Planning and Community Development Department FY 2015 Operating Budget June 2, 2014

2 Planning and Community Development FY 2015 Sources - $ million  General Fund - $7.199 million  Building Services Fund- $5.279 million  Capital Public Art Fund- $0.166 million  Downtown Cultural Trust Fund- $0.324 million FY 2015 Uses - $ million  Personnel - $9.120 million  Services/Supplies - $2.038 million  IS charges - $1.810 million FY 2015 Sources and Uses

2 Planning and Community Development Budget History By Division or Major Budget Area Division FY 2013 Actual FY 2014 Revised FY 2015 Recommended Administration$1.002 million$1.552 million$1.620 million Cultural Affairs$0.828 million$0.852 million$0.855 million Planning$4.116 million$5.030 million$5.345 million Building & Safety$3.674 million$4.754 million$5.148 million *Code Compliance$1.614 million $0 *Code Compliance no longer a separate Division. Functions reassigned to Building and Safety and Planning. Total$ million$ million$ million FTEs

4 Planning and Community Development General Fund and Building Fund:  Reduction of $383,000 to the General Fund from position and organizational changes, cuts in contract services and materials and supplies.  $200,000 of this General Fund savings from long range planning work that will be funded through the Building Fund (General Plan Maintenance Fee) and no longer from the General Fund.  $500,000 is proposed from the Building Fund (General Plan Maintenance Fee) for FY 2015 ($200,000 for the General Plan Update and $300,000 for the long range planning work program).  $400,000 in additional Contract Services are proposed from the Building Fund to supplement building permit related plan check and inspection services to respond to the increase in permit activity.  The Building Fund is projected to have a surplus of approximately $2.7 million dollars at the beginning of FY This is a dramatic turnaround from the fund deficit of $2.8 million in FY Personnel: Net +2.0 FTE’s  Through organizational changes, 2.0 vacant FTE’s were eliminated and replaced with 4.0 new FTE’s.  Staffing resources will provide for continued long range planning work, implementing changes to the Development Review Process, and in-house plan check for smaller projects. Significant Changes From FY 2014 Budget

5 Planning and Community Development Key Work Program Components  FY 2015 Long Range Work Program:  Certify the General Plan EIR and adopt the Land Use and Mobility Elements.  Complete Transit Oriented Development revisions.  Complete code amendment for Recycling Centers.  Complete the Housing Element implementation process.  Complete the Lincoln Avenue Corridor Parking Study.  Complete the Climate Action Plan.  Updates to the Zoning Code, Specific Plans and the Design Guidelines delayed and become a multi-year effort (up to 10 years) as funding becomes available.  Develop and adopt new Environmental Administrative Procedures and local CEQA Guidelines.  Implement the recently adopted Public Art Master Plan FY 2015 Key Issues and Strategies

6 Planning and Community Development Key Work Program Components  Development Review Process Improvements:  Complete the Interdepartmental Review Team (IRT) strategic plan that identifies changes to the process.  Improve customer service through an expanded use of technology (hand held devices for field positions, updating the department website etc.).  Implement regular monitoring and reporting on meeting turnaround times for plan check and entitlement processing. FY 2015 Key Issues and Strategies