City Council

Item S400: FY 2025 Updated City Council Budget Priorities. (Added 2/8/24)\nThis item will be considered in the afternoon session which is scheduled to begin at\n2:00 p.m.\nTotal Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source: N/A\nCouncil District(s) Affected: Citywide.\nProposed Actions:\n(R-2024-335)\nResolution accepting the Independent Budget Analyst's Fiscal Year 2025 Revised Updated\nReport on City Council Budget Priorities and directing that the report, along with updated\nCouncilmembers' Budget Priority Memoranda, be delivered to the Mayor's Office for\nconsideration in preparing the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget.\nThis item is not subject to the Mayor's veto.\nCommittee Actions Taken:\nThis item was heard at the Budget and Government Efficiency Committee meeting on\nFebruary 7, 2024.\nACTION: Motion by Vice Chair Moreno, second by Committee Member LaCava, to\nrecommend Council approval of staff’s proposed actions with the following additions:\na. “Funding for an enhanced storm water maintenance program that takes aggressive\naction to clear, maintain and upgrade storm water channels in close proximity to\nunderserved neighborhoods, including creation of a Chollas Creek Stormwater CIP.”\nb. Include the ED&IR Committee’s recommendation on the use of the Council\ndiscretionary 1% of the 10.5% of the TOT to bring arts and culture to 6.5% of total TOT\nrevenue.\nc. Prioritizing flood disaster response and recovery, including but not limited to staff\ntime and a potential waiving of fees, that would assist those impacted by the floods,\nparticularly in underserved communities.\nVOTE: 4-0; Lee-yea, Moreno-yea, Elo-Rivera-yea, LaCava-yea.\nThis item was heard at the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations\nCommittee meeting on January 10, 2024.\nACTION: Motion by Chair Campillo, second by Committee Member Campbell,to\napprove the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations Committee’s\nrecommendation for the FY 2025 Council recommendation on its preferred use of the 1%\nof the 10.5% Transient Occupancy Tax, and forward it to the Budget and Government\nEfficiency Committee for consideration as follows:\n6.5% of total TOT revenue for Arts, Culture and Community Festivals ($21.5 million per\ncurrent projections) –\nRemaining funds to balance General Fund needs ($10 million per current projections)\nRequest that the Office of the Independent Budget Analyst transmit this recommendation\nto the Budget and Government Efficiency Committee as part of its February 7, 2024,\ndiscussion on the Council’s updated Budget Priorities Resolution.\nVOTE: 3-0; Campillo-yea, Lee-yea, Campbell-yea.\nOffice of the Independent Budget Analyst: Lisa Byrne, (619) 236-5917\nCity Attorney Contact: Bret A. Bartolotta