FY 2024 Planning and Development Department Budget Presentation Planning and Development Department
Mission Statement
The Planning & Development Department is committed to
supporting investment in private property through entitlements and building permits along with a commitment to affordable housing and homeless investments through local, state and federal funding.
The Department is divided into divisions and work units to carry out its mission to protect, preserve, and promote existing and future development.
2 Planning and Development Department
Organization Chart
3 Jennifer Clark
Director
Development Services
Building & Safety
Current Planning
Long Range Planning
Historic Preservation
Community
Investment
Community
Development
Homeless Services
Homeless Assistance
Response Team
(HART)
Housing Production
and Finance
Parking Services
Administration,
Accounting, Records Personnel
Planning and Development Department
FY 2023 Accomplishments
• Invested in the purchase and rehabilitation of motels for the unhoused • Received designation of Pro-housing City status and $2m for trust fund • Initiated the 2024 Housing Element cycle
• Provided personalized service for ‘stuck’ development applications • Increased development processing efficiency by 8.7% over FY22 • Launched the South Central Community Benefits Fund
• Received over $62m in discretionary grant funding from state/federal sources • Created a Welcome to Downtown program at downtown parking meters • Initiated review of all parking structures for modernization 4 Entitlements & Permits Inspections
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Development Process Improvements
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Emergency Shelter Bed Capacity Affordable Housing Pipeline 6 Planning and Development Department
Homeless and Housing Investment
Appropriation Type FY 2021
Actuals
FY2022
Actuals
FY 2023
Amended
FY 2024
Proposed
Personnel $14,006,199 $17,631,643 $30,138,400 $30,470,800 Non-Personnel $17,564,677 $45,722,642 $164,949,600 $195,708,7000 Interdepartmental $5,044,269 $4,174,649 $5,741,200 $5,714,000 Total Department Expenditures $36,615,145 $67,528,934 $200,829,200 $231,893,500 Planning and Development Department
FY 2024 Total Budget
Notes
1. $192,171,300 or 83% of appropriation are for Grants or other non-general fund expenditures
7 Position Type FY 2022
Adopted
FY 2023
Adopted
FY 2023
Amended
FY 2024
Changes
2024
Proposed
Administration Division 15.00 19.00 19.00 4.75 23.75
Building & Safety Division 58.00 61.00 61.00 (1.00) 60.00 Planning Division 33.75 44.50 44.50 1.50 46.00
Housing & Community Development Division 12.00 24.50 24.50 5.50 30.00 Historic Preservation Division 1.00 1.80 1.80 0.00 1.80 Parking Operations Division 28.60 29.60 29.60 0.00 29.60 HUD Division 13.00 16.00 16.00 (1.00) 15.00
Total 161.35 196.40 196.40 9.75 206.15
Planning and Development Department
FY 2024 # of Budgeted Positions
Notes
1. Two new positions:
• Senior Management Analyst
• Senior Records Clerk
8 Non-Position Type Budget 2024
Proposed
Contractual Obligations $4,791,523
Utilities $520,200
Equipment $188,000
Leases $0
Training $194,400
Technology $0
Planning and Development Department
FY 2024 Budget - Most Impactful Items
Notes
1. Contractual Obligations includes Accela,
LAFCo, ACE Parking, IPS, TurboData and
Garage security
2. Utilities budget includes downtown
parking facilities
3. Equipment budget includes parking pay
stations and new EV charging cabinets
4. Training budget includes statutory
requirements for all inspectors as well as
annual certificate maintenance for all
professional staff
9 Grant 2024 Proposed Grant 2024 Proposed
Federal: State:
ARPA $44,415,000 Homekey $28,808,200
CDBG $16,806,200 ERF $19,320,000
HOME $14,769,400 HHAP $19,233,600
HOME-ARP $11,919,600 PLHA $14,533,200
CDBG-CV $5,402,100 LHTF $7,500,000
HOPWA $1,892,500 CalHome $1,770,600
Brownfield $1,817,900 LEAP & SB2 $600,200
ESG $1,041,600
ESG-CV $631,500
Total $98,695,800Total $91,765,800
Planning and Development Department
FY 2024 Budget – Federal / State Grants
Total Grants for Planning and Development Department $190,461,60010 Program Type 2024
Proposed
Accela Upgrade $340,000
General Plan Updates $500,000
Parking Security $1,200,000
Shelter Operations $843,000
EV Charging Cabinets $164,000
SEDA $100,000
Translation Services $50,000
LAFCo $35,000
Housing Division Offices $3,500,000
Planning and Development Department
FY 2024 Budget – New Programs
Notes
1. Accela Upgrade – full migration to SaaS and cloud integration (year 1 increase)
2. General Plan Updates – necessary technical studies to prepare the 10 year update
3. Enhanced Parking Security – full staffing coverage at downtown parking facilities
4. Additional funding to support homeless shelter operations
5. EV charging Cabinets to prevent vandalism
6. Develop unique zone districts to implement the Southeast Development Are Specific Plan, (SEDA)
7. Augmented translation services for public meetings,
workshops and events
8. Increase base budget for the City’s annual LAFCo charge
9. Build out of offices for the Housing/Homeless Divisions at the Merced Garage building 11 Planning and Development Department
Community Outreach
Identify Community Outreach Program and short program description • Program 1 – Housing & Community Development
• Consolidated Plan – five year plan for use of CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, ESG • Annual Action Plan – specific programming for year five of the 20-24 ConPlan • Program 2 – Long Range Planning
• Specific Plans – completion of West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan, Southeast Development Area Specific Plan, South Central Specific Plan, and Tower District Specific Plan update • Housing Element
• Climate Adaptation and Environmental Justice Element
• Program 3 – Current Planning
• District Committees – meet once per month to provide feedback on development applications 12 QUESTIONS
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