budget 102: a guide to san diego's capital improvement program
DESCRIPTION
Based on documents provided by the City of San Diego's Office of Independent Budget Analyst (IBA), the Community Budget Alliance has created a series of presentations to help lay persons understands the basics of city budget and how they might advocate for their causes. Budget 102 focuses squarely on San Diego's Capital Improvement Program (Infrastructure Funding). For more information please visit: http://onlinecpi.org/campaigns/community-budget-alliance/TRANSCRIPT
Budget 102Contributing your vision to the spending that impacts our
daily lives.
The budget is a series of tough decisions. Priorities are set by city staff,
councilmembers & the mayor. These decisions about where our money
goes may make one neighborhood seem nicer than the other.
We must be our own neighborhood advocates.
Recap of Budget 101
The Importance of Neighborhood Advocates
• Armed with the right information you can win projects for your community!
• Uninformed your neighborhood risks losing valuable resources.
Our City Expenses
Capital Improvement Program
General PlanningCommunity Plans & Community Planning Groups
Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure Planning
The Process
• Asset owning department and divisions
• City Council • Disability Services• CIPRAC (Sr. Level CIP
Officials)• Community
Residents
• Mayor • City Council• Asset owning
department and divisions
• Financial Management Department (FM)
• Development Services Department
• Mayor• City Council • Financial
Management Department
• City Council • Asset owning
department and divisions
• Public Works-Engineering & Capital Projects (E&CP) Department
• Development• Services
Department• Comptroller’s
OfficeRequires ongoing
monitoring.
#1 #2 #3 #4
Policy and direction from the Mayor and City Council. Legal requirements or mandates. Long- and mid-range plans. Unfunded needs lists. Condition assessments and asset management systems. Staff assessments based on repair and maintenance
records, observations, and experience. City Council priorities and requests. Public input through Council Members, planning or
advisory committees, and/or budget hearings.
#1 How are Capital Improvement Projects
Identified?
Development Impact Fee (DIF)
#2 Identifying Funds
Facilities Benefit Assessment (FBA)
• Older Areas (eg. Logan, City Heights)
• Takes longer to fund a project
• Newer Areas (eg. Carmel Valley)
• Developer builds all the resources and hands them over to the city
• Once complete maintenance for the project comes from the General fund
•Aug – Sep Education and outreach to the public via the CPC. •Oct – Nov Community Planning Groups develop requests for CIP projects and submit•Nov – Jan Task Force, Proposals, Confirmation of Funds, Revise & Review• Jan – March Financial Management works with asset-owning departments and prepares Proposed Budget. •Apr 15 - Mayor releases Proposed Budget to the Public. •May - Public Budget Hearings, City Council Recommendations, Mayor’s Revised Budget• June - City Council reviews final changes and approves budget.
• July 1 – New Fiscal Year Begins!
#3 Budgeting for CIP in FY 2014
#4 Implementation & Monitoring
Project Initiatio
n
Planning/Pre-
DesignDesign
Construction Bid & Award
Construction
Post- Constructio
n
How Do I Make My Project a Priority?
Identify
Get on the
Priority List
Petition for
Funding
Continue to
Advocate
Nail Down Implementa
tion(Timeline)
Add Your Voice to the Budget…advocate for services & projects
• Give input to the Community Planning Groups.
• Contact your Councilmembers & the Mayor• Visit, email, call, Facebook/Tweet,
etc.• Attend budget hearings. • Consider joining the Community
Budget Alliance through your local non-profit.
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