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CityCouncil | 2010-07-27 | 22 | not to reduce staffing absent circumstances beyond control; that she does not know what the State will do with some of the issues; she thinks revenues are very solid and will stay firm; the City is in a no growth period until 2014. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated federal government projections are 9.5% unemployment until 2014. The Interim City Manager/Executive Director stated California is at 14.6% unemployment; the Bay Area is particularly high; continued the presentation. Vice Mayor/Board Member/Commissioner deHaan stated contingency plans need to be in place. The Interim City Manager/Executive Director stated finding ways to protect services is important; sometimes the easiest things to cut what some people believe are nonessential services that are quality of life services; staff is trying to come up with strategic ways, such as working with consortiums to do non-profit, school opportunities, and outsourcing non-core services so that existing employees can be redeployed someplace else like filling a position in another department; the process is of managing resources is constant. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated an item on tonight's agenda is a project that would bring revenue and jobs to the City; the leasing program at the former Naval base and the Alameda Point plan will help with the revenue stream so that the City can stay steady; the proposed budget looks good and reflects maintaining a plan that is well thought out, is tight, and is very conservative; a way needs to be found to strengthen the revenue stream so that the City can stay steady when the economic experiences deepens. The Interim City Manager/Executive Director stated new revenues are not included in the projections, which are conservative; the City has projects coming forward that are generating jobs in the dead economy; staff has had to revisit some things because generating jobs and property tax makes sense right now; the situation is a give and take. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated Mr. Hausman had some questions [regarding the Civic Center garage and theatre/parking structure]. The Interim City Manager/Executive Director stated Special Revenue Funds that have a .1, .2, etc. following the fund number are sub funds; 224 is the Parking Meter Fund; funds pay for the citation process; 224.1 is the Civic Center Garage Fund and contains all parking structure revenue, administration costs through out sourcing, paying for staff, and any debt with respect to the parking structure; a lot of capital is not kept in the fund to pay for debt service. Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse 22 and Redevelopment Authority, and Community Improvement Commission July 27, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-07-27.pdf |