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City Budget Augments Core Services While Maintaining Healthy Reserves The Newspaper for City of Santa Clara Residents & Businesses Fall 2016 Inside Special Insert See inside for the Art & Wine Festival program and Home for the Holidays insert City budget augments core Municipal Election in November will make services while maintaining important decisions about healthy reserves the future of Santa Clara A balanced budget for fiscal year 2016-17 that includes additional staff positions to expand Santa Clara voters will fill six elected positions in City core services, funding for infrastructure improvement projects plus contributions to the government and weigh in on four measures amending City’s reserve funds was adopted by the City Council in June following a series of study the City Charter on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. sessions and public hearings. The ballot will include candidates for four City Council The total budget for operations and capital improvement projects for 2016-17 is $753.6 seats (No. 3, No. 4, No. 6 and No. 7) plus the elected million, a 4.6% increase over the previous year. The General Fund budget, which pays positions of Chief of Police and City Clerk for the for services such as public safety, library, parks, public works and recreation programs City of Santa Clara. The seven-member City Council for all ages, is $201.4 million, a 9.7% increase. The Capital Improvement Project (CIP) is comprised of a Mayor and six Council members. budget of $86.6 million will be used to tackle CIP projects that have been delayed because Candidates run for a specific seat but represent the City of limited funds, plus street maintenance and enhancements to parks and crosswalks as a whole. around schools. The remainder of the overall budget is comprised of Enterprise Funds for the City’s utilities (electric, water, sewer) and other specialized funds. The jump in revenue is attributed to the strong economy of the region that is generating more revenues from economically sensitive sources such as sales tax, property tax City of Santa Clara and transient occupancy tax. The City’s Municipal Election General Fund is also benefiting from Nov. 8, 2016 ground lease revenue from the Santa BALLOT Clara Stadium Authority and fees and 4 Council Members taxes paid by new development projects under construction or coming online. Police Chief Building permits, for example, jumped City Clerk to 8,000 in 2015-16 with a valuation of 4 measures to change the $1.4 billion compared to 7,180 building City Charter permits the previous year with a valuation of $890 million. Healthy reserve funds The Council was especially pleased to see the healthy balances projected for the City’s reserve funds that had been depleted during the Great Recession. Santa Clara voters have big decisions in November Street pavement is included in the Capital Improvement Budget Projects for 2016-17. The Working Capital Reserve, the “safety Candidate Forums will be held in the Council Chambers net” for economic fluctuations had on Sept. 21-22, Sept. 29-30 and Nov. 7. See page 8 for more declined from $21.1 million at June 30, 2008 to just $2.5 million two years later. Cutbacks details. on expenditures and a recovering economy brought the total up to $47.9 million at June 30, 2015. The Capital Projects Reserve had also declined to a balance of $2.5 million at The four measures on the June 30, 2010, but as of April 30, 2016 it now stands at $8.4 million. November ballot will ask See pages 8-9 voters these questions: The budget was prepared within guidelines set by the Council earlier this year that for more Santa included objectives to restore and enhance core services, complete capital improvement Measure 1 – Setting Clara Votes projects delayed due to lack of funding and pursue an “A” grade for Santa Clara of Salaries for Mayor infrastructure and equipment. and City Council: Shall information. Section 702 of the Santa More detailed information about the City budget can be found on the City’s website Clara City Charter be amended to set the salaries of SantaClaraCA.gov and copies of the 2016-17 budgets can be found online, at City Hall the Mayor at $2500 per month and the City Council at and at the City Libraries. continued on page 8 Comic Con coming to Central Park Library Literacy and pop culture collide at the Santa Clara the look out for Star Wars storm troopers, City Library’s inaugural Comic Book Convention Disney princesses, Harry Potter fanatics, on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at SuperWHOlocks, Pokemon trainers and Central Park Library. many more! Join artists from Avatar: Legend of Korra, Pixar and For more information and free tickets visit Star Wars as they share secrets about their work SCLibrary.org/comic-con. This program is and projects. Other activities include a costume made possible by the generous funding from contest and crafts for all ages, art programs, LEGO the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & build contests, Gunpla raffle and creation, and Friends in partnership with Illusive Comics a free comic book for kids 18 and younger. Be on & Games Santa Clara. Inside Fall 2016 2 Dear Santa Clara, Library launches Hope everyone had a great summer with family and friends. Things are always busy in this city, “1,000 Books Before but 2016 will stand out as a major turning point in our history. In June the Council adopted an overall City budget of $753.6 million. Not only is this significant Kindergarten” because of its size, it represents the surging local economy that is bringing more revenue to our General Fund so that we can restore core services that had been reduced during the Great program Recession. The new Capital Improvement Project (CIP) budget will allow us to tackle many of the Santa Clara City Library is encouraging parents infrastructure projects and equipment replacement purchases that have been delayed because of to read 1,000 books with their child before he or lack of funds. And the final piece of good budget news is the anticipated contributions to our reserve she enters kindergarten, as part of a national funds that we have been rebuilding to healthy levels. (Read more about the budget on page 1.) History-making project In July the Council unanimously approved the plans for Related Santa Clara, the $6.5 billion mixed use project that will be built across from Levi’s Stadium. This is not just the largest development in Santa Clara history, it is one of the biggest private development investments in all of Silicon Valley. The first phase will focus on retail, restaurants and entertainment venues – businesses often requested by our residents who would like more variety to choose from in their hometown. It won’t open until 2020, but already there is excitement and anticipation about that ribbon-cutting event. Rajeev Batra, Acting City Manager These budget adoption and approval of the Related Santa Clara project are just the tip of the mountain of work under way by our City departments. I have been down in the trenches (as the former Public Works Director, I mean that literally) with City staff, and I can assure you that they are second to none in their skill and commitment initiative to build early literacy skills during the to providing this city with outstanding programs and services. It was their cooperation and crucial years when a child’s brain is developing willingness to devise ways to service delivery with fewer resources during the economic tough most rapidly. times that enabled Santa Clara to keep cutbacks to a minimum. Free starter Our infrastructure, storm drains, sanitary sewers, water lines and some public buildings are also packets on how aging. Some of these facilities are 60-70 years old. We are embarking on an ambitious program to to participate in Fall storytimes identify deficiencies and launch a rehabilitation/replacement program over the next several years. the program are for children of all now available Appreciating first responders ages, including at Central Park I want to give special recognition to our first responders in the Police, Fire and Communication Library. Parents babies, begin the Dispatch Departments who do so much for us every day. This summer has also been a time to and caregivers week of Sept. 11. remember how these brave individuals put themselves in harm’s way to make our community a record the For details, visit safe place to live, work, play and raise our families. Some were deployed to fight wild fires in the books they Monterey area through our mutual aid program. We are proud to have you on our team. read with their SCLibrary.org or I am looking forward to meeting more of you this fall at City and community events. If you young children call 408-615-2916. would like to have me visit your neighborhood association or service club, please call my office at in a reading 408-615-2210. log, which they can bring into the library at every 100-book milestone to receive prizes. Families will earn 36th annual Art & Wine Festival a special reward for completing all 1,000 books by the time their child begins school. returns to Central Park Sept. 17-18 “Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read. Or the Santa Clara’s biggest community event, the 36th annual same story a thousand times!” said children’s Art & Wine Festival that raises funds for local community author and reading advocate Mem Fox who activities, returns to Central Park the weekend of Sept.
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