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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 02 - Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan2)Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan Review and approve the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan. Page 1 of 3 REPORT TO MEASURE Z CITIZENS COMMITTEE To:Honorable Chair and Members of the Measure Z Citizen Committee From:Jason Simpson, City Manager Prepared by:Brendan Rafferty, Assistant Administrative Services Director Date:May 28, 2025 Subject:Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan Recommendation Review and approve the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan. Background On November 3, 2020, residents of the City of Lake Elsinore voted in favor of Measure Z, a locally controlled one-cent, or one percent, transactions and use tax to generate unrestricted general fund dollars to address City service, public safety, and local recovery needs. Measure Z will soon be formally codified in Chapter 3.30 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, available online on the City's website. The Measure Z Citizen Committee's primary role is to independently review and provide advice and guidance concerning the expenditure of Measure Z revenues. The Committee is tasked with meeting, in a public forum, at least twice each calendar year to ensure funding is being used consistently with the community's established goals and needs. Specifically, the Committee must annually review and report on the City's proposed and actual expenditure of proceeds generated by the transactions and use tax, along with reviewing the independent annual audit of those revenues and expenditures prepared by a Certified Public Accounting firm. The Committee's report shall then be submitted to the City Council for review and discussion at a public meeting. Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan Page 2 of 3 Discussion Before the passage of Measure Z, the City engaged residents and businesses as part of its Let's Talk Lake Elsinore campaign to identify the community's needs. Based on this effort and the recently completed Citizen Satisfaction Survey, residents identified the following spending priorities: •Provide quick responses to 911 emergencies •Address Homelessness •Fix streets and repair potholes •Keep public areas clean, healthy, and free of graffiti •Provide law enforcement services, including neighborhood patrols, crime prevention, and investigations •Make improvements to Lake Elsinore's water quality, beaches, and recreational amenities •Prepare for public health emergencies, wildfires, natural disasters, and other large-scale emergencies •Improve economic development and attract new employers and businesses to Lake Elsinore •Revitalize outdated commercial areas of the City •Expand and improve the network of trails and bike lanes The City has identified Measure Z projects for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 as outlined in the attached Measure Z Budget Spending Plan based on the priorities identified by the community. As shown, staff estimated the City will have approximately $27.1 million in Measure Z funds for the Fiscal Year 2025-26. This amount includes fund balance, revenues, and investment earnings. Staff recommends allocating Measure Z funding to each of the following areas: FY2025-26 Description Budget % Share Police Services $4,719,750 17.4% Fire Services $3,252,590 12.0% Animal Services $290,000 1.1% Emergency Services $445,540 1.6% Planning $700,000 2.6% Public Services: $150,600 0.6% Homeless: $2,815,040 10.4% Lake Management $700,000 2.6% Capital Improvements $14,015,918 51.7% Measure Z will fund significant increases in both Police and Fire Services. The increases were primarily related to new union contracts and the addition of a traffic officer. Slightly more than half of all Measure Z funds will be allocated to Capital Improvement Projects. Most of these projects address the community's desires to pave roads, fix potholes, and repave our streets while also planning future interchange improvements. Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan Page 3 of 3 Fiscal Impact The proposed expenditures as outlined in the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan will be adopted by the City Council as part of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Operating Budget and FY 2025-26 through 2029-30 Capital Improvement Project Budget. Attachments Attachment 1 - Fiscal Year 2025-26 Measure Z Budget Spending Plan Administrative Services CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA SELECTED ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM & CAPITAL COSTS - MEASURE Z FY2025-26 PROPOSED BUDGET SPENDING PLAN DESCRIPTION FY25-26 MEASURE Z Fundbalance @ June 30,2025 9,914,438$ Estimated Revenues 16,825,000 Estimated Investment Earnings 350,000 Total Revenues 27,089,438 Expenditures by Department: General Government: Community Support Homeless - Staffing - Community Support Manager (50%) 135,100 Homeless - Staffing - Management Analyst (50%) 87,730 222,830 Public Safety: Police Services Measure Z - Service Increases Increased Patrol Hours 2,226,300 Dedicated Positions Increases 1,455,060 Accident Investigation Cars 910,580 Other Overtime Increases and others 127,810 4,719,750 Homeless Team Homeless - Staffing - 2 Community Patrol Offers 790,710 Homeless - Staffing - 1 Community Service Officer II 164,390 Other Overtime Increases and others - 955,100 Fire Services Medic Squad Personnel - Station 10 Downtown 2,612,590 Quint #97 Replacement 640,000 3,252,590 Animal Services Field Services 290,000 Emergency Services Emergency Prepardness - Staffing - 1 Emergency Services Manager 278,780 Emergency Prepardness - Operations 166,760 445,540 Community Development: Planning General Plan Update 700,000 Code Enforcement Homeless - Staffing - 1 Code Enforcement Manager 328,680 Homeless - Staffing - 1 Code Enforcement Supervisor - 50%95,300 Homeless - Staffing - 1 Code Enforcement Officer I position - Homeless - encampments, cleanup, etc.250,000 673,980 Public Services: Engineering Traffic Engineering - Staffing - 1 City Traffic Engineer 150,600 Homeless: Emergency Housing - Street Outreach 352,150 Supportive Services 490,000 Repair & Maintenance 120,980 963,130 Lake Management Algaecide 450,000 Phoslock 250,000 700,000 Total Operating Expenditures 13,073,520 REVENUES OPERATING & PROGRAM SPENDING PLAN Amphitheater 7,900,000 Annual Citywide Sidewalk Survey and Improvements 701,610 Auto Center Bridge Drive Retrofit 500,000 Broadway Tract Paving 197,090 Downtown Main Street Parking and Landscape Improvements 160,000 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations 14,970 I-15 Franklin Street Interchange Improvements 1,010,000 I-15/Main Street Interchange Landscape Improvement 1,500,000 Lakeshore Sidewalk Improvements 745,320 Mountain & Avocado Way Tract Paving Rehabilitation 5,000 Murrieta Creek Regional Trail Connection 111,434 Railroad Canyon Road Safety Improvements 1,000,000 Spring Street Sidewalk 18,750 Terra Cotta Road Street Improvements 151,744 Total Capital Project Expenditures 14,015,918 Net Funding Available -$ CAPITAL PROJECT SPENDING PLAN