FY 2011-2012 Capital Budget Represents the One Year Capital Spending Plan for RT
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Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................ 1 General Manager/CEO Budget Message ........................................... 3 Board of Directors Board of Directors .................................................................................6 Budget Adoption Resolutions................................................................7 Budget Presentation Award......................................................................8 Executive Management Team ............................................................. 9 Organizational Structure ................................................................... 10 District Overview District Profile ......................................................................................11 Service Area Map................................................................................15 Strategic Plan......................................................................................17 Long-Term Financial Policies ..............................................................19 Budget Process...................................................................................27 Voting System .....................................................................................29 Trends.................................................................................................31 Peer Comparison ................................................................................34 Operating Budget Summary Enterprise Fund Statement (Fund Balance)........................................38 Revenues............................................................................................39 Expenses ............................................................................................44 Positions..............................................................................................50 Forecast ..............................................................................................55 Division Budgets Office of the General Manager ............................................................56 Office of Legal Counsel.......................................................................62 Facilities & Business Support Services Division..................................64 Operations Division .............................................................................68 Administrative Services Division .........................................................74 Engineering & Construction Division ...................................................84 Finance Division..................................................................................88 Planning & Transit System Development Division ..............................93 Marketing & Public Relations Division...............................................103 Non-Divisional ...................................................................................108 1 Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget Table of Contents Table of Contents cont. Capital Improvement Program Major Capital Projects .......................................................................109 Revenues and Expenses ..................................................................113 Debt Service......................................................................................114 FY 2012 Funding Additions to the Capital Improvement Program....................................................................................….. ...115 Capital Improvement Funding by Category.......................................116 Impact of Capital Improvements on Operating Budget......................117 Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan ................................................118 Capital Improvement Funding Additions ...........................................120 Capital Project Expenditure Plan.......................................................121 Statistical Section Demographic and Economic Indicators.............................................123 Principal Employers ..........................................................................124 Appendix Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations ...............................................125 List of Acronyms................................................................................153 2 Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget Budget Message General Manager/CEO’s Budget Message As the Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) approaches FY 2012, transportation remains a key issue in the region. Increased traffic congestion has a tremendous impact on the regional economy, environment and quality of life. A quality transit system in the Sacramento Region is a necessity to remain competitive with other urban areas and meet increasing growth in the years ahead. Fiscal Challenges: RT learned in January 2010, that sales tax based revenue receipts, including LTF and Measure A, would be adjusted downward due to the declining economy and would fall short of amounts budgeted. The most conservative estimate projected after the first round of layoffs had been enacted, indicated that $25.0 million in service reductions would be necessary to bring RT into balance by the end of FY 2011. The District received some positive news in March 2010 when the Governor signed a bill that would return an estimated $11.8 million in STA funding at the end of FY 2010. This reduced the projected deficit to $13.2 million. However, in order to balance RT’s costs within available revenues it was necessary to implement a service reduction for Bus and Light Rail of nearly 21%; cutbacks in major service contracts such as Paratransit and security services; layoffs, and stringent cost cutting measures. RT was not alone in experiencing the effects of this financial downturn. Transit Agencies across the country were facing similar financial circumstances and undertaking similar measures to mitigate the effects. In order to address the fiscal emergency, RT initiated an 18 month plan to stabilize the agency and eliminate the structural deficit by FY 2011 year-end. RT successfully completed the 18-month plan to stabilize the agency by the end of FY 2011. On June 27, 2011, the RT Board adopted RT’s FY 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets. Both are steady state budgets that control costs without service cuts or layoffs and are based on conservative revenue assumptions. The adopted budget also plans for an operating reserve of $4.4 million at year-end. Strategic Initiatives: FY 2012 is expected to be a year of continued collaboration as RT works with regional partners and local jurisdictions to advance work on a number of significant transit projects that will provide greater service throughout the Sacramento region. Major capital projects include the Blue Line to Cosumnes River College (BLCRC) light rail extension, Green Line to the River District (GL- 1) light rail extension, Bus Maintenance Facility 2 (BMF2) expansion and the UTDC Light Rail Vehicle Retrofit and Mid Life Refurbishment Project. RT is on schedule to complete the first phase of the Green Line to the River District (GL-1) light rail extension project by early 2012 – almost four years earlier than its original schedule. 3 Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget Budget Message General Manager/CEO’s Budget Message cont. In addition, BLCRC has successfully satisfied the requirements of the Federal Environmental Impact Statement. RT is anticipating entering into Final Design by March 2012, provided that the federally mandated Risk Assessment and financial capacity review are completed and approved by this date. Also during FY 2012, RT will start construction on the 2000 space parking structure at Cosumnes River College and the two aerial structures required for the project. The BLCRC expansion is on target for revenue operation by June 2015. RT is moving forward with additional collaborative projects that are currently in the development stage, including several high density residential or mixed-use, transit oriented development projects at Richards Boulevard (Township 9); 65th Street Transit Center Street Reconfiguration; Alkali Flats; Sunrise Station; and the Watt/Manlove Station . Other key projects include a Downtown Circulation Study, a downtown streetcar study and the Highway 50 Corridor Mobility Partnership. Following extensive outreach and public participation efforts, RT has continued to develop and begin implementation of its own comprehensive TransitAction Plan that was approved by the RT Board in August 2009. The TransitAction Plan is a long-range plan that will encompass and update all existing strategic planning and adopted vision plans, and combine them into one guiding document. The TransitAction Plan is consistent with SACOG’s “Blueprint Project”, the Sacramento region’s land use study and road map. The TransitAction Plan forms the basis for a bold long-range vision for growth and development of RT through 2035. In addition, RT is proceeding with a Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA), titled TransitRenewal, through a Caltrans Planning Grant. The COA is designed to be a study which will assist RT in bringing back service and expanding service in the future in the most efficient and effective manner. The COA, which will be adopted by the RT Board in mid-year FY 2012, will begin the implementation of the TransitAction Plan in 2012. RT’s Ten-Year Short-Range Transit Plan (SRTP) Plan was approved by the Board on July 25, 2011. The plan will be updated annually and it