budget 102 powerpoint: a guide to san diego's capital improvement program
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RECAP OF BUDGET 101• 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.
THE IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES
• Armed with the right information you can win projects for your community!• Uninformed your neighborhood risks losing valuable resources.
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
General Planning
Community Plans & Community Planning Groups
Infrastructure Committee
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 Office
Requires ongoing monitoring.
#1 #2 #3 #4
#1 HOW ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IDENTIFIED?
• 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.
#2 IDENTIFYING FUNDS
Development Impact Fee (DIF) 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
#3 BUDGETING FOR CIP IN FY 2016
• 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
• JUN - City Council reviews final changes and approves budget.
• JUL 1 – New Fiscal Year Begins!
#4 IMPLEMENTATION & MONITORING
Project Initiation Project
Initiation Planning/Pre-DesignPlanning/Pre-Design DesignDesign Construction
Bid & AwardConstruction Bid & Award ConstructionConstruction Post-
ConstructionPost-
Construction
HOW DO I MAKE MY PROJECT A PRIORITY?
IdentifyIdentifyGet on the Priority
List
Get on the Priority
List
Petition for
Funding
Petition for
Funding
Continue to
Advocate
Continue to
Advocate
Nail Down Implementation
(Timeline)
Nail Down Implementation
(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.
WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU
• Join our email l ist to get budget updates.
• Visit OnlineCPI.org to read up on this important topic.
• LIKE us on Facebook at /CommunityBudgetAll iance
• Follow us on Twitter @OnlineCPI• Contact us to get involved or ask
questions:• Samer Naji, [email protected]• (619) 584-5744 x 60
• Join our email l ist to get budget updates.
• Visit OnlineCPI.org to read up on this important topic.
• LIKE us on Facebook at /CommunityBudgetAll iance
• Follow us on Twitter @OnlineCPI• Contact us to get involved or ask
questions:• Samer Naji, [email protected]• (619) 584-5744 x 60