Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

A L L - I N Budget M e m o Page 6 Priority #2: Protecting our Quality of Life (Clean City Priorities) Illegal dumping, potholes, graffiti and other environmental crimes have"-drastically increased since such services were cut in prior years - costing Oakland residents and business hundreds of thousands of dollars and threatening the qualitj' of Ufe for all Oaldanders. Each of the 3 budget proposals under consideration includes increasing the investment in public works to address this criminal activitj'. The A L L - I N Budget makes strategic investments to restore funding cuts in O P D and the Public Works Department to combat these crimes, and to protect public investment in roadways, parks and recreation centers. In addition to the Mayor's Proposal, the A L L - I N budget adds the following: • Expands the number of Code Enforcement Inspectors — Specialty $1,067,708 Combination Inspectors to enhance enforcement of blight and graffiti laws on public and private propertj' (Item #32) and directs the Administration to fund aggressive abatement of blight and graffiti through an established single- purpose fund, and realizing a $3M savings in the General Purpose Fund (GPF) (PD-6) • Partially restores funding for park and median landscape maintenance $783,832 (Item #36 & #38) • Adds one Street Patching Crew leveraging Measure B fiands to fix $1,638,081 deteriorating and dangerous streets and roads (Item #37) • Expands Neighborhood Law Corps to prosecute illegal dumping and graffiti $300,000 crimes. Successful prosecution will help deter future offenders. (Item #40) • Priority #3 — Protecting our Vulnerable Populations for Safety & Security A safe and secure city is one that ensures a good qualit}' of life for all of its residents — especially those, such as our youth, elderly and low-income residents, who are \mlnerable to being or becoming victims or perpetrators of crime. The A L L - I N Budget recognizes that addressing elder abuse, homeless • encampments, truanq' and lack of safe places for youth contribute to a better quaUt}' of life for all Oaldanders. Therefore, the A L L - I N Budget eliminates proposed cuts and restores or adds funding for these vulnerable populations. • Eliminates cuts to Recreation Center Hours, and Senior Centers $322,035 (Items #42,46,49,50) • Guarantees one year of full funding (one-time) for Head Start to cover $1,516,000 Congressional cuts (Item #45) • Prioritizes funding for Youth in violent communities (East and West Oakland $1,071,385 Youth Centers), Teen Leadership Development (Youth Commission) and eliminates proposed cuts to the O U S D academies (Item #13,19,48 & 53) • Restores fiinding to the Affordable Housing Trust eliminated by $1,814,766 Redevelopment Agency dissolution to complete critical projects (Item #47) • Restores funding to the programs that work to abate and deter homeless $120,000 encampments (Item #44) Council June 27, 2013 I T E M :