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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 20, 2015 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />REVIEW AND ADOPT THE FY 2014 -15 ❑ Amended <br />El O Or rdinance on 1� Reading <br />SURPLUS ALLOCATION PLAN, AND ❑ Ordinance on 2" Reading <br />APPROVE APPROPRIATION ❑ Implementing Resolution <br />ADJUSTMENT ❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 4, 1; 6, 1, 2} <br />CONTINUED TO <br />_/ a Z FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAG ' R <br />Recommended Action <br />1. Review recommendations and adopt a Fiscal Year 2014 -15 Surplus Allocation "List of Projects" <br />for consensus approval by Mayor and City Council: <br />Options <br />• Review options and direct staff to make adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2014 -2015 <br />Surplus Allocation Plan at the discretion of the Mayor and City Council. Approve a <br />combination of surplus eligible projects from the 'List of Projects" and direct staff to <br />appropriate funds in the amounts identified by the Mayor and Council. <br />• Review and approve identified projects that are CDBG eligible according to the discretion <br />of the Mayor and City Council funded by the sale of Bristol Street Remnant Parcels in the <br />amount of $2,000,000. <br />• Review and approve Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center's 'maintenance and <br />improvements' in the amount of $3,800,000 pending completion of city -wide credit <br />analysis indicating the use of the Economic Investment funds would have no adverse <br />impact on the City's credit rating. <br />Approve the establishment of the Council Special Projects Fund (fund 50) and the appropriation <br />adjustment recognizing $11,250,000 from the Fiscal Year 2014 -15 General Fund Balance and <br />appropriating the same to the Council Special Projects Fund expenditure and reserve accounts <br />as outlined in the Surplus Allocation Plan. <br />DISCUSSION <br />During the Fiscal Year 2015 -16 budget approval process, the staff identified a substantial General <br />Fund surplus due to increased revenue and decreased expenditures across the City. It was <br />65A -1 <br />