Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2023-10-24 4:30 PM

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Santa Clara City Council 4h 59m 5 speakers 7 agenda items transcribed 18 hours ago official recording ↗
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Lisa Gillmor 5:32
Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to call the meeting of the City Council and Stadium Authority's concurrent meeting to order. Roll call please, Assistant City Clerk.
Unknown 5:44
Thank you, Madam Mayor. Before I do roll call, I'd like to announce that Councilmember Shahal will be participating remotely. under the AB 2449 provision of just cause, providing care to a family member, which prevents him from attending in person this evening. Council Member Shahal, please remember to participate through both audio and visual technology. And before any action is taken, you must disclose whether any other individuals 18 years of age or older are present in the room at your remote location and the nature of the relationship to you. With that, I will begin the roll call. Council Member, Board Member Watanabe. Here. Council Member, Board Member Shahal.
Raj Chahal 6:25
Present remotely.
Unknown 6:26
Thank you. Council Member, Board Member Hardy.
Raj Chahal 6:29
Present.
Unknown 6:30
Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Park.
Lisa Gillmor 6:32
Here.
Unknown 6:32
Council Member, Board Member Jain.
Lisa Gillmor 6:34
Here.
Unknown 6:34
Council Member, Board Member Becker.
Lisa Gillmor 6:36
Here.
Unknown 6:37
Mayor and Chair Gilmour.
Lisa Gillmor 6:38
Here. Thank you. Thank you. So we have two items, or one item in closed session. City Attorney. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Just one item, conference with labor negotiators. The city representatives are identified on the agenda. The employee organizations for consideration are units 5, 7, and 8, and unit number 10. Thanks, Madam Mayor. So thank you. Is there any member of the public that would like to speak on that closed session item? I don't see anyone here in the chamber. No one online? No one's online. All right. We will adjourn to closed session. We will be back. It's a quick one. We'll be back at 5 o'clock for a study session. Thank you.
Lisa Gillmor 7:31
I'd like to call this meeting to order. We are going to start our study session now on the overview of unfunded needs, presentation of revenue measure options, and work plan for November 2024 ballot considerations. I'm going to turn it over to our city manager.
Jovan Grogan 7:52
Good evening, Mayor Gilmore, members of the council, and members of the public attending remotely. Javon Grogan, city manager, and I will kick off our presentation. I noticed that the screen is a little zoomed in, so okay, we fixed that. So we're here for a study session to overview unfunded needs and to discuss potential revenue options for the November 24 ballot. With me today is Assistant City Manager Cynthia Bohorkas, Jeremy Ray, our Deputy Fire Chief, Craig Moback, Public Works Director, as well as Ken Lee, Finance Director, and all five of us will tag team this presentation. So the agenda for the presentation is we'll begin with an overview of the city's capital improvement program, often referred to as CIP, and we will discuss challenges of that program.
Jovan Grogan 8:48
We will talk about our current approach, which is pay as you go. We will talk about unfunded needs. At a high level, we'll drill down on a few projects just to really give you a semblance of the significance of the need. We will then discuss various revenue options and then discuss next steps and a timeline. And then, of course, all important council feedback. And we are here today to provide an overview of the program that we are launching on in preparation for November 24. Why do I hear an echo? I don't know. Maybe I'll step back a little bit. Okay, overview. Our current CIP approach is pay as you go. What that means is we... Pay for our projects mostly utilizing cash When we have cash that works when you have cash that doesn't work when you when you do not have cash and so what you'll hear today is Most of our programs that are primarily supported by the general fund lack a dedicated revenue stream to support long-term maintenance repair and replacement of those capital improvement assets and
Jovan Grogan 9:56
What we'll also discuss is that the city's capital projects reserve balances are insufficient. Frankly, they're not enough to cover the needs, and we need a dedicated funding stream for that, as well as we need an infusion of cash to address our unfunded needs. As a result of how we fund our capital improvement projects, our capital improvements are often unplanned and urgent.

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