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CityCouncil | 2010-06-24 | 12 | community. The Interim City Manager stated last Saturday [at the June 19, 2010 meeting], discussions included considering development of a parking lot for housing; the goal is to come up with a policy that has a criteria of interest against which to make a decision. Councilmember Matarrese stated a policy for one-time revenue sources not being used for operation was discussed on Saturday; the policy would include putting one-time revenue sources into maintaining hard assets; the policy would need to be linked to other budgeting policies; unused assets could be sold to leverage other assets to create quality of life, jobs, or a tax stream. Councilmember Gilmore stated that she likes the idea of prioritizing; priorities are needed when discussing maximizing value benefit; the balancing act is like a road map. Mayor Johnson inquired whether the Interim City Manager would have a list of specific assets when the matter comes back. The Interim City Manager responded assets would not be classified; stated staff would come up with a streamline way of applying the policy; a report might be ready by September. Mayor Johnson stated an extra column is needed for funding when the matter comes back; the City needs to be honest about whether there are too many assets to maintain. In response to Vice Mayor deHaan's inquiry, the Interim City Manager stated most cities that incorporated before 1962 are in the same situation as Alameda; assets have not been inventoried; cities that incorporated in the 1960's are now enjoying ten years of no payments out of the General Fund; City departments pay a proportionate amount of money on debt service; that she keeps charging departments once the debt is paid off and has been setting aside money for deferred maintenance; Alameda practically owns everything it has; the City's first challenge is to go back and recover other items in the internal service fund; the next challenge is to continue to have departments absorb proportionate costs of putting a dollar amount into the internal service fund which would be used for deferred maintenance reserve; the goal is to charge departments X amount of dollars in fixed charges in the facilities maintenance fund; the City was only able to put in $100,000 last year. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired whether the Interim City Manager is building a new model or whether a good model is out there. The Interim City Manager responded older cities are not disciplined about putting money away for deferred maintenance. Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Public Financing Authority, Alameda Ruse 12 and Redevelopment Authority, and Community Improvement Commission June 24, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-06-24.pdf |