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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 16, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FISCAL YEAR <br />2015-16 CITY BUDGET <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 4,2A) <br />CITY MANR <br />I fl *olo]tfdIT, l:4L1IINMI 99-1►1 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />:••c• e <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1st Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt an ordinance appropriating funds for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2015. <br />2. Adopt a Seven -Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) beginning fiscal year 2015-16 through <br />fiscal year 2021-22 per Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Measure M2 eligibility <br />requirement. <br />3. Adopt a resolution to amend and reestablish the City's basic classification and compensation <br />plans and rescind resolutions 2015-001 and 2015-008. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On June 2, 2015, the City Council was presented with the City Manager's proposed budget for <br />fiscal year 2015-16. The proposed budget fulfills the City's purpose of providing quality service <br />and enhancement of safety, livability and prosperity for our community. In alignment with the <br />seven Strategic Plan goals of Community Safety; Youth, Education and Recreation; Economic <br />Development; City Financial Stability; Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability; <br />Community Facilities & Infrastructure; and Team Santa Ana, the budget includes but is not limited <br />to the following: increased library hours and materials, continued funding for recreational and <br />leisure programs, enhanced public safety including seven additional police officer positions, and <br />improvement of facilities through deferred maintenance on City owned properties and the <br />continued planning and development of the Safe Mobility Santa Ana initiative. <br />Additionally, the General Fund budget incorporates funding for reoccurring expenditures totaling <br />approximately $2.5 million and carry -forward of unspent one-time funding from fiscal year 2014-15 <br />of approximately $0.5 million for the five-year Strategic Plan which commenced July 1, 2014. The <br />Strategic Plan provides funding for various programs and services including but not limited to a <br />community policing survey, youth sports scholarships, Downtown Wayfinding, community <br />75A-1-1 <br />