65A - RECIEVE AND FILE FY 2019-20 GENERAL FUND MIDYEAR

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Receive and file Fiscal Year 2019-20 General Fund Mid -Year Update February 18, 2020 Page 6 Police Department In response to homelessness efforts, PD is requesting to invest in technology, including the one- time purchase of mobile phones to enter data in to the City's homeless portal, and the purchase and installation of covert cameras to investigate unlawful activates related to homelessness issues. Investment in these resource will provide more efficient responses to homelessness activities citywide. Increase General Fund Budget: $10,000 (one-time) The Police Department continues to actively recruit Police Officers and met the hiring goal of 50 Officers for 2019. To continue those efforts, staff plans to request funding for the remaining 18 authorized Police Officer positions as part of the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget process. The primary source of funding would be the General Fund. The FY 2019-20 budget includes $6.9 million of one-time General Fund expenditures that will not be automatically included in the proposed FY20-21 budget, which can make room for the annual cost of $2.7 million for 18 additional Officers. In addition, the Police Department is looking at temporary outside restricted funding for a portion of the new officers. More information will be provided during the FY 2020-21 budget process. City Manager's Office On February 10, 2020, the City of Santa Ana was awarded a Census Outreach Grant for $50,000 by the County of Orange. The grant will be used to promote the upcoming census through a place - based strategy in collaboration with neighborhood associations in the hardest -to -count areas of the city. An adjustment is requested to recognize the revenue and approporite it for spending. Increase General Fund Budget: $50,000 (one-time) OTHER FUNDS Library Services Grant In December, the Library Services was awarded an American Library Association (ALA) Census Grant for $2,000. The grant will be used to promote the upcoming census and Library staff is in the process of purchasing promotional supplies. An adjustment is requested to recognize the revenue and appropriate it for spending. Increase to grant fund: $2,000 Public Works Agency On January 10, 2020, the California Department of Finance provided new revenue estimates with the Governor's Proposed 2020-2021 State Budget. Based on these estimates, there will be an update to the City's estimated Gas Tax allocation for fiscal year 2019-2020 as well as a slight increase in projections for next fiscal year 2020-2021. Increase Gas Tax fund to reflect updated estimates resulting in a net increase: $356,003 At the September 17th, 2019 City Council Meeting, Council approved a variety of continuing appropriations for projects in the Select Street Construction Fund. The funding source for these projects is accumulated Gas Tax revenue. The requested adjustment will re -appropriate the accumulated Gas Tax fund balance for the projects, as a funding transfer to the Select Street Construction Fund. 65A-6