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Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department: · Increase the department's expenditure authority by $125,000 to begin the Cultural Services Comprehensive Plan in FY06, using Urban Renewal Funds to the extent possible and the Facility Reserve to fund remaining costs. (Staff note: A $62,500 tramfer from the Urban Renewal Agency to the General Fund and a $62,500 tramfer from the Capital Projects Facility Reserve to the General Fund have been established in the Recommended Budget.) · Increase the department's expenditure authority by $30,000 for an ongoing contribution to the Jacob' s Gallery. The revenue offset for the first two years will come from the General Fund's Reserve for Revenue Shortfall; FY08 and beyond will be supported by the Cultural Services Sub fund following the payoff of the Hayward Field debt. · Reduce pool use fees to FY04 levels and conduct a pilot study to determine whether attendance increases. Any gap in funding should be filled by the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall. (Staff note: Staff reduced the revenue estimate for the department by $77,000 and reduced the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall by $77,000.) Planning and Development Department: · Increase the department's expenditure authority by $10,200 to increase the Neighborhood Newsletter budget for mailing newsletters to all addresses in the River Road/Santa Clara for one year. Reduce the River Road/Santa Clara Transition Manager contract supported by Special Assessment Bond Funds in the Central Services Department and move the appropriation authority to the Planning and Development Department. · Increase Neighborhood Newsletter funding by $50,000 and eliminate the Neighborhood Matching Grant program. (Staff note: No budgetary action is required to carryout the Committee's direction within the department.) Police Department: · Increase the department's expenditure authority by $35,000 in FY06 and FY07 to hire a consultant to provide ongoing oversight implementation of the PERF/ICMA recommendations. The revenue offset is a transfer from the Facilities Reserve in the General Capital Projects Fund. · Increase the department's expenditure authority by $378,000 in FY06 to add appropriate police service, including bike and foot patrol, to serve downtown, urban core neighborhoods and parks, especially Monroe, Scobert, Washington and Jefferson parks, using one-time bridge funding from the Telecommunications Registration/Licensing Fund. In FY07 and future years, the $590,000 in ongoing costs will be supported using reallocated resources from unfilled vacancies and from an increase in revenue recovery from the General Fund subsidy of land use permit fees. The proportions from each source will be determined by the L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050613\S0506134.doc