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(1) Review the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Adopted Budget and Work Plans; and, (2) Hear Public Comment on the PRCS Department Budget and Work Plans, If Any.
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Contact Person/Dept: Dan Hernandez
Phone Number: 310-253-6655
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: (Email) Meetings and Agendas - Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (12/31/15); (Email) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (12/31/15).
Department Approval: Dan Hernandez, (12/29/15).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Commission (1) review the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Adopted Budget and Work Plans; and, (2) hear public comment on the PRCS Department Budget and Work Plans, if any.
BACKGROUND
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2014/2015, the City Council instituted an enhanced budget process. This process provides additional opportunities for the public to provide input into the budget document. Further, the City Council now specifically invites members of the City’s Commissions, Committees, and Boards to provide comments during the City’s budget process.
In response to the City Council’s invitation, the Commission heard public comment on the PRCS Department Budget and Work Plans at their March 3, 2015, Regular Meeting, and, at a Special Meeting of the PRCS Commission held on March 18, 2015. As a result of this public comment period, and the Commission’s discussion of various budget-related issues, the PRCS Commission sent a letter to the City Council that presented recommendations regarding the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Budget (Attachment 1).
In mid-May, 2015, PRCS Director Hernandez made his final presentation to the City Council regarding the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Proposed Budget (Attachment 2 - selected slides). At the June 22, 2015, City Council meeting, the City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Budget. The only significant change to the PRCS Department Budget was the approval of a budget adjustment of $75,523.80 for the Syd Kronenthal Park 2 - 5 Playground Rehabilitation, to augment the remaining $62,051.20 in Proposition A Cities Excess Funds, to fund the project for total amount of $137,575.00. The County of Los Angeles Regional Park and Open Space District is currently in the process of finalizing the third Amendment to the Syd Kronenthal Playground Rehabilitation Grant Agreement, which adds the scope of work for the 2 - 5 Playground to the project.
Selected pages of the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Adopted Budget are provided as Attachment 3, and the Department’s current Work Plans are provided as Attachment 4. A complete copy of the Adopted Budget may be found on the City’s website.
DISCUSSION
At the December 1, 2015, PRCS Commission meeting, a consensus was reached that the Commission would like to begin the budget process early this year. This Agenda Item was prepared in order that the Commission may (1) review the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Adopted Budget and Work Plans; and, (2) hear public comment on the PRCS Department Budget and Work Plans, if any.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
There is no fiscal impact associated with the discussion of this Agenda Item.
ATTACHMENTS
1. March 18, 2015, Letter from the PRCS Commission to the City Council, Presenting the Commissioners’ Recommendations on the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Budget
2. Presentation to the City Council on the PRCS Department Proposed Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Budget (Excerpt)
3. PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Adopted Budget (Excerpt)
4. PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Work Plans
RECOMMENDED MOTIONS
That the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission:
1. Review the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Adopted Budget; and,
2. Hear public comment on the PRCS Department Budget, if any.