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December 9, 2019, Meeting – Item 4 Community Safety: On September 26, 2018, council unanimously recommended a one-time, 18-month funding strategy for the Community Safety Initiative. Funding in the amount of $8,662,000 for this purpose was included in SB1 last year. The amount that was estimated to be carried over from FY19 to cover FY20 Community Safety Initiatives was placed in the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall that was included in the FY20 Adopted Budget. This supplemental budget removes funds from the RRSF so that the funds can be spent on community safety, as directed by council. Programs in the 18-month funding strategy include: Prevention Services, such as youth mental health services and early intervention programs; 15th Night youth homelessness prevention; continuation of Community Court; and continuation of the partnership with Whitebird Clinic in the Community Outreach Response Team Homeless Services, including Dusk to Dawn safe sleeping program; a day resource center; and ongoing support for programs such as the weekend Lindholm Center, the Car Camping Program and the Rest Stop Program Public Safety Services, including adding 10 Patrol Officers to create a city-wide Rapid Response Team; adding five Community Service Officers; adding four staff to the 911 Call Center; expanding jail services by five beds; funding for the Ambulance Transport Fund Shortfall; and funding Municipal Court and City Prosecutor services to meet growing needs As previewed at the November 25 work session, this supplemental budget also includes an interfund loan of $3 million from the General Fund RRSF to the Community Safety Fund (see description later in this document). This loan will allow the Community Safety Fund to pay for $1 million of administrative and one-time start-up costs to begin tax collection as well as $2 million of additional Community Safety Initiative funds for services. Another large community safety investment is funding for the downtown operations team. These funds provide for the downtown manager position, downtown ambassadors, day storage costs, and programming for youth and downtown events. Appropriations carried over from FY19 will pay for the efforts through March, and an additional $200,000 is requested to cover the remainder of the fiscal year. Community Safety Amount Reappropriations Community Safety Initiative $6,269,450 Downtown Ops Funding (thru March 31, 2020) 781,703 One-time Funding Downtown Ops Funding (April 1 thru June 30, 2020) 200,000 EPEA Contract Costs 501,091 911 GIS Contract 64,397 Records Management System 162,000 Total Community Safety $7,978,641 Housing, Jobs and Infrastructure: The largest expenditures in the housing, jobs and infrastructure category are the funding for urban reserves that is carried over from last fiscal year, and new funding for the Railroad Quiet Zone fencing that was directed by council in 2018 to come from the CC Agenda - Page 290