fixed charge structure is based on the connection.

AK

Size, for example, one inch two inches, the larger the connection size, the higher the monthly charge.

AK

It covers the costs that are similar for each account, such as meter reading and billing.

AK

And also costs that increase with increasing connection size, such as meter, testing, repairs.

AK

And replacements, the quantity charges are determined based on the monthly.

AK

Volume of water consumed by the customer for residential customers the charge is increased.

AK

By tiers for non-residential customers, potable water rates vary by season with summer and.

AK

Non-Summer rates potable water customers also pay the water cost adjustment charge.

AK

Which covers the cost related to purchasing and producing water for recycled water customers? The.

AK

Quantity charge does not depend on season, and the water cost adjustment charge does not apply.

AK

This slide outlines the implications of the electric rate increase specifically for.

AK

Residential customers, the proposed rate increase, is six percent. We are proposing to apply the rate.

AK

Increase evenly across rate components, I will note that we plan to conduct a cost of service study.

AK

In 2022, this study would provide the quantitative tools for making more varied adjustments to rates.

AK

Right sizing rate components and potentially changing the structure of rates for certain.

AK

Customer classes in the future for this budget cycle, we propose that the rate increase is uniform.

AK

Each component of the bill increases by six percent and thus the overall bill would.

AK

Also increase by six percent, this table shows the impact of the rate increase for.

AK

Residential customers, the customer service charge increases by 55 cents from 921 to 976 per month.

AK

Service size charges vary by household type and increase proportionally from eight cents.

AK

For apartments and condos to 51 cents for large, larger single family homes, the tiered.

AK

Energy charges in ecac increase by fractions of a cent for each component of those charges.

AK

And the bottom of the table shows a bill comparison before and after the proposed.

AK

Rate increase and it has four illustrative bills: the average annual usage for customers.

AK

In apartments and condos in 2021 was 340 kilowatt hours, corresponding to a monthly.

AK

Bill of just under 60, these customers would see their average monthly bills increased by.

AK

Cents, 3.56 summer months, with higher electricity usage, average uses increased up to about 500.

AK

Kilowatt hours for multi-family customers with bills just over ninety dollars for this level,.

AK

Of consumption, monthly bills would increase by five dollars and forty cents single-family.

AK

Customers have a slightly higher fixed charge and higher average monthly consumption average.

AK

Monthly consumption in 2021 was 710 kilowatt hours with bills that would increase from about 132.

AK

To roughly per month, average summer usage was as high was as high as 1100 kilowatt hours, on average.

AK

In 2021, corresponding to a bill of just under 207 dollars, the spill would increase by 12.39.

AK

This slide shows the implications of the water rate increase for residential customers. The.

AK

Proposed overall rate adjustment is 9, as discussed during the budget presentation. Earlier we adjusted.

AK

The increase differently between components with a slightly higher increase to fixed charges than.

AK

To volumetric charges, the rate differentiation between components takes an initial step towards.

AK

Stabilizing revenue to withstand fluctuations in consumption due to severe drought, while staying.

AK

Well, within guidance for fixed versus variable portions recommended to encourage conservation.

AK

It also balances the adjustments within each customer class to prevent cross subsidiation.

AK

Between customer classes, in other words, the overall rate increase for each customer class.

AK

Taking all components into consideration would still be nine percent. A cost of service study for.

AK

Water, which we are also planning to undertake this year, would provide a quantitative basis.

AK

For making more substantial adjustments to the water rate structure, if warranted.

AK

We're aiming to increase the water availability charge, which is the fixed component of rates by 13.

AK

This charge is based on the meter connection size and it's the same for residential and.

AK

Non-Residential customers this charge would increase by two dollars and four cents. The.

AK

Water cost adjustment charge increases by nine percent, which is the same across residential and.

AK

Non-Residential customers, it covers, as I mentioned, the cost of purchasing and producing potable water.

AK

The quantity charge is the other volumetric portion of rates here. This component varies.

AK

Between the residential and multi-family commercial to obtain the appropriate portion.

AK

Of revenue requirement for each customer class so for residential customers it would increase.

AK

By 6.25 percent water bill impacts will vary by the number of people in a household. The type.

AK

Of landscaping, the presence of a pool, watering habits and season, etc. If we use residential rates.

AK

If sorry, if we use residential water consumption in 2021 as a guide.

AK

25 percent of monthly bills during the year would show increases of 4.17 or less.

AK

Half of the water bills would be five dollars and sixty two cents or less.

AK

Three quarters of the bill increases would be seven dollars and sixty cents or less, and then the.

AK

Remaining one-quarter monthly bill increases would be greater than seven dollars and sixty cents.

AK

This slide shows the impacts of the proposed increases for multi-family and commercial water.

AK

Rates, whereas the fixed charge still increases by 13 and the wcac by 9 the quantity charge.

AK

Increases by 7.3 percent in order to collect the appropriate portion of the revenue requirement for.

AK

This customer class, the fixed charges, are at the top of the table. You can see that the fixed charge.

AK

Is 6.52 per month for a 2-inch meter and quantity charges are based on time of year and increased by.

AK

15 and a half cents per 100 cubic feet from june through october and by 7.2 cents per hundred.

AK

Cubic feet for all of their months, the wcac increases by 18 cents, identical to residential.

AK

And the bottom of the table shows the impacts to monthly bills for two illustrative businesses.

AK

A coffee shop with a one inch meter and 30 hcf.

AK

Bill in the summer would see an increase of of about 11.47, whereas a supermarket with a two.

AK

Inch meter, a 500 hcf bill in the summer would see its bill increase by about 164 dollars.

AK

Next slide, please: this slide shows the timeline for the rate implementation process.

AK

The point on the left shows march 30th, which is the date that the 45-day notice of public.

AK

Hearing was mailed to customers. The arrow indicates tonight's meeting. If we move down.

AK

The timeline we see the date for the public hearing would, for the rate increase, would be.

AK

May 17th, where we would request council approval for the proposed rates. The city council approves.

AK

The proposed rates they would be implemented in the billing system. Beginning july 1st.

AK

As sean covered earlier, we don't take the rate increases lightly. We know that they place a.

AK

Burden on customers, we have information on our website and also customer service representatives.

AK

Who are available to discuss options for financial assistance? There are programs for.

AK

Renters, homeowners and landlords, small businesses, income eligible residents and unemployed residents.

AK

This concludes my presentation. I will reintroduce don roth lindell for questions. Thank you.

AC

That is it questions. uh Thank you very much. A lot of information. There, lots of information.

D

uh Colleagues, any questions comments. Nice man.

Y

um I just have one question on the slide here: the.

Y

The quantity charge for multi-family and commercial is different than single family.

Y

Just on the proposed rate increase for july 1st.

Y

7.3 versus 6.25 everything else seems to be exactly the same, but why is that.

Y

A little different there, yes, thank you vice mayor. um The reason that that percentage is different.

AK

Is the water cost adjustment charge is the same adjustment across the different residential or.

AK

Across the different customer classes, we adjusted that quantity charge in order to.

AK

Prevent cross subsidiation between the customer classes so that we would have, on average a nine.

AK

Percent increase for the residential customer class, nine percent for the multi-family commercial.

AK

And then recycled, so the different customer classes have different.

AK

Different volumes that they use per month, so the fixed charge, might.

AK

Make up a greater portion of the residential rate than it would for multi-family commercial.

AK

So, since a greater portion of the revenue that's fixed charge comes from the residential customer.

AK

Class, we don't have to increase the quantity charge as much to get that overall, nine percent.

AK

I see what you're saying: okay, all right, so all right! Okay, all right! Thank you.

E

Thank you. I appreciate that absolutely thank you. Any of the questions comments.

D

uh Councilmember springer. Yes, um thank you for all the presentations.

N

So are mwd rates going up, 10 or 16 um in between the time when we initially communicated, we thought.

AC

Their their proposal was initially 16 over two years, but uh instead the board voted for 10 over.

AC

Two years so that saved us 133 thousand dollars in this this coming year's budget. Okay, thank you. Yes,.

D

um You know, through the course of the presentation I heard a lot of labor cost increases, which is.

D

Unusual, I mean obviously we didn't hear that from the other departments, but you emphasized.

D

Most of your department has emphasized: labor cost increases due to mousse and whatever other factors.

D

You also emphasize future staffing needs.

D

And under collections was throughout all the presentations right. Yes,.

D

So what kind of cost-cutting efforts has a department um or any efficiencies that you've.

D

Implemented before before we get into all these raises of uh right. Yes, so let's go to my brags.

AC

We've lost our we've lost our presentation if we move to. uh If we take a look at our slide.

AC

In your, I think you have the handout there find it slide. Number five.

AC

Shows our cost cutting, so we have found 25 million dollars in cost cutting and then additional two.

AC

And a half million dollars on using the state's arrearage program uh to reduce customer arrearages.

AC

So part of that is by selling excess energy when we had it. Part of that is with renegotiating our.

AC

Contracts by renegotiating our contracts, we were able to save uh 5.5 million dollars over.

AC

Multiple contracts, we did prepayment of our, I believe, that's our water loan- is that correct.

AC

Bob so, mr liu, thank you, so we pre-paid a water loan with our new bonds at a lower interest rate.

AC

So essentially refinanced our water mortgage and save 382 thousand dollars, we've identified so far.

AC

397 thousand dollars in grants that we have received, we are applying for a lot of grants.

AC

um We've got a grant in play right now: we've got a 16 million dollar project and we have.

AC

Applied for a grant that would cover 12 million of that it requires a four million dollar match.

AC

We also have another grant that we've applied, for that would help us cover the four million.

AC

Dollar, match and and multiple we are looking at that in anything that we can get through.

AC

The infrastructure bill we are going hard after those, we are investing staff time to do that.

AC

For cost avoidance, we've saved 4.4 million dollars over multiple process improvements.

AC

Looking for those efficiencies on how we can do things faster, better and cheaper.

AC

For technology upgrades that we can directly attribute cost savings to we've identified 379.

AC

Thousand dollars there and then other, which is a wide range of things, including things as little.

AC

As getting a deal on office supplies or doing an early bird application for training and saving.

AC

There to broader you know, broader savings, again, a 1.1 million, so the the staff is really recognizing.

AC

That we have to find every possible dollar that we can and they have really stepped up to make.

AC

That happen, I appreciate that those are large numbers obviously, and I just want to make sure the.

D

Community hears those things right, uh because all we're hearing is rate increases here. We need more.

D

Personnel here we need more stuff here we need here. We need 10, more trucks here. So what are.

D

We doing in in the meantime right and that's part of the that people don't see. Yes, obviously you're.

D

Doing a lot of work uh to great and that's one thing that I've always said: grants if there's.

D

Grants out there bring him to burbank, okay. I know it takes a lot of work and I know staff.

D

Sometimes would like to shy away from it because cost benefit issue. I have to put a lot of time and.

D

Effort into it to get a million dollars so but nonetheless, when you do when you are successful.

D

You get grants, I want you to come back and tell the council, so so the residents hear it absolutely.

AC

You know, and just it's one of those things that obviously we hear raising your raising your rates.

D

And now we hear obviously metro went from 16 over two years to 10 over two years, so it can't be done.

D

Man- and I guess I appreciate those uh those charts that you've shown us over the last 10 years or so.

D

Of kicking the can down the road and it comes to obviously it's the council's pro.

D

You know fault because ultimately we approve them right. We give the blessing. Let's do it.

D

The residents are happy because they get a zero percent increase, we're all happy, but nonetheless,.

D

What what is it the uncollectibles under collections just keeps increasing, increasing.

D

Year after year, so I appreciate you know the presentation. It was very clear and concise.

D

uh It brings it makes a good picture to the residents of where we've been and where we're.

D

Headed, if we don't do something about it and stop kicking the can down the road.

D

So nonetheless, any other comments, those marshals. Thank you very much, mr mayor. um First of all,.

V

Thank you to staff and I didn't get a chance to say earlier uh so putting bwp to the side for a.

V

Minute, I I'm very proud of the budget. That's been presented to us, um we're in excellent financial.

V

Condition and I look forward to continuing the conversation, so thank you to all the staff members.

V

And department heads who worked on that with regards to the bwp um outstanding presentation.

V

It answered most of my questions and I know that it's not easy to be the bearer of tough.

V

News, but I completely agree with your comments wholeheartedly, mr mayor, thank you hit it right on.

V

um The only question I had related to slide 40, where you were talking about the.

V

Expanded assistance programs and I had two questions on that and you can answer them in.

V

Whatever order makes the most sense with regards to it's labeled as new assistance program and.

V

What I uh I'm, assuming that's the lifeline rate assistance, some sort of expanded version of that.

V

I guess I wanted a little more clarity on what that program will look like. It says: new assistance.

V

Program and then specifically, the benefit in the middle column to be determined utility bill amount.

V

So I was wondering sorry to be determined utility bill discount. I was wondering if you could just.

V

Speak a little bit further to what that might look like, and is that going to be online come july 1 if.

V

Rate increases are approved; our aim is to have it online by july 1.. So you will see it come through.

AC

To you to counsel for approval in june, we'll be taking it to our board at the beginning of june.

AC

And we're still defining what that looks like, so we wanted to make sure that we widened the.

AC

You know the coverage from the 60 000 to include the 92 000, which is consistent with what we do.

AC

In in our past program, so we wanted to make it available.

AC

To more people, and we wanted to cover the cost of the rate increases and so we're looking on.

AC

Creating that program that will cover the cost of the rate increases for this year for.

AC

Those those customers, unfortunately, our assistant, general manager, janine edwards over.

AC

Sustainability, marketing and strategy who's developing this is out tonight with covid, so she.

AC

Is probably farther along than I can describe for you, but I know she's working hard on that.

V

Thank you, um so the only other bit of feedback just for the next time.

V

It comes before council so specifically when it comes to the new assistance program. What's.

V

Labeled there, I would just want to confirm whether there's any other eligibility requirements right.

V

Now it seems to be only an income requirement. The reason I was asking about if it was some.

V

Extension of the lifeline rate assistance program is that that clearly applies to older households.

V

Disabled households, so I just want to know if that eligibility requirement would be.

V

Dropped in the expanded program or if that would still be part of it,.

V

So I believe the lifeline is a federal program, and I know dan tenocliffe is here.

AC

And probably can speak to the lifeline program as he ran it for several years before janine.

AL

Good evening, honorable honorable mayor, telemontes and council members lifeline is the the lifeline.

AL

Program is a program that we've created in in burbank, so it's uh we have a very.

AL

uh Deep discount for our eligible customers um so 40 on their electric rates, and they also do not.

AL

Have um to pay the utility user tax so it is, it is a a burbank creation. Thank you and I don't believe.

AC

Thank you dan very much. I don't believe for the new assistance program that we are dropping the.

AC

Other programs, I think we will keep the lifeline program in place, and this would be in addition to.

V

Okay, perfect. Thank you that answers my question and again I just echoed the mayor's comments.

V

The only thing I would add is that we are dealing with the climate crisis and no time.

V

Is ever good to uh tackle that issue, but we've been kicking the can down the road.

V

A really long time- and we literally cannot afford to do that anymore and I'm speaking.

V

For all of our kids and our grandkids, it's time we act. Thank you don, mr vice mayor.

Y

Thank you, mr mayor, thank you for that presentation don. I wanted to ask a little bit about.

Y

The funding mechanism for bwp in general, um under state law and our city charter, if we're.

Y

Underfunded is: uh are we allowed to give grants from our general fund, just one-time monies to.

Y

Shore up anything that we need in emergency funding for for bwp, or is it pretty much that.

Y

We have to balance the bwp expenditures with the revenues coming in through rate payers. We do have.

AC

To balance the bwp revenues with the expenditures, so they really are two separate funding streams. It.

AC

Would be possible for us to borrow much like water borrowed from electric, but then electric had to.

AC

Pay back a watt or water had to pay back electric, but we would we. We eventually have to catch up.

AC

The rates must cover the expen, the expenditures, because it's two different sources of funds and.

AC

Two different uses of funds. um Ms becker, would you like to expound on my answer.

AC

Okay: okay, if you're comfortable, I'm good just to be clear what would happen what theoretically.

Y

What would happen if we didn't raise rates, and yet we needed funding mechanisms and bwp.

Y

Borrowed money against, say the general fund and wasn't able to pay that back.

Y

In theory, what would occur down the line? Yeah? I think we'd have to have a plan that we would pay.

AC

It back, I think we would have to pay it back. We would use our cash reserves. So that's what we've.

AC

Done through the course of the pandemic is when we took that, though, zero percent rate increases.

AC

We just dug into our cash reserves to meet our needs, and then this past year we had not only the.

AC

Pandemic and electric, but we lost our turbine um in lake one and and you know what we thought was.

AC

A one million dollar problem turned out to be a 5.4 million dollar problem with all the additional.

AC

Things that uh they found wrong with it and the supply chain issues and bringing in those parts.

F

Good evening, I I think miss lindell covered that answer pretty well, but I would just add that you.

F

Know any dollars uh loaned to the general from the general fund to another fund you're taking.

F

Liquid available cash that the city might need in the case of an emergency and you're tying it up.

F

Not that I don't think that utility, wouldn't you know, pay it back and be on schedule, but um you.

F

Know you're also, then, limiting uh your available resources for other city services that the general.

F

Fund provides and ms becker, these funds are separate under state, lawn or city charter. What.

Y

What's keeping these two revenue funds different? Well, there are restrictions for utilities.

F

Obviously, utility revenues can only go for utility services. I mean that's written into.

F

Law, the general fund is an unrestricted fund. There are no restrictions on what you can spend general.

F

Fund dollars on so if the council were to choose to spend that or to contribute towards the utility.

F

They could certainly elect to do so, you're, not breaking any law or violating any law. By doing so,.

F

But the purpose of having an enterprise fund of having a utility is that it's supposed to be able.

F

To pay for itself, like any enterprise fund, you have that's, it's run like a business. So if you.

F

Look at your financials, you know the expenses of that business have to be covered by revenues just.

F

Like if you're running an independent business or an independent public utility, that's sort of.

F

The point of having an enterprise fund. So if an enterprise fund were reliant on the city's.

F

General fund to make payments or contributions to run that enterprise. It's not really truly.

F

Operating as an enterprise fund, and would we if we did that and branded a deficit, would.

Y

We be un ineligible for certain grant, funding and other types of revenue, streams or opportunities.

F

No, we would not be ineligible for grants, but when you need to use general fund unrestricted dollars.

F

To support your business type activities or your enterprise funds, it does affect your.

F

Credit rating and your bond rating right, because what you're telling uh moody's or s p or whoever.

F

Is looking over your financials is that you can't independently support your utility and.

F

It's reliant on general fund dollars, so not only does that affect the bond rating for a utility.

F

But it also reflects affects the bond rating for the general fund, because they'll look at.

F

Your funding and see well, this general fund is subsidizing other funds and therefore has.

F

More obligations than a typical general fund of a city right, because it's now subsidizing.

F

Business type activities that really have nothing to do with the general fund.

Y

Continuing on that questioning, what is our current credit rating uh aa1, which is just below that.

F

Triple a bond rating, so of course we do everything we can to keep it there. We were fortunate to be.

F

One of the few cities that didn't see their bond rating decrease as a result of covid.

F

So, of course, I like to do everything in my power to keep it where it is right. That's our ultimate.

F

Goal is you know where it is or better right so and then last question: what happens if our bottom.

Y

Rating decreases: well, I mean it increases your cost of borrowing. It's just like your credit score.

F

If you're going to take out a mortgage right, your bond rating determines how much an interest you.

F

Pay when you go out and borrow money, so just like your personal fico score right, you need an 800.

F

Or above to get the best mortgage rates, it's the same thing with bond rates right every city, every.

F

Agency has a credit union credit rating businesses have a credit rating and it absolutely determines.

F

The cost of borrowing money down the road- and I know that's something that bwp just did and the.

F

General fund may be looking to do in the future, and so you know to us: it's really important to.

F

Maintain that strong credit rating and show that burbank is, you know a reliable and.

F

Fiscally responsible agency- and I know we've prided ourselves on that reputation for a.

F

Number of years. Okay, thank you. The reason oh go ahead. The only thing I would add is for electric.

AC

We're at a triple-a which is really good and really important, because we're about to bond 60.

AC

Million dollars I mean we want that at the lowest possible rate and then water. We are one triple.

AC

Oh double a minus one: okay got that backwards, darn it um so double a minus for electric and triple a.

AC

For water, thank you bob uh for that correction. So, in that you know again to keep we we want to be.

AC

Able to borrow at the lowest possible expense, it just saves us and our ratepayers from paying more.

F

I should add when it comes to analyzing bond ratings and one of the things that raiders look at.

F

Is your ability to raise revenues now because bwp has shown the ability to raise revenues.

F

Over the years when they needed those revenues, they actually have a higher bond rating than.

F

The city's general fund and the reason for that is because it's not so easy for the.

F

General fund to raise revenues because in california, taxes are restricted to.

F

uh You know an election, you can't just raise taxes whenever you want, or even by council vote so bwp.

F

Actually has a stronger their water division has a stronger bond rating than the city's general.

F

Fund, because of their ability to provide enough revenues to support their operations.

Y

I just want to repeat something ms lindell said under your breath, as you were walking.

Y

Away from the microphone keeping those bond ratings high saves our ratepayers money.

Y

The reason I go through this line of questioning is so the people at home.

Y

When they look at their bill and it's anywhere between four to eight dollars more per month,.

Y

What we're talking about is a very small financial investment from our ratepayers so that we have a.

Y

Long-Term economic and sustainable growth to pay for the things we need to pay for the the pipes.

Y

That we need to replace the electricity that we need to change over. All of the green renewables.

Y

That people are demanding, and so there are so many mechanisms in place that prevent us from doing you.

Y

Know a switcheroo with the general fund and just doing one-time monies, we're really locked into.

Y

Keeping um our our bwp funds soluble and the folks at home need to know that, yes, it is going to be a.

Y

Couple more dollars a month, but what we're doing here today and why the bwp board is on board with.

Y

This and why everyone working on these projects is showing that yes, a couple dollars is worth it.

Y

Because in the long term, you're going to be saving more money, we're going to be keeping the the funds.

Y

Soluble and our credit ratings high, which saves us more money in the long term, so we're all up here.

Y

uh um You know delivering yes, a few dollars of bad news, but in the long term this is better for the.

Y

City, it's better for our ratepayers, it's better for our environmental needs for water and power.

Y

And everything that we do to keep the city running and functioning. So um thank you for going through.

Y

This long explanation with me, but I wanted the people at home to know that we're looking out.

Y

For the best interest, maybe on the bill, we should stamp a triple a rating or whatever our meeting is.

D

Because of eric springer, yes, I have um one more question: it's on slide, 59 and.

N

It says: mwd rate projections exclude water supply investments for the delta conveyance.

N

Project, desalination direct potable reuse. So how do they bill us for that? Our part of it.

N

And when do they do that.

AJ

Thank you for the question council member springer.

AJ

Mwd is on a two-year budget cycle, so their board approves their two-year budget cycle and that.

AJ

Would include the projects that are budgeted in those two years? Any projects that are outside of.

AJ

That two-year cycle are not budgeted, so we are not paying for it. So, for example, for the delta.

AJ

Conveyance project we are playing, we are paying for the planning portion of that project and all.

AJ

Of the environmental work that goes with it, that was budgeted, it was approved in mwd's uh budget.

AJ

So we we are paying for that through the rates and charges that we pay but, for example, we're.

AJ

Not paying for the construction of that project yet because we're not there yet.

AJ

We will pay for it when the time comes, where we have a design and we have a construction cost and.

AJ

That project will then go to mwd's board for them to vote on whether or not they want to fund it.

AJ

Does that answer you, I think so so the five percent increase? Do they just kind of decide.

N

Well, we're going to charge you now, for you know some research on direct potential reuse or do they.

N

Do the charges separate from the five percent rate do they charge us separately from a rate.

N

Increase! That's why it's it's all it's all baked into the to the rate increase. Yes, thank you sure.

D

Customer referred us. Thank you.

Q

So going to our water storage that we have throughout the southern california area.

Q

If, as it's getting worse bless, you bless you so as it's getting worse and you know we keep hearing of.

Q

More water cut back. Does this budget also cover the cost of? If we decide to bring some of the.

Q

Water from our storage to here um this budget includes uh moving water from our own storage in.

AC

And- and it covers the cost that we believe will be paying to metropolitan water district for the next.

AC

Two years: well, it we only are doing a one-year budget so really only for the next year, but.

AM

um And then it also is covering the cost of some capital projects uh to enhance our storage. um So.

AC

That to fix that uh reservoir that is leaking at 50 and then also to enhance lines from storage in.

AC

Which reservoir is that? Which reservoir is leaking there? Richard reservoir ii, which is located where.

Q

We're specifically in burbank, is it located come on up.

Q

Because I'm sure the residents would like to where's the storage at what are we talking about?.

AJ

It's it's just above um olive if you were to go up in the in the hills: okay, yeah.

AJ

And to answer your question about um mwd in in the storage we we pay.

AJ

A demand management charge and that funds local resource projects, so the desalination projects.

AJ

That mwd funds some of the recycled water projects that they help communities like us.

AJ

Fund, all of that is also paid in our rates and charges. So when we, when we pay our our our bill,.

AJ

We are funding these local resource projects uh that that that met puts together to help.

AJ

uh To help build local resiliency here so that we have local supplies within mwd's service area.

Q

Thank you very much. Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you very much. uh Don I've got a question. Would you.

D

And just thinking out loud, a two-year budget versus what we currently have is a one-year budget.

D

What are your thoughts on that? um I think that is the.

AC

Wiser way to go, um I think it puts us in a place most of the projects, we're looking at.

AC

Are not a one-year project, and so we really are already thinking in terms of a multi-year budget.

AC

We actually prepare a pretty solid five-year budget and an also potential.

AC

Look out the 10 years. It gets a little murkier in the la in the second five years, but I believe.

AC

We should be budgeting a two-year budget. It would match what met's doing anaheim.

AC

For example, they already do a multi-year budget and half for years, and I just think it makes a.

AC

Lot of sense to do that, and then it gives us the ability to plan it gives the citizens an.

AC

Advanced look and and the ability to plan for the increase this year and a planned increase.

AC

Next year, ladwp has rates that they actually have four four kinds of rates they just pass through.

AC

That never come even before their council, so different utilities have different processes, but.

AC

I think a multi-year process is the right way to go. You know several years ago the city had.

D

A two-year budget, we worked on a two-year budget. Do you remember you remember that mr city manager.

D

I don't know why we left it but go ahead. Yeah. I I I miss meredith. Thank you. I mean.

B

I think you bring up a good point. I would recommend, maybe uh if council so inclined, is.

B

Looking at that, for all the all four utilities, I think that's what works well, I think, for the other.

B

Funds- it's probably important to uh review those I mean like tonight. I thought there was a really.

B

Good discussion about general fund just because we do change priorities um year to year, but they're.

B

Doing multiple capital projects multi-year capital projects that would really help from.

B

That stability, especially enterprise funds, knowing at least uh two years out that they could plan a.

B

Lot better, so, if council's so inclined, we would uh certainly explore that idea. I would recommend to.

D

My colleagues to go ahead, and at least look at it I mean there's no harm in looking at it. Speaking.

D

To the general manager she says it's great, there's several, obviously other cities that are doing it.

AC

Why not at least look at it right? I agree the other thing it will do um as mr slayman just.

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Reminded me, is it's less administrative cost and again anything we can there we go. That was.

D

My question about efficiencies and colleagues, any other questions go ahead, not so much a question.

V

Mr mayor, but I've actually had, coincidentally the same conversation with uh miss lindell, a.

V

Couple of times, I'm in complete agreement, it's my idea. It's your idea! It's your idea. Please give me.

V

Idea, I'm just saying I think it's a winning idea. You talked to her about mayor talamanta's.

Y

Idea, that's why I didn't know it was. He was talking to her about a winning idea anyway,.

D

Anybody else got something, and I thought it was sharon's idea when I was talking to her.

D

Customer springer did: did we recently redo that reservoir reservoir too miss lindell wasn't here.

AC

That's where the centennial park is on top of okay. Thank you.

D

Yes, go ahead vice mayor just one last thing to add, I mean.

Y

For the people up here, I know we cycle elections every two years, so I think a budget would be.

Y

A two-year budget is fine, I don't think it'd be.

Y

Inappropriate to to recommend that perfect, it's coming back for a discussion we can discuss it.

D

Thank you very much, sir excellent presentation.

D

Next item public works.

D

Water reclamation and sewer.

D

And then the refuse collection and disposal and the non-general funds.

D

You can go, take a break.

AM

Good evening, mayor tom montes, okay, good and council members.

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Should we go ahead and wait or no go ahead, he'll catch up whenever you're ready moving.

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Forward yeah all right good evening: council members, I'm steve walker assistant public.

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Works director wastewater systems I'll be presenting the fiscal year, 2223 budget.

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For the water reclamation and sewer enterprise fund, also known as fund 494, next slide.

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We'll begin with a fund overview, comparing the improved budget for fiscal year 2122 on the left.

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With the proposed budget for fiscal year 2223 on the right, the total budget for fiscal year 2223.

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Is approximately 22.6 million dollars, which represents an increase from the prior year?.

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Of about 1.45 million or 6.8 percent, this is mainly due to increases in capital improvement.

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Projects a vehicle purchase and increases in contractual costs. The total budget includes the.

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Following three main categories, first, capital funding shown in red is about 3.7 million.

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Second, materials supplies and services or msns shown in orange, are about 16.8 million.

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And third salaries and benefits shown in green are about 2.1 million next slide.

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The total sewer fund revenues for fiscal year 22-23 are estimated at approximately 19.2 million.

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Dollars which represents a slight reduction from fiscal year, 2122 of less than one percent, the.

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Total expenses for fiscal year 2223 are estimated at approximately 18.8 million, which represents.

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An increase of about 360 thousand dollars or two percent over the prior year, year-to-date.

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Expenses for fiscal year 2122 as of april 14th 2022 are approximately 18 million dollars.

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With the highlighted changes to revenue and expenses, the soar fund is projected.

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To have a positive change in net position of 423 000 for fiscal year, 2223 next slide.

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The cash reserves for the server fund are healthy, the beginning cash balance for fiscal year, 2223.

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Is estimated to be about 31.8 million.

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With a positive change in net position that we discussed and after depreciation and obligations.

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It is estimated that the fund will have an ending cash balance of approximately 29.8 million.

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The required reserves for financial policies, which include 60 days, working capital and funds for.

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Future capital construction are approximately 8.1 million. In addition, the reserves for the hyperion.

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Sewer remain at approximately 10.3 million. Burbank has continued to make payments to the city of la.

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In 2022, which we will discuss in more detail later in the presentation, in summary,.

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The estimated unrestricted cash balance for fiscal year 2223 is 11.4 million next slide.

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We're proposing a two percent increase in sewer rates for fiscal year, 22-23.

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It's important to mention that this is the first proposed sewer rate increase in three years.

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The rate increase is needed due to contractual increases from the city of la for the conveyance.

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Treatment and disposal of wastewater capital, improvement projects and inflationary impacts.

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To labor chemical and electrical costs to operate the burbank water reclamation plant and the sewer.

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Collection system, in addition, it will help ensure that we maintain the proper fund reserve balances.

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With the recommended increase, the flat rate for sewer services.

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For single-family residential properties will be 26.17.

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Which is an increase of 51 cents per month? Next slide.

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This chart provides a comparison of burbank sewer rates versus inflation over five years.

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For reference, the inflation metric used is the consumer price index for urban consumers or cpiu.

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Which represents the price of goods and services purchased by urban consumers.

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Between fiscal years 1819 and 1920 burbank sewer rates shown in blue were approximately.

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The same as inflation shown in orange for fiscal years, 2021 and 2122 burbank, sir rates were lower.

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Than inflation, and as mentioned, there were no rate increases during that time period.

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For fiscal year, 2223 burbank, sir rates are projected to be significantly lower than inflation.

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As shown on the right side of the chart, our goal is to keep rates at the level required to ensure.

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That we have a financially stable enterprise fund.

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Allowing us to provide safe and reliable wastewater services next slide.

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This chart provides a comparison of sewer rates for single single family, residential.

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Properties in fiscal year, 2223 between burbank and other cities in southern california that have.

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Generally, similar wastewater systems, as you can see, burbank burbank's proposed sewer rate of 26.17.

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Continues to be lower than most other cities in the region and significantly lower than the cities.

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Of san diego and los angeles, we have been able to operate the sewer system efficiently to keep.

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Rates low for burbank residents and businesses. In addition, we have made capital improvements.

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To the collection system, the beechwood pump station and the burbank water reclamation plant.

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To improve source system reliability, while keeping rates constant during the pandemic next slide.

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Sewer service charges cover the necessary cost for the operation and maintenance.

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Of a variety of wastewater facilities, these include two sewer pump stations and the burbank.

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Water reclamation plant, which is operated under contract by suez water, environmental.

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Suez recently merged with the olia environment and is currently undergoing a corporate name change.

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There are two, I'm sorry there are numerous regulatory compliance requirements.

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That have to be met under two npds permits, one for the treatment plant process, discharges.

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And the other for the production of recycled water in calendar year, 2021, the burbank water.

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Reclamation plant continued to generate and bwp distributed, approximately 1 billion gallons of.

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Recycled water for use in industrial applications at construction sites and for landscape irrigation.

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At city parks the nobel golf course and in roadway next slide.

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In addition, the city's collection systems, crew performed hydrogen cleaning.

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And root cutting on the 230 miles of city, sewer pipelines and maintained, 3 3800, sewer, manholes.

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The photo on the left shows our combo truck, which has jet flesh and vacuum capabilities and is.

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Used for sewer maintenance, it is noted that this vehicle is at the end of its useful life, and it is.

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Recommended for replacement in fiscal year 2223, the sewer crew also performs video inspections.

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On numerous city, sewer mains to evaluate pipe condition, so repairs can be prioritized and.

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Completed when necessary, the photo on the right shows our cctv van used for this work. Next slide.

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I'll highlight two cip projects. The first is the providencia phase ii sewer improvement project.

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Which will join the completed phase? One project near the new ikea and.

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Will provide pipe capacity upgrades the alignment continues under the i5, freeway and mta right away.

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And then along providencia avenue and barney street, the design has been completed and.

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Encroachment permits have been obtained from both caltrans and mta for work in their right.

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Of way, the project will be advertised for construction in september 2022, the cost to.

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Complete the project is 1.6 million dollars and it was fully funded in prior fiscal years. Next slide.

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The second cip project is the chandler phase. One sir improvements it is located between california.

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Street and lake street, and it will also provide capacity upgrades. The scope of work includes.

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About 9 000 lineal feet of sewer line up sizing to approximately 18 to 24 inch diameter pipe. The.

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Improvements will will reduce the amount of sewage entering the la hyperion system and will convey.

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Flows to the burbank water reclamation plant for treatment, the estimated cost for engineering.

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Design which is scheduled to take place in fiscal year 2223 is approximately five hundred thousand.

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Dollars the total project cost is estimated at approximately six point. Two million next slide.

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Our publix, our public works team, has had numerous negotiation meetings with the city of la between.

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2019 and 2022 to continue resolving the ongoing sewer flow and billing dispute covering the last.

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13 years, I am pleased to report that to date, burbank has made payments to la which total.

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Approximately 24.9 million reconciled payments in the in the amount of 18.5 million have been.

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Made for 10 years covering flow years 910 through 1819 and estimated payments in the amount of 6.4.

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Million have been made for three years covering flow years 1920 through 2122 the current year. All.

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Payments to la have been based on a plane read of the contract, which covers the conveyance treatment.

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And disposal of wastewater, it should also be noted that burbank is currently maintaining the hyperion.

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Reserve fund, in the event that additional payments are required to resolve the matter.

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That concludes the presentation. Are there any questions or comments.

D

Thank you for the presentation, colleagues, because of our shows. uh Thank you, mr merritt.

V

One very quick question back on slide number three: um I saw there's about a two.

V

200 000 reduction in non-operating revenue. Could you remind me of what that's attributable to.

AM

Actually, that's mainly a reduction in interest that we're earning on money. Since we've made the.

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Payments for hyperion, we have less money that we're earning interest on fantastic. Thank you.

D

Anyone else well, thank you very much for your presentation. Thank you.

AM

uh Next, we have john molina we'll present this the uh refuse enterprise fund. Thank you.

D

Welcome mr molinar.

T

Good evening mayor, it's almonds in burbank city council, I'm john mullen our assistant.

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Public works director over street and solid waste, and I'm here to present the refuse budget.

T

Oh and I've got to do slides.

T

Right go to the next side. Please.

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I'll start with an overview of our numbers, the left column represents last year's budget.

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And the right column, this year's the red portions are capital expenditures and the.

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Orange are material supplies and services or msns, and the green salaries and benefits.

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As you can see, the overall 2223 refuse budget increases about five percent over last year's.

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This is due to increases in capital, expenditures for vehicle purchases and projects and increased.

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Materials supplies and services for consultants and supplies needed to comply with state mandates.

T

Next slide, please.

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Our total revenue showed an increase of about six percent over last year.

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This is primarily due to a proposed four percent rate increase, although we have cut back where we.

T

Can our expenses are still higher than our revenues, so even with proposed rate increase.

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We are spending nearly seven hundred thousand dollars more than we are generating in revenue.

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This deficit continues to widen in the outgoing years, even with the proposed increase.

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We have sufficient cash reserves to cover this deficit in the short term, but we will need to.

T

Continue to find efficiencies, cut expenses and raise rates as necessary in the years to come.

S

Next slide, please: oh thanks.

T

Cash reserves show a starting balance of 34.5 million dollars in an ending balance of about.

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34.2 million dollars our standard reserves for financial policies and equipment purchases are.

T

Nearly 10.5 million dollars our landfill closure reserves are at about 17.4 million, and so the.

T

Refuse fund is near is healthy, but we are spending more than we are bringing in next slide. Please.

T

There was a two percent rate increase last year, however, in the prior five years there.

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Had been only two one percent rate increases this year. We need a four percent rate increase.

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In order to start catching up with the demands put on put on us by the state mandates with the.

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Increase a typical household in burbank will be paying an additional dollar 34 per month.

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That accounts for nearly two thirds of our residential customers.

T

Now, let's talk about our rate history uh stephen already went over what cpiu is so I won't go back.

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Over what that is, um but the numbers on this chart both started in the same point in 2011.

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When both when the applicable percentages were applied to both the burbank rate and the cpiu.

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Over the last 10 years, burbank rates have increased only an average of.

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One point: five percent per year, including this year's four percent rate increase.

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While the cpiu averaged 2.3 percent per year, so even with this year's.

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Proposed increase a typical customer is paying three dollars and four cents less.

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Per month than they would be, if we had used the cpiu to.

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Add to our rates shows: we've been able to keep our rates much lower than the inflation rate.

D

Next slide, please now, let's compare some rates. There is typically a wish to compare ourselves.

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With our neighbors, however, our city, solid waste section, is a little different than most others.

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Our neighbors glendale and pasadena's rates don't truly reflect in apple's dapples comparison.

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For instance, pasadena has no landfill and they have progressive fines and fees.

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Which we are heading towards glendale has abandoned commercial collections.

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And subsidizes fees by selling tonnage in their landfill, our programming and operations are more.

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In line with full-service cities like san francisco and los angeles, and they reflect.

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Where we are going to need to be to be in clients, compliance with the state mandates.

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Now, I'd like to introduce some new fees, commercial services are not bundled trash recyclables and.

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Organics, as our residential collections are, it is more likely for us to need to mix and match.

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Carts in bins and bring our business to bring our businesses into compliance with the new mandates.

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So we need rates for each of our recycle and organics carts and bins.

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Commercial recycling cart fee will help us offset costs of collection and processing of recyclables at commercial premises. Next slide, please.

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The commercial organics cart fee is a part of our senate bill, 1383 mandate and.

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Will help offset the costs of collection and processing of organics at commercial premises.

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All of these new fees shift the costs onto the commercial business that is receiving the service.

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Rather than the other rate payers, what services do our fees cover our solid waste collection.

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Staff collects trash, green waste and recyclables. They also provide weekly bulky item collection.

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Which includes christmas tree christmas, trees, electronic waste and appliances and mattresses.

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Averaging over 19 000 bulky collections a year, we added a special handling fee. A couple.

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Of years ago, for appliances and mattresses, because these items are not landfilled and.

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Each one requires specialized handling and separate vendors to dispose of them safely.

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Our recycle center oversees senate bill 1383 compliance organics diversion to a composting.

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Facility, recyclable processing and universal waste collection. Our landfill ensures that.

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Operations are above state standards and airspace utilization is minimized, as always, our street.

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Sweepers follow trash collection within two business days to ensure our streets stay clean.

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And now now to our budget drivers, though, we've been holding rates as.

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Low as possible for several years, we will need to increase rates in the next few.

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The things that driver increases are compliance with state mandates.

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And this includes additional temporary staffing for things like mattresses and appliances.

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To bring and bringing on consultants, among other things, to maintain compliance.

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Salary and benefit increases in pers contributions, capital purchases of equipment, vehicles, carts and.

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Bins upcoming capital projects, the set aside for future landfill closure and insurance costs.

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We will do our best to incrementally smooth rates and avoid large increases.

T

Next slide, please ah got it additional rate. Drivers are the recent state mandates related.

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To recycling organics the most recent state mandates for organics and recycling.

T

Are agenda bill, 341 agenda bill, 1826 and senate bill 1383 and they are draining our resources.

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Green waste costs alone rose about half a million dollars last year.

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And this year we will be shipping out organics with our green waste, which will cost an additional.

T

Nine dollars per ton or about 300 000 more dollars per year. We are still seeing.

T

A loss of revenue from the collapse of the global recycling market as well. All these.

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Mandates require staffing and funding and we are projecting rate increases to keep up with them.

T

I want to elaborate a bit on a couple of the aforementioned organic state mandates.

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Ab 1826 and sb 1383 are for organic diversion and greenhouse gas reduction. Ab-1826 required the city.

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To divert at least 50 percent of our organics by 2020., sb, 1383 or senate bill 1383 places further.

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Requirements on the city based upon how the state feels statewide organics diversion, has progressed.

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The goal is to reach 75 diversion of organics by 2025.. We are working with.

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Our consultants in cal recycle to implement a work plan in order to achieve the 2025 goal.

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We will need to increase funding and staffing resources in the coming budgets to support and.

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Maintain senate bill 1383 compliant programs, public works, recycle center is responsible for.

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Coordinating with the city county planners weight growers, waste processing facilities, recyclers.

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Commercial businesses, residents and edible food recovery organizations to make this happen.

T

And I want next slide, please.

T

Oh you're off one, that's okay! Go to the next one. I want to switch to other driver, one of.

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Our other drivers capital projects that we will soon be doing next slide. Please.

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In the last couple of years, I've let you know that we were looking into the feasibility of placing.

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A composting site on our active landfill as one of our strategies to comply with state mandates.

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There are many technologies out there and many vendors promising remarkable results. If we will.

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Only purchase their equipment after looking into many various methodologies, we have reached.

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The conclusion that currently, the only viable system is some form of static pile composting.

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The most common form consists of open windrows of organic material. Much like the picture on.

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The screen placed over a perforated pipe, a vacuum, is applied to the pipe and air.

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Is pulled through the organ through the organics and it runs in through a biofilter to remove any.

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Gases and odors that are created, another newer form is in vessel composting. We are watching.

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It closely, as it seems, a likely candidate as well. We will continue to move forward.

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With this project and keep our eyes on many of the upcoming technologies, there are several out.

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There that have yet to prove up in california and are and permitting will be their biggest.

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Hurdle in our conversations with the air quality management district and the water board, they both.

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Said that the methodology we have selected is the only one fully permitted in southern california.

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Another project which I have mentioned in the last couple years is the landfill liner project.

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This will be the last liner expansion of the landfill and involves moving 550 000.

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Cubic yards of material shown in red in the picture on your screen to the areas in green.

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Once removals are completed, the area in red will be lined to create a barrier between.

T

Our trash and the water table, the project cost is estimated to be around 15 million.

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The project was slated to start construction in 2023. However, our landfill staff are doing such.

T

A good job in filling the remaining space that we may be able to push the project out even further.

T

I can't say enough about our landfill staff and their leader, curtis jordan. The landfill supervisor.

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Together, they have turned our landfill into a model that others can only hope to emulate.

T

Next slide, please I'd like to highlight one thing here: in march, you approve the ordinance that will allow us.

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To implement the most far-reaching, solid waste mandate in many years.

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In this next fiscal year we will be implementing the ordinance and beginning enforcement.

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We have purchased the green food waste pills depicted on your screen to help.

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Facilitate organic diversion with our residential and multi-family customers.

T

So, what's coming so the next fiscal year, we have a lot to do we'll be rolling out our residential.

T

And commercial organics collection programs, the residential portion- is comprised of getting our.

T

Residents to place organics such as food scraps into the green waste cards, the commercial program.

T

Is much more involved, we have to assess every business and provide source separated recycling.

T

And organics collection- some some businesses may receive waivers, but the state has told us that.

T

We need to keep going back to those businesses to ensure that the waivers are still relevant.

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We also have to do a great deal with edible food recovery and are working to partner with.

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A non-profit to make to take that on. Finally, we have to enforce both the residential and.

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Commercial programs, we will be using consultants to get things started, but we will need to staff up.

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To provide the compliance and enforcement mandated by the state.

T

Next slide, please to wrap things up. The refuse fund is healthy, but we need a rate increase to.

T

Keep it so we have several state mandates that are keeping us on our toes and several exciting.

T

Projects in the wings- and we are continually looking at efficiencies within our operations.

T

Thank you for your time and we are available to answer any questions.

D

Thank you for a presentation. I just have one comment in regards to that slide. You mentioned.

D

That we're pushing back the the 15 billion dollar improvement. So is that going to cost us more.

D

Because we're pushing it back or did you lock in the 50 million? No, it's not locked in, but.

T

It's based upon when we can do it and when it needs to be done. As far as like our.

T

Fill sequencing at the landfill too! So it's sort of driven by how well they're working.

T

Up there and the other thing was uh funding, wasn't really available until you approved my financial.

T

Assurance in earlier earlier this year, there's some extra money in the closure account that cal.

T

Recycle and I are working on to figure out how much that is, that we'll be able to leverage that.

T

Into the project, so it's kind of cool great. I know several years ago you took the council up there.

D

For a tour- and that was exciting to see what the your workers had come up with yeah and developed.

D

To prolong uh the life of that dump up there absolutely how's that progressing.

T

It's progressing well, it's uh right! At the last check. I think it was 109 years 106 years, so you.

T

Know the the recycling thing hit us really hard and they brought it back and it's gone down again.

T

Depending on how much plastics they have to take up, you know in residuals from the recycle center.

T

And that's just a tough thing that we've had to deal with with the recycling market downturn.

T

It just ate up some of the landfill space now the monies that come from the recycle center. I put my.

D

Recyclables in the blue bin and let's take it and it's taken to the recycle center, I would imagine.

D

Who gets the monies from that? uh There is a a commodity fee which the city will receive.

T

If the market gets favorable enough- and we have just seen some returns in that.

T

It's not very much because the market has just not gotten not really recovered.

T

Cardboard seems to be the only thing it's kind of recovering right now.

D

All right, thank you very much for that. Colleagues. Any questions comments.

D

Yes, customer shots. Thank you for the presentation. The only thing I would add.

V

Is speaking as one council member I'd like to see us learn the lesson you know, bwt tried to.

V

Keep those rates affordable for a long time, and that was a good aim, but I think we're well past.

V

That point, and with senate bill 1383 and a lot of other projects down the pipe I'd rather see steady.

V

Rate increases, rather than trying to defer it and having to pass an enormous increase down the line.

V

On our residents, so I just wanted to share my two cents. I appreciate where you're going with.

V

It thank you, mr mayor. Thank you yes, because of springer, so do you think cardboard is returning as.

N

Feasible because there's just so much of it right now, I would think that helped yeah the covet.

T

Pandemic just created a mountain of cardboard, um obviously with amazon and everything else. That's.

T

That's out there, it's just. I think that there's now a demand for the for that content. Thank you.

D

Know the comments, thank you very much, thank you and I will introduce jennifer becker. The.

T

Finance director colleagues we're heading up to the 11th hour and we get a motion to proceed.

Q

Motion proceed exactly okay, all those in favor hi, good. There one motion several years ago that.

D

I made not to perceive you guys hello again. I will ask that we bring up our last and final.

F

Powerpoint presentation of the evening we've been through quite a number of slides.

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And I'm going to finish off our evening with presenting to you.

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Our internal service funds, special revenue funds.

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Housing authority, parking authority and successor agencies, so let's get started.

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And so earlier tonight I presented you with the general fund budget.

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And you've, of course, heard from both bwp and public works on each of their enterprise funds.

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So now we're going to present all the remaining city funds.

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Just like earlier feel free to stop me if you have questions as I go through and, of course,.

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We have representatives from our departments to answer questions on each of these funds as well.

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So we'll begin with our internal service funds, internal service funds are used to.

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Accumulate funds for specific city-wide purposes such as insurance or equipment replacement.

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These required funds are collected from participating city departments and funds through.

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A non-discretionary budget line item in their budget. The city has seven internal service funds.

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All requesting appropriations this evening, the first two are managed by management services and.

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Those are the general liability insurance fund and the workers compensation fund. Next is the first.

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Of two internal service funds managed by public works, the 532 vehicle equipment replacement fund.

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We have our 533 office equipment replacement fund, which is managed by financial services.

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um We also have another uh fund managed by public works. Our 534 municipal infrastructure fund.

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Now this budget will be presented by mr berkman as part of our infrastructure presentation next week,.

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Fund 535, our communications equipment replacement fund.

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Is managed by bwp and they just covered that during their earlier presentation.

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And of course, last but not least, we'll talk about our fund, 537 information technology fund.

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So, let's start with general liability, which is managed by management services.

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This fund covers the cost of city-wide insurance premiums and self-insurance programs, along with.

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All claims against the city for fiscal year 2223 this fund will receive 9.3 million in revenue.

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And has 10.9 million in proposed appropriations? The general liability insurance fund rates are.

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Collected from most departments and funds through the insurance account in their line, item budgets.

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And, as you are well aware, from past budget reports, the city of burbank, like other public agencies, is.

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Facing an extremely difficult market for insurance, a staff is anticipating a 35 percent increase for.

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General liability, a 25 percent increase for citywide property insurance and a 10 increase.

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For all other lines of insurance, such as power generation, property coverage, cyber liability.

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Auto physical damage and earthquake now, based on this forecast management services, is recommending.

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A two million dollar increase to the fund 530 insurance budget for fiscal year, 2223.

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Additionally, staff is requesting 195 000 for an outside investigator.

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To assist with conducting personnel and workplace investigations.

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Next up is our fund 531 workers compensation fund, which is also managed by management services.

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Workers, comp rates are collected from city departments and funds based on a.

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Percentage of budgeted, employee salaries for fiscal year, 2223 workers, comp fund.

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Will receive 8.8 million in total revenues to go against 10.5 million in appropriations.

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There are a few budget highlights, I'd like to review within the workers comp fund.

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First, a recurring request of and fifty two thousand dollars to cover costs associated with.

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Calpers industrial disability retirement process, including independent medical evaluations,.

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Potential litigation and any costs associated with administrative hearings for those retirements.

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Next are two insurance related increases, including 238 000, towards the state self-insurance fee.

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And 144 000 to cover the city's ongoing costs to secure excess workers, compensation insurance.

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Of course, despite these budget increases, staff is continuing with their ongoing.

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Efforts to reduce workers, compensation claims throughout the city and these.

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Savings has resulted in four million dollars in prior year budget savings.

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Next, we'll take a look at our vehicle equipment replacement fund, so this fund is managed by the.

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Public works department and provides for the scheduled replacement and maintenance.

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Of all vehicles within the city's fleet, including parts labor and fuel, the 8.9 million dollars.

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In projected revenues for this fund come from rental rates that are charged to city departments.

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Based on the depreciable, valuable depreciable value, sorry, it's late of their vehicles as well.

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As the annual maintenance and fuel costs, total appropriations of 16.9 million are proposed for.

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Fund 532, with over 6.6 million of that amount, going directly towards the scheduled replacement.

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Of depreciated vehicles and equipment in 2223, I should point out that the public works staff does.

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A thorough review of each vehicle at the end of its life and only replaces those that are.

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In truly in need of replacement, because so many of our vehicles remain in good condition. Public.

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Works has been able to defer 76 fully depreciated vehicles at a savings to the city of 6.2 million.

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The vehicle equipment replacement fund also has some capital spending planned for the.

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2223 fiscal year we have the replacement of the tire carousel racks at the city yard, for 200 000.

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The fleet vehicle lift equipment, modernization for a hundred thousand.

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And the ongoing replacement of the city's fuel system for 150 000.

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Moving on to our office equipment replacement fund managed by financial services, this fund.

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Provides for the replacement of a variety of city assets, including furniture machinery and various.

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Safety tools and equipment similar to the vehicle fund, total revenues of 791 000 are collected from.

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Rental rates with 665 000 in appropriations going towards the scheduled replacement of assets and.

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Equipment as needed, the 19 000 in capital items budgeted to be replaced. This year include the fire.

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Department's chemical detection system, as well as the projectors at the emergency operations center.

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And last, but certainly not least, is fund 537 the information technology fund, the iit.

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Fund houses, the entire I.t department, under the direction of our chief information officer, kevin.

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Gray, these functions include administration, technology, infrastructure data and devops.

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Gis applications and enterprise resource planning fund 537 also provides for the replacement.

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Maintenance and upgrades of all of the city's computer and network equipment, as well as software.

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Overall, the it fund will collect 19.9 million dollars in revenue for fiscal year, 2223.

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Fund 537 receives its revenues from rates paid by all departments and funds based on the results of.

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An annual I.t cost of service study, in addition to one-time contributions from the general fund.

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The I.t department is proposing total appropriations of 20.3 million dollars.

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For the upcoming fiscal year, which includes a robust plan to invest.

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7.3 million dollars in the city's technology infrastructure for fiscal year, 22 and 23.

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As mentioned in my earlier presentation, 5.8 million of these projects are to propose to.

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Be funded with american rescue plan funding, with the remaining project funding originating from.

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The general fund bwp and development impact fees, a total of 24 it projects are proposed.

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In this budget and include the replacement of the police, computer-aided dispatch system, 3-1-1.

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Integrations mobile command, post communication capability, upgraded the buena vista library.

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Audio visual equipment upgrades to conference room technology, ada case management, software.

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Updates of the fire and police websites, the automation of accounts, payable and payroll time.

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Entry and their enterprise content management system enhancements and a full list of these.

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Products are available in at the back of the budget request section in your budget book.

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And, of course, we're happy to answer any questions about those specific projects as well.

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So I will proceed with our special revenue funds.

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Special revenue funds are established by the city to account for revenues that are restricted.

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For specific purposes, so these funds play an important role in the financial health of our city.

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Cumulative cumulatively, they account for 46 million dollars of this year's budget.

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And they help support important needs like regional power supply transportation, services.

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And infrastructure and affordable housing managed by varying city departments in total.

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The city has 14 special revenue funds that are requesting appropriations as part of this budget.

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And we'll review the remaining 11 of these, as bwp staff already presented, the street lighting.

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Titan, hydro, power and magnolia power plant funds as part of their budget presentation.

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So, let's start with our transportation funds, the city has four special revenue funds, which.

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Provide transit programs and transportation infrastructure, including the burbank bus.

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Fixed route, service, senior and disabled transit, maintenance of the downtown metrolink station and.

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A variety of street improvement capital projects which will be discussed further next week during.

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Our infrastructure presentation, as shown here in the chart, combined appropriations for burbank's.

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Transportation funds total just over 8.2 million for 2223, with projected revenues of 9.2 million.

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Now proposition a proposition c measure, r and measure m each receive their funding from one.

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Of four separate, los angeles county voter approved quarter cent sales tax measures.

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While operating budgets remain largely the same from prior year, there are a couple.

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Budget highlights to point out in fiscal year, 2223 uh propositions a anc will receive. Will.

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Continue their regular operations with no new budget requests within measure r? We have 240.

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000 budgeted for the first street bike lane and 100 000 for downtown pedestrian improvements.

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And our measure m fund will be funding. 1.8 million of the city's street paving program.

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In addition to 50 000 towards bridge improvements and repairs, we'll discuss.

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All of these projects in depth next week, when we present our 2223 capital improvement program.

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Now, the last of the city's transportation funds is the air quality management district fund.

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Aqmd fund receives revenues from state vehicle registration fees, which have a small portion.

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Dedicated for local return to cities in the south coast, air quality management, district.

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These funds are restricted to be used only for clean air mitigation measures.

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The city of burbank's share of these revenues is projected at 138 000 for.

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Fiscal year 2223 and consistent with prior years, the revenue will be used to fund the.

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City's rideshare program, which aims to reduce vehicle trips generated by city employees,.

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The measure w fund 109 was created in fiscal year, 2021 to account for revenues received.

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By the city from the l.a county, safe, clean water, municipal program, the program is funded.

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Through a special parcel tax of two and a half cents per square foot of impermeable.

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Area which was improved approved by l.a county voters in november of 2018.

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Burbank receives about 1.4 million dollars annually from this revenue source, which is managed.

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By the public works department, while no major projects are proposed for the coming year, the.

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Public works department is proposing to fund 50 of a civil engineering, associate to be split with a.

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Sewer fund to address the continually increasing complexity and number of stormwater regulations.

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Up next is our community development block, grant, fund or cdbg. The city receives annual.

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Revenue from the federal department of housing and urban development, also known as hud these.

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Funds are to be allocated towards activities that benefits persons of low and moderate income.

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The proposed cdbg budget is a little less than 1.1 million in revenues and appropriations for.

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Fiscal year 2223, the community development department will be presenting the proposed.

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Cdbg public service and capital projects to the council at the may 17th city council meeting.

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So, in addition to those county transportation revenues, the city also has two funds which receive.

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Revenues from the state of california that are dedicated to street maintenance and rehabilitation.

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These revenues are collected by the state through vehicle registration fees and fuel excise taxes.

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And were roughly doubled when voters approved sb1 in april of 2017.

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The combined revenues for the road maintenance and recovery act known as rmra and the gas tax.

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Total 5.4 million for fiscal year 2223, with total proposed appropriations of just under 5.1 million.

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As I mentioned during our state budget discussion earlier, the governor is proposing.

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To suspend the annual inflationary adjustment to the gas tax that is scheduled for july 1st.

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In order to lessen the impact of rising fuel prices to california customers, but this revenue.

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Will be backfilled by state general fund in order to make cities whole. Nevertheless, we'll.

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Keep an eye on that state budget process as we move forward over the next couple of months.

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So the rmra fund is proposing a budget of 2.3 million, which is entirely dedicated to street.

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Improvements for fiscal year 2223, as required by the enabling legislation, the city must submit a.

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List of projects approved by the city council to the state in order to receive these funds.

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The public works department brought that report on the proposed street improvement projects to.

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The city council on april 5th, the proposed budget before you incorporates the direction.

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And projects approved by the city council at that time within the gas tax fund we are proposing to.

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Appropriate another 250 000 towards the street paving program and gas tax funds also support.

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The annual maintenance of the city's traffic signals and regulatory guideline replacements.

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The public improvements fund is funded by development impact fees.

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Charged to developers who bring new projects into our city, these revenues are restricted.

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To funding projects that appear in the city's infrastructure, blueprint or projects identified.

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At the inception of the impact fee program, the public improvements budget includes anticipated.

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Revenues and proposed appropriations of roughly 1.4 million for fiscal year 22-23.

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Budget highlights for this fund include 586 000 to modernize the ball field, lighting at.

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Mccambridge park and 250 000 to upgrade the audio visual technology at buena, vista library.

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So next up is the first of our city, funds that provide affordable housing, which is.

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The hud, affordable housing programs fund, 128., included within this fund, is the home investment.

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Partnership program, which uses funds provided by hud to increase the supply of affordable housing.

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In the city, this fund also provides 20 permanent, supportive housing vouchers which are used to.

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Assist chronically homeless individuals included in this year's fund 128 budget is an estimated.

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569 thousand in continuum of care permanent, supportive housing, which will come cover msns.

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Housing assistance, payments and administration staff is proposing for those administrative.

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Fees from this program to cover 20 of a new housing assistant position for fiscal year, 2223.

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So that completes our special revenue funds, but there are just a few remaining funds. I.

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Want to cover before we wrap up this evening, so I will continue with the housing authority.

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The burbank housing authority contains two funds with still similar goals of providing.

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Affordable housing to lower income residents, we'll start first with our section 8 program.

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Which provides rent subsidy payments directly to landlords on behalf of very low income, tenants.

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Of the 12.12 million dollar operating budget for this fund, 10.6 million will go directly towards.

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Housing assistance, payments and 800 000 will go towards emergency housing assistance payments.

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In fiscal year, 2223 with the balance used to cover the administrative costs of the program.

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Staff is requesting that 83 000 of that section, 8 admin budget.

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Go towards funding 80 of that housing assistant position that will be split with the hud fund.

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The low and moderate income housing fund lost its primary funding source with the elimination of.

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Redevelopment agencies, current revenue projections of 423 thousand, are from rehabilitation loan.

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Repayments provided to low and moderate income, households and interest earnings on fund balance.

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Staff intends to utilize this funding to increase homelessness activities within the city of burbank.

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Up to a maximum allowable two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, cdd staff is also requesting to.

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Utilize, an additional hundred thousand towards an affordable housing consultant to assist with.

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Monitoring existing affordable housing units and future housing units currently under development.

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I should point out that one other source of funds for the lowmont housing fund.

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Is the collection of its 20 share of the redevelopment loan repayments to the city.

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In fiscal year 2223 the fund will receive its final loan repayment of 268 thousand dollars.

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Those funds will be utilized for affordable housing projects and, when identified.

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Housing staff will return to the city council for project consideration.

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Our next fund, the parking authority, is managed by the community development.

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Department's transportation division: this fund is anticipating revenues of just under 680 000.

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In 2223 and that revenue is generated mostly from parking permits and parking leases.

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The parking authority is anticipating. Oh, I apologize.

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So proposed appropriations of 1.2 million dollars are needed to continue to fund.

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The operations and maintenance of the downtown parking, lots and structures.

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As well as the administration of parking agreements and parking permit programs.

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Now, within that 1.2 million dollars, we are requesting a 450 000 capital project.

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For the continuation of the orange grove, parking structure, restoration and repairs.

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And the final fund this evening is the successor agency, which is a fiduciary fund maintained by the.

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City, this means that while we are responsible for these monies, they don't actually belong to.

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The city of burbank, as part of the legislation that enabled eliminated redevelopment agencies.

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Successor agencies were established to oversee the unwinding of those redevelopment agencies.

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Our total successor agency budget for fiscal year 2223 is right at 7.4 million, most of which will.

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Be used to pay bonded debt service in order to receive those dollars. The city needs to.

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Submit an annual recognized obligation, payment schedule to the county oversight board and then.

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Subsequently, to the california department of finance for approval, this process was.

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Completed in early april and the city did receive final approval from the department of finance.

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So this concludes my presentation on our remaining non-general funds. It's safe to.

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Say we've covered a lot of ground this evening, as we've made it through the complete general fund.

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All four of our utilities and our internal service and special revenue funds as well.

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We'll be back next week to present our fiscal year, 2223 capital improvement program.

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Along with a review of discussion papers as needed, but with that I'm happy to answer.

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Any questions the council may have or take additional requests for follow-up.

D

Thank you very much, mr becker, very detailed, very lengthy, but needed nonetheless, councilmember.

D

Frudos. Thank you, mr mayor, um going back to uh page six looking at the transportation funds. Yes,.

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uh When you talked about the measure r, the downtown pedestrian improvements, a.

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Hundred thousand does that include the scrambler crisscross sidewalk that we were talking about.

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To make it safe for people crossing the street in downtown burbank, I am seeing no from our public.

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Works director and cdd director, oh okay, I just remember we talked about as the council about the.

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Scrambler crosswalks, like other cities, have picked up and.

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Passing is a good example: they have scrambler sidewalks and something that the council wanted.

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That we talked about for downtown virginia. I see mr burkman making his way up here. uh We.

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Well, the we'll get into detail the project next week, the downtown improvement, but it's.

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uh Basically, the uh pedestrian improvements um at bonniewood and uh the money's requested, because.

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We um we're looking to do self-performing the work, but due to uh some some field reviews staff.

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Look to um uh procure this at the services of the services of a design consultant to to.

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Properly design it so we make sure we construct it properly. um The scramble crosswalk mr chrisky.

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I'm not sure which, which area we're talking about. We talked about it in downtown when we talked.

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About the first street project- and we said when we get funding, we would talk about putting scrambler.

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uh Type sidewalks in downtown burbank to increase pedestrian safety, so I was just curious when I saw.

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Downtown pedestrian improvements, okay, but I can we can circle back next week and have an answer.

S

For you and then my second question, a circle back would be uh what's going on with olive and rhys.

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I know that we talked about improving that section there for pedestrian uh safety. I just want to make.

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Sure it doesn't fall off the radar because, oh it sparks perdue, though by the right starbucks.

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Coffee shop, olive sparks for dugo yeah, I want to see where we're at for next year's budget.

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For those we're still in in neighborhood cdd with transportation planning and public works,.

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Is working together to develop that um that plan and design? Okay, I can hold off for next week, so we.

Q

Just want to support that in the budget for next year, if it is even there sure. Thank you. Thank you.

Q

Sir and then mr mayor, can I oh I'm sorry on this one yeah. Let's continue on go ahead. Vice mayor.

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Yeah, thank you. I just wanted to follow up on that. We're talking about downtown street improvements.

Y

uh There was a discussion um a while back. I just want to know the money that we used to create the.

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um Dining spots in downtown, where we uh put up barricades and all of that stuff did that come.

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From covet, funding did that come from the street improvement funds, where, where was that money from.

S

From the uh from the peabody, the downtown peabody, oh okay, oh they, okay, interesting.

Y

um I had a conversation a while back with mr chrisky, um and there was some discussion in.

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Our complete streets plan, I think, about changing downtown san fernando into one way. What is what.

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It was originally two lanes in one direction, then one lane in one direction.

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What is going on with that plan? We know the end result there. No, that's actually something. That's.

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In development right now, where we're looking to scope out the work with a consultant and.

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And analyze that and determine uh the impacts and make sure we tell the full story of possibilities.

S

Of going one way or other and uh expanding outdoor dining, for example, is there a option at the end of.

Y

That discussion to create it as a pedestrian only is that still part of that discussion.

Y

I remember on transportation commission a few years ago. No, no, we weren't looking to eliminate.

S

uh Vehicle traffic from san fernando boulevard, okay, all right! I hope you come back with options.

D

You go with plan a plan b plan c, so I don't think that would eliminate this option that he just.

D

Mentioned I mean back to the beginning right back to the way it was at one time, golden mall.

S

Exactly number too many people remember that, what's all this new there's, that's there's a.

D

Few of us that still remember it, uh it worked fine right. It worked fine from several years.

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It's a new designer comes along. A new traffic engineer comes along and says.

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You know what this doesn't work.

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And one of the reasons I bring that up is because there's a demand now for more.

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Walkable green, you know car free areas right uh a promenade, so to speak.

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um So please I would if that is coming back to us. I really would like to see that option.

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Yeah through the mayor, the bottom line is that we are looking to make sure we have the right balance.

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Of pedestrian and cyclists and a vehicle and all roadway users for our our entire street system, I.

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Mean that's a big part of the complete streets and downtown certainly is a a major effort that.

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We see that we want to implant, implement the right changes in the right uh places for all.

D

Okay, we'll never get the perfect changes, but we'll get the best available, we'll never make everybody.

S

Happy there you go exactly well now with that attitude, that's an engineering fact. I hear it.

D

All the time, thank you in the comments questions one more while you're still there soon yeah sure.

Q

um Because of the horrible accident on glen oaks and um andover, I'd like to because all.

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Five of us are committed to do whatever we can. I like to see in the budget from your and.

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Cdd or however, you're working within partnership, what's in the proposed budget that we, the council.

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Should either support or not support, but we're all interested the five of us on traffic calming.

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Measures on gleno, so I'd like to see when you come back next week to see what options the council has.

Q

In in the discussion, because we gave our word to the community that we wanted to make sure.

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To do some type of traffic, comics I'd say we're in the budget. Well, I wouldn't go as far as giving.

D

Our word to the community- I gave him my word so by myself, this council member, that's fine.

Q

I would work as hard as I can to put traffic mitigation on you know on on glen oaks.

S

Well, I appreciate that council member and we staff have heard it loud and clear and.

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This this council may remember that with uh police department and cdd, we presented.

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A a thorough report regarding the safety of our city, specifically our hillside streets and glen,.

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Oaks and uh to that end next week you will hear about our glen oaks traffic signal improvement.

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Project and that's, uh I think it's about 13 or 14 signals and and uh pedestrian improvements and.

S

And many of the things that you're looking for that we're doing right now, perfect yeah.

D

Whatever we can do to make it better, obviously I understood okay, mr mayor, uh anybody else go ahead.

Q

Okay, um uh page number: eight street improvement funds alleys, anything in the budget. Next, you guys.

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Are stealing my thunder for next week? Yes, sir, absolutely wait till next week they will be I'm.

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Happy to report they will be in there all right. I say I'm on top of my a game tonight, I'm awake.

Q

All right, thank you, mr mayor good. uh Can we use any of the transportation monies to.

D

Improvement of the parking structures- I know, there's a request here for.

D

450 000 dollars for right the parking structure improvements. um Can we use traffic, I'm not sure.

D

Without my my project sheets for next week in front of me, okay next week next week, sir next week.

D

I mean if we can, let's use the transportation money. Certainly the parking fund.

S

We have right, mr prescott, would you like to elaborate, that's dwindling the parking.

D

Parking fun there is none, go ahead. Mr mayor members of city council, patrick prescott, community.

R

Development department, um the the plan to renovate that parking structure is already, I believe,.

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Budgeted from previous there's an additional additional amount for this year, uh we have a.

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We have a project uh that we're partnering with bwp on that will regarding ev.

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Charging stations that we're going to be bringing to you that will provide the opportunity to bring.

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Additional uh revenue to that facility and make it look really great and functional.

D

Excellent. Thank you very much. Any other comments.

D

Miss becker, thank you, sir.

F

Thank you all. Well, we're uh wrapped up with the budget, so we'll uh continue this to next.

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Week with our infrastructure presentation- and that's all we have for this evening- so.

F

Thank you all for your time great. Thank you very much excellent presentation.

D

To all the staff members, everybody that participated and stayed with us tonight.

D

Okay, let's see where's my.

D

Okay, this is a time for brief council comments, including reporting on council.

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Committee assignments, colleagues, who want to start who wants to start.

D

Council member okay, going back to wednesday april 13th, I attended the board of library.

Q

Trustees meeting nothing to report out to my colleagues on the council.

Q

um I attended our special council meeting regarding uh uh pickwick on monday april. The 18th.

Q

On tuesday april 19th I attended the avion tour and ribbon cutting and then on wednesday april.

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20Th I attended the los angeles county civil brand commission for institutional inspections.

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And today I participated on the policies maker council call, which is my involvement in washington.

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Dc regarding our utility representing the electrical side as policy maker.

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And then I spent some time this afternoon with our city manager.

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Going over the 3-1-1 mobile app- and I also got a briefing by our assistant city manager,.

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Out of a thousand calls readers digest since the project you know basically came up, they got an.

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Excellent tracking system, out of a thousand calls they only have like 60 uh calls left that they're.

Q

You know managing and mitigating most of the major calls that are coming in are for uh graffiti.

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And homeless issues, and uh both the city, manager and assistant city manager,.

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uh Showed me how they're tracking showed me how the different departments are involved.

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And it's it's! It's constantly every day, hey! Where are we at with this? So.

Q

I did appreciate that time, but most important, I'm really glad that now the residents can physically.

Q

On their mobile app on 311, send it in, and it goes right to our city, manager's office and working.

Q

With public works, it's more efficient and at the end of the day, it's about serving the residents.

Q

And I like three one one thank you, mr city manager and assistant city manager, and that and anybody.

B

If you want to go into judy's office and uh I've been there a couple of times we'll do the talk.

D

Awesome screens awesome screens command center, let's get together during a ball game or something.

D

uh uh Colleagues, anyone else got some more shots. Thank you, mr mayor I'll, be brief, wednesday april.

V

13Th I attended a pedestrian safety discussion hosted by the magnolia park merchants association.

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The next day I attended the burbank chamber of commerce, what's brewing in burbank, featuring.

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Don roth lindell impressive discussion about the state of our utility. I know uh the vice mayor.

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And councilmember springer were there as well. There was a special meeting last week, of course,.

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Tuesday, I was with all of you at the avion tour and ribbon cutting.

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I also attended the police commission meeting on wednesday april 20th no reportable action from there and lastly, on saturday I attended the anca.

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Armenian genocide, commemoration and flower laying ceremony. Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you very much.

D

Y

um I attended a lot of the functions that we've already covered on the 20th.

Y

This past wednesday, the john bros high school march for our lives organization held a vigil.

Y

For the 20th anniversary of the columbine shooting they had a nice presentation.

Y

We forget sometimes that these kids are living in a very different time and you know being in high.

Y

School, it's just one more added thing for them to worry about. It was interesting to hear from those.

Y

Those kids speaking of high schoolers, I also attended the radium girls play.

Y

Put on by burbank high at the colony theater, and in fact I got to speak with the kids in the.

Y

Burbank high drama department, um those who don't know the.

Y

City employees here have a book club uh uh every month called book talk and uh last year we had a.

Y

One of the books we read was radium girls and it's a story about you know.

Y

What happens in the workplace and the dangers of you know uh radioactive substances and how.

Y

They didn't know it and anyway, but the kids put on this plate, it's really great and they did it.

Y

At the colony theater, so it's very professional, very professional and I got to talk to the kids.

Y

About you know the industry and and workplace stuff, and all that um it was a great um meeting.

Y

With those kids and then uh attended the um on saturday, the uh armenian genocide, remembrance and.

Y

On sunday I went to a um musical event at buena vista branch library. They had a woman, a bilingual.

Y

uh Singer, songwriter uh uh natalya and she did a great little program where she had like.

Y

It was like a call and response, and song and dance kind of thing, and she writes all her own music.

Y

It was very fun, um my son thoroughly enjoyed it and got up and danced a lot.

Y

So that was a great piece of programming. So thank you to parks and rec for putting that on.

D

That's it. Thank you because we're springer, yes, thank you. I um attended the skag housing.

N

Policy leadership academy, which I'm a member with maribel leyland and alex arseniega, and I attended.

N

The park board meeting and I went to bret hart elementary school, craig hempel invited me former.

N

Director of the recycle center and he has set up a composting station there, so the kids compost.

N

um Their breakfast scraps and lunch and the um the students manage that whole process volunteer so.

N

The principal martha walter was there and craig was there. I um attended the avian ribbon, cutting.

N

And I uh a gun stores, discussion with some chief albinize albanese and a community member.

N

Who was concerned about the number of gun stores in burbank, and I attended a community garden.

N

Earth day celebration at passon chandler, and that was a lot of fun for the kids planting and we had.

N

Edible bouquets and it was interesting and so, and that is planning on a soft land. A soft opening.

N

Memorial weekend so, of course, everybody's invited and um also the armenian genocide.

N

Flower laying commemoration ceremony, and so that wraps it up. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, mr vice mayor.

D

I have to make one quick correction: natalia paulus was invited to be a singer-songwriter through.

Y

Library, services, not through parks and rec. I just want to make that correction. I got it because it.

D

Was at the library it wasn't the library I gave credit where credits do. Thank you for.

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That correction- I know the library director would have been very upset if you hadn't, followed up.

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um I guess I'm next, uh I attended the easter service at the sa leone.

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Cathedral, um the archbishop invited me, and it was a great great service. I enjoyed it tremendously.

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I also attended a low sand meeting and we had the special council meeting regarding pickwick.

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We were all at the av on tour and ribbon cutting after that I was, um I went to the ellen, show.

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I, on behalf of the council, I presented her a proclamation for 19 years of being in burbank.

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She's closing out her her show, so these are the last like 12 or so remaining shows.

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And I was honored to be on the show to present our approximation. That was a great experience.

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Let's see, I called uh made a comment on the brt metro's planning and programming committee.

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I was hoping to hear more burbank residents and representatives of burbank talking in regards to.

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Against them you know know-how to pasadena, but I was the only one. There were like 15 people from.

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Eagle rock because they have kind of the same situation that we've got here.

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uh There were like 15 people talking on it, so I was impressed by them.

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What else I attended the chamber monthly meeting uh the san fernando bay cog meeting? I also.

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Attended the flower lane armenian genocide, flower lane ceremony here in front of city.

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Hall sunday, I went to a court of eagle court of honor that four eagles from my former troop 209.

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So that was nice to be there. It's like old home week for me brings back a lot of memories and.

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Today, before the council meeting, I had interviews by two third graders from roosevelt elementary.

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School, that was their assignment to to interview somebody that has lived in burbank for at least.

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20 years and just asked me several questions, it was exciting they're, both on the on the.

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Council at their respective school, roosevelt elementary so interesting. Anything else.

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Colleagues, yes, I just wanted to take this opportunity to say happy birthday to.

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Councilmember springer, and I think I speak for all of us when I say I really appreciate your service.

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Happy birthday uh now is the time for the introduction of additional agenda items. Do.

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Members of the council have any items to introduce going once going twice: okay. No, we now adjourn the.

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Meeting to tuesday may 3rd for a joint meeting in the city in the council chamber inside city hall.

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275, east olive, in case some people forgot our address on the second floor. This will be the.

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First in person public meeting in over two years- yes, you heard me right over two years.

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We look forward to opening the council chamber doors to the burbank community.

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The public may view the meeting online or on television and will be able to provide public.

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Comment in the following four ways: in person: by calling in directly to the council meeting.

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By leaving an e-comment on the city webpage or by emailing, the city council directly.

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Thank you and good night be safe out there. We're adjourned.