CITY OF REDONDO BEACH
BUDGET RESPONSE REPORTS
(Initial List – 5/25/23)
FY 2023-24 PROPOSED BUDGET
The following is a list of questions raised regarding the FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget.
The corresponding answer to each of these questions (the “Budget Response Report”) will be provided before the final Budget Hearing.
Dept. Question Status
1. Finance
What corrections/adjustments need to be made to the FY
2023-24 Proposed Budget Document for inclusion in the
Adopted Budget?
In Progress
2. Community
Services
What special events were designated as “Signature Events” and received City subsidy in Fiscal Year 2022-23? What is the City’s special event review and approval process? What are special event organizers charged for City expenses?
In Progress
3. PD What is the status of sworn Police Officer staffing in the Redondo Beach Police Department? In Progress
4. PD What is the status of civilian staffing in the Redondo Beach Police Department? In Progress
5. PD What are the options and costs to enhance traffic enforcement and safety on residential streets? In Progress
6. PD What is the cost of four additional Police Officers assigned to Traffic Patrol? In Progress
7. HR What is the cost/benefit of restoring the Risk Manager position? In Progress
8. PW
Can the Wilderness Park upper pond be reconstructed to be more operationally sustainable? What would be the cost and process to do so? What would be required to reconstruct the former Wilderness Park lower pond? What is the process and cost to rehabilitate the Wilderness Park meeting room, office, and restroom facilities?
In Progress
9. PW What are the current and future annual tree trimming costs? In Progress
10. PW
What is the status of the Civic Center Landscaping
Improvement and the Civic Center Storefront Improvement Projects?
In Progress
11. PW What is the status of the City’s Harbor Dredging Project and the Army Corps of Engineers Breakwater Repair Project? In Progress
12. PW
What is the process and cost to expand the Pallet Shelter Facility into the adjacent/vacant City owned parcel on
Kingsdale?
In Progress
13. IT
How does the City’s Information Technology Equipment
Replacement Program work and what equipment is
recommended for replacement in FY 2023-24?
In Progress
14. PW What are the costs to repair all City alleyways with a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) less than 25 and between 26 and 50? In Progress
15. PW What is the cost to remove and backfill the old pool structure at Aviation Park? In Progress
16. PW
What is the cost of installing exercise equipment at Aviation Park and Anderson Park and the feasibility of installing equipment in the SCE right-of-way?
In Progress
17. PW / CS What is the parking utilization rate at the Transit Center? In Progress
18. PW What is the cost to paint traffic signal poles and arms? In Progress
19. PW What is the cost of upgrading the Franklin Park basketball court and repairing or replacing the park’s trellis structures? In Progress
20. PW What is the cost to landscape the medians on Lilienthal Lane between Fisk Lane and Ives Lane? In Progress
21. PW What is the cost to landscape the median on Artesia Blvd between Kingsdale Avenue and Grevillea Avenue? In Progress
22. PW
How does the City’s Vehicle and Heavy Equipment
Replacement Program work and what City vehicles and
equipment are scheduled for replacement by the Public Works Department in the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year? What is the current replacement cycle for each vehicle and what is the cost to shorten the replacement cycle?
In Progress
23. PW What would it cost to conduct a Citywide Traffic Analysis, including local streets? In Progress
24. PW
How will the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s decision to end the Time Schedule Order (TSO) for the Seaside Lagoon impact water quality operations and the potential for additional fines from the facility’s water discharge?
In Progress
25. PW What is the cost to steam clean sidewalks? In Progress
26. PW
What is the cost to design and install bulb-outs, enhanced crosswalks, and to improve stop sign visibility at the Diamond Street and N. Francisca Ave intersection and other general intersections not currently included in the Capital Improvement Program?
In Progress
27. PW How many City trees were planted during FY 2022-23 and how many are proposed to be planted in FY 2023-24? In Progress
28. PW
When did the City adopt the new street signage plan? Where has it been deployed? How much would it cost to replace all of the remaining street name signs and the internally
illuminated box signs on traffic signals?
In Progress
29. CM What is the cost to add certifying “Blue Check Marks” to the City’s Social Media Accounts? In Progress
30. PW What is the cost to replace the bollards at Perry Park? In Progress
31. HR / FD What is the cost of a civilian Emergency Preparedness Coordinator? In Progress
32. FD / PW
What is the cost of a new fire station at the north end of Redondo Beach? What are the costs/options to renovate the City’s existing fire stations?
In Progress
33. PD
What is the status of the Police Department’s Municipal Code enforcement efforts? How many Municipal Code citations
were issued in the past year?
In Progress
34. CA What is the estimated cost to challenge the EIR for the Metro Green Line Expansion Project? In Progress
35. Community
Services
What is the process and cost to re-implement the Senior Lunch Program at Perry Park? In Progress
36. Community
Services
What was the cultural and entertainment rental activity at the RBPAC in FY 2022-23? How will the proposed restoration of marketing and equipment funds be used to improve RBPAC
operations?
In Progress
37. CM
What comments were received from City Commissions
Regarding the FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget and Five-Year
Capital Improvement Program?
In Progress