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LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. CENTRAL VALLEYS, PASS AREA, AND SOUTHWESTERN MSR SEPTEMBER 2006 8.0 CITY OF MORENO VALLEY 8.0 CITY OF MORENO VALLEY The services that are provided by the City of Moreno Valley (City) and included within this MSR include: • Law Enforcement • Fire Protection • Solid Waste • Storm Water Drainage • Roadways and Circulation • Parks and Recreation • Library Services • Animal Control • Electricity 8.1 LOCATION AND GOVERNANCE The City of Moreno Valley is located in northwestern Riverside County, situated along a valley floor bounded by the hills and mountains of the Badlands to the east, Old Highway 215 to the west, the Box Springs Mountains to the north, and the mountains of the Lake Perris State Recreation Area to the south. The surrounding jurisdictions include the City of Riverside to the west, the City of Perris to the south, and unincorporated areas. The City encompasses 32,701.26 acres of land and has a SOI that is 9,926.18 acres. The City was incorporated on December 3, 1984, and operates under a Council-manager form of government with a five-member council that is elected to four-year terms. Each year the council elects the mayor for a one-year term. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m. Council Study Sessions are on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. The City posts agendas on the Friday before each City Council meeting at City Hall, the library, the senior center, and on the City’s Web site. All regular meetings are televised on the local cable television channel. Council Study sessions are not televised. To facilitate citizen participation, there are several Citizen Boards and Commissions that regularly meet to guide City policy and the provision of services. These include: Planning Commission, Traffic Safety Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Library Commission, Accessibility Appeals Board, Ecological Protection Board, Recreation Trails Board, Cultural Preservation Board, and Senior Citizens’ Board. 8.2 FINANCIAL INFORMATION The City prepares a budget annually, which serves as the foundation for the City’s financial planning and control. The City Manager presents the proposed budget to the City Council for review in early May of each year. The Council holds a series of public meetings on the proposed budget, and generally adopts the final budget prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year. The City manager can approve transfers of appropriations within a program or department, or between programs within a department; however, transfers of appropriations between departments or between funds requires Council approval. The City has a two-year budget process. The first year is a zero-based budgeting concept where staff rebudgets and justifies all expenses, “roll-over” of the previous year operating base budget, and tentative approval of some budget requests deferred to year two. The two-year P:\RLA530\Final Draft\8.0 Moreno Valley.doc«09/15/06» 8-1 Calimesa Regional Location SOI Los Angeles San Bernardino 30 39 Moreno Valley A» ?q ?f 41 !"a$ ?ª AÀ AÌ ! 10 way !"`$ h Park ! nc S a Orange !"`$ u R %&h( A¦ Riverside nnymead A³ 45 ?Ú 29 H Riverside e a P c P e Locust Avenue 34 o i r San Diego g r Imperial SOI c i e s k o B S R n t o e r P u d e a l e l e a s t v n s Road a d r s d Ironwood Avenue B o u l 8 e Riverside v ! a ! r Beaumont d ! Sunnymead Boulevard SOI 17 N 16 ?q a s ! ! o 9 18 n 40 S ! t ! r e ! e 42 t D 33 Dracaea Avenue a 7 46 y S t Cottonwood Avenue r e 35 e G t 5 11 il !! ma 6 L ! n S 19 20 a ! p 26 14 s rin s M gs Alessandro Boulevard e 4 ! o R ! l Public Facility Names l o ! ! r ! e 15 e a d n 1 ! S ! o ! t r e 2 B e 1- Animal Shelter 25- College Park e t a 2- Moreno Valley City Hall Cactus Avenue c 26- Cottonwood Golf Center h 3- March Field Park Community Center 27- El Potrero Park 47 D r i 38 v 4- Conference and 28- Fairway Park e Recreation Center 29- Gateway Park 12 John F Kennedy Drive 24 5- Cottonwood Golf Center 30- Hidden Springs ! 31 I 6- Moreno Valley Community Park %&h( n 28 d i Recreation Center 31- John F. Kennedy Park a 36 n 7- TownGate Community Center 32- March Field Park And ! S 44 Iris Avenue 32 t 3 r e 8- County Fire Station No. 2 Valley Skate Park e t 43 9- County Fire Station No. 6 33- Moreno Valley 10- County Fire Station No. 48 Community Park 13 ! 11- County Fire Station No. 58 34- Moreno Valley Equestrian 37 25 12- County Fire Station No. 65 Center and Nature Center P e 22 r r 13- County Fire Station No. 91 35- Morrison Park i s 14- Library 36- Parque Amistad B o 23 u 15- Police Station 37- Pedrorena Park l e v 16- Police Station (Satellite Office) 38- Ridge Crest Park a 21 r 17- Police Station (Satellite Office) 39- Shadow Mountain Park d 18- Senior Community Center 40- Sunnymead Park 27 19- Adrienne Mitchell 41- Sunnymead Ranch Linear Memorial Park Park Site 20- Bayside Park 42- TownGate Memorial Park 21- Bethume Park 43- Victoriano Park 22- California Aqueduct 44- Vista Lomas Park Linear Park Site 45- Westbluff Park 23- California Aqueduct 46- Weston Park Perris Lake Linear Park Site 47- Woodland Park SOI Perris 24- Celebration Park Perris Legend FIGURE 8.1 City of Moreno Valley Limits Surrounding City Limits ! Animal Shelter ! Library ! Parks and Recreation City of Moreno Valley Surrounding City ! City Hall ! Police Station Sphere of Influence Sphere of Influence ! 0 3,500 7,000 ! Community Center/Recreation Center Moreno Valley Sheriff Station Riverside LAFCO Municipal Service Review Unincorporated Areas ! Feet ! Fire Station (County) Senior Center City of Moreno Valley SOURCE: Riverside LAFCO, City of Moreno Valley, TBM (2005) i:\rla530\gis\moreno_valley.mxd (09/13/06) LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. CENTRAL VALLEYS, PASS AREA, AND SOUTHWESTERN MSR SEPTEMBER 2006 8.0 CITY OF MORENO VALLEY budget process is less labor-intensive for staff, resulting in greater operational efficiency, and is expected to save 1,000 hours of staff time in the second year. In addition, as part of the annual budgeting process, the City prepared a 5-year financial plan and updates the City’s 10-year capital improvement plan. The 5-year financial plan provides the expected results of the City’s budget policy decisions and assumptions about future revenues and expenditures. The 10-year CIP identifies the timing of capital projects as well as funding sources. The 2005–2006 budget states that the City’s General Fund balance has steadily improved over the past decade. For example, the 2005–2006 budget is estimated to have an increase in General (nondevelopment) revenues from $54.4 million to $60.1 million. Likewise, property taxes increased 17 percent and sales taxes increased 9 percent in 2004–2005. The budget also states that general revenue growth is expected to cover inflationary and other increasing operating costs. As shown in Table 8.A, the City has had revenues that exceeded expenses. Table 8.A: City of Moreno Valley Summary of Total Revenues and Total Expenses 2003 2004 2005 Total Expenses $70,377,000 $88,652,000 $103,504,000 Total Revenues $98,002,000 $118,695,000 $131,811,000 Net Revenues (Loss) $27,625,000 $30,043,000 $28,307,000 Source: Comprehensive Annual Finance Reports for the fiscal years ending 2004 and 2005. Over the past several years, the City’s General Fund has absorbed extraordinary cost increases in public safety contract services. In FY 2004–05, 42 percent of total expenses were for police and fire (both of which are contracted with the County). Increasing costs related to salary increases and enhanced retirement programs have been passed through to the City. In 2004–2005, this expense increased $3.2 million and in 2005–2006 the cost for the same base level of police and fire services increased by $3 million. To avoid unnecessary costs, the City has adopted a procurement policy. The policy provides the methods and procedures for purchases. The authority for purchases delineated by this policy is listed below: • Division Managers can approve purchases up to $5,000 • Department Heads can approve purchases up to $15,000 • The Finance Director can approve purchases up to $30,000 • The City Manager can approve purchases up to $100,000 • With Council approval, the Mayor can approve purchases over $100,000 The City has several reserve funds. This includes the contingency reserves, which are designed to help absorb revenue losses without disrupting services. At the end of FY 2005, this reserve had 18 percent of the ensuing year’s general fund operating budget. The City’s development services reserve, which is designed to stabilize service levels during a downturn in the economy, totaled $6.5 million. Additionally, the general fund capital reserve, which was established to fund new capital projects P:\RLA530\Final Draft\8.0 Moreno Valley.doc«09/15/06» 8-3 LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. CENTRAL VALLEYS, PASS AREA, AND SOUTHWESTERN MSR SEPTEMBER 2006 8.0 CITY OF MORENO VALLEY (primarily facility projects with no other funding sources or that required matching), will have at least $2.46 million for projects.