FY 2016-17 Chris Bazar, Agency Director

AGRICULTURE/WEIGHTS & MEASURES Budget 2016-17 HIGHLIGHTS

City Slicker Farms Community

Orchard Planting Workday: Staff

joined City Slicker Farms’ workers

and a large group of volunteers in

rainy, stormy weather to plant

fruit trees at the new West

Oakland Farm Park.

As part of the “Ag in the Classroom”

program, staff are routinely invited to

participate in other school events, such

as this Science Expo at Palomares

Elementary School in Castro Valley.

The Alameda County

Canine Inspection Team

continues to intercept a

significant number of

pests and diseases of

concern to local and

statewide agriculture at

shipping terminal

inspection sites

throughout the county.

ECONOMIC & CIVIC DEVELOPMENT

HIGHLIGHTS Budget 2016-17

The $10M expansion of the San Lorenzo Library doubled the size of the library to 19,000 square feet. Improvements include state of the art technology, teen reading room, and enhanced library programming.

Ashland Cherryland FamFest:

This October 10, 2015 event

for the Ashland/Cherryland

communities hosted by

Alameda County, included a 5K

run, live entertainment, athletic

programming, health screening

and other community

resources.

Ashland Place: This 85 unit

affordable family housing

development, constructed using

$16.6 million in former

Redevelopment funds, includes 15

units for transition-aged youth, a

prime corner retail space, and is

adjacent to the REACH Ashland Youth

Center in Ashland.

HEALTHY HOMES

HIGHLIGHTS Budget 2016-17

Staff attends health fairs

throughout the year to inform

families and health professionals

about lead safety and the various

healthy homes programs and

services that are available.

The Fixing to Stay initiative

was inaugurated in

Fremont at the

“Connecting Generations:

Future Solutions for Health

in Housing” event

highlighting the growing

need for services to assist

older adults and the

disabled in maintaining a

home in which they can

age safely.

Before and after photos of a home in

Newark whose owner received

rehabilitation and minor home repair

services.

BEFORE

AFTER

HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

HIGHLIGHTS Budget 2016-17

This woman, age 64, is the

first chronically homeless

person housed by Building

Futures for Women and

Children’s permanent housing

program, Welcome Home San

Leandro.

Kottinger Place: This existing 50-unit

affordable senior home will be

expanded to 131 units, serving the

growing demand in East County for

affordable senior housing.

Meek West Terrace Restrooms: This

Community Development Block

Grant-funded accessible restrooms

project sits adjacent to the historic

Meek Estate mansion in

unincorporated Cherryland.

PLANNING

HIGHLIGHTS

Golden Hills Repowered Wind

Project: Since December

2015, has provided 88.4MW

of power to almost 15,000

homes utilizing nearly 20% of

the total approved capacity at

the Altamont Pass Wind

Resource Area.

Completed the Board-adopted

Update of the Ashland and

Cherryland Business District

Specific Plan (supported in part by

grants from the Association of Bay

Area Governments and

Metropolitan Transportation

Commission).

The Planning Department worked with the

Hayward Area Recreation and Park District in

2015 to improve the San Lorenzo Community

Park, originally built in the 1960’s. The

project is currently under construction and

includes a softball complex, synthetic and

natural soccer fields, community green and

bandstand, pond, dog park, playgrounds and a

constructed wetland to treat stormwater

runoff.

Budget 2016-17

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Budget 2016-17 HIGHLIGHTS

“Improving Your Soil Quality”

workshop at the UC Gill Tract,

a community farm in Albany. UCCE's Urban

Integrated Pest

Management advisor

leads an outdoor class

for UCCE Master

Gardeners in

Livermore.

Kids in the CalFresh Early Childhood

Education Program learning about

fruits at the garden at Manzanita

Childhood Development Center in

Oakland.

TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET

(without Surplus Property Authority)

Budget 2016-17

Appropriation by Department

TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS

Healthy Homes $6,318,854

9%

Economic & Civic Development $15,947,070

24%

Neighborhood Preservation & Sustainability

$796,232 1%

Planning $7,518,642

11%

Agency Administration / Bonds & Finance

$1,004,471 1%

Housing & Community Development $29,084,847

43%

Cooperative Extension $326,206

1%

Agriculture/Weights & Measures $6,896,471

10%

$67,892,793

TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET

(without Surplus Property Authority

Budget 2016-17

Appropriation by Major Category

Salaries & Employee Benefits

$21,462,687 29%

Non-Discretionary Services

$2,589,330 3%

Other Charges $1,892,454

2% Capital Assets

$13,309,361 18%

Discretionary Services & Supplies

$35,909,402 48%

Intra Fund Transfers - $7,270,441

TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET

(without Surplus Property Authority)

Budget 2016-17

Revenue by Source

TOTAL REVENUE

Taxes $1,857,000

4%

Licenses, Permits & Franchises $1,270,579

3%

Other Revenue $4,374,503

10%

Fines, Forfeitures & Penalties $195,000

<1% State Aid $4,076,741

9%

Federal Aid $28,271,364

63%

Local Aid $500,030

1%

Charges for Current Services

$3,796,503 8% Other Financing Sources

$665,374 2%

$45,007,094

TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET

(without Surplus Property Authority)

Budget 2016-17

Summary

Amount %

Appropriations 69,306,458 67,892,793 -1,413,665 -2.0%

Revenue 42,991,313 45,007,094 2,015,781 4.7%

Net 26,315,145 22,885,699 -3,429,446 -13.0%

FTE - Mgmt 63.17 59.17 -4.00 -6.3%

FTE - Non Mgmt 92.39 91.39 -1.00 -1.1%

Total FTE 155.56 150.56 -5.00 -3.2%

CDA Summary2015 - 2016

Budget

2016 - 2017

Submitted MOE

Change from 2015 - 2016 Budget

AGRICULTURE/WEIGHTS & MEASURES Budget 2016-17

HUMAN IMPACT

Funding Reductions

• State funding for FY 2016-2017 for the

Agriculture/Weights and Measures

Department is expected to remain stable at

FY 2015-2016 levels.

• The level of State funding is approximately

20% less than it was in 2012-2013 and has

affected County pest prevention programs

such as High Risk Pest Exclusion, Light

Brown Apple Moth, and Glassy Winged

Sharpshooter.

Human Impacts

• Increased costs may be incurred by agricultural

producers and public/private property owners as their

individual efforts will need to replace the department’s

resources to combat and hinder the spread of invasive

exotic organisms on their properties.

• Property damage and costs to private residents may be

incurred if high-priority invasive species become

established on their properties and abatement is

ordered as required by law.

• Reduced inspections that exclude high-risk insect pests

known to cause environmental damage may cause home

owners to increase pesticide use and reduce their quality

of home gardening.

ECONOMIC & CIVIC DEVELOPMENT

HUMAN IMPACT Budget 2016-17

Funding Reductions

• Dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency:

The Alameda County Redevelopment

Agency was created to eliminate blight,

revitalize commercial corridors and

neighborhoods, and provide affordable

housing in the urban unincorporated

communities of Ashland, Cherryland,

Castro Valley and San Lorenzo. All

redevelopment agencies were eliminated

on February 1, 2012 through state

legislation (ABx 1 26).

Human Impacts

• In response to the dissolution of Redevelopment Agencies,

in June 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved a budget

policy to utilize former redevelopment funds for “Tier One”

projects.

• Human impacts related to the ongoing lack of

Redevelopment funding include:

• Commercial corridors will continue to be challenged by

outmoded streetscapes that do not enhance their viability

or walkability.

• Residents will be unable to get community center services

in their neighborhood.

• Ashland, Cherryland, San Lorenzo and Castro Valley

residents will continue to seek shopping opportunities

outside their community, as they continue to encounter

vacant storefronts and blighted commercial corridors,

without incentives for new retail shops.

HEALTHY HOMES

HUMAN IMPACT Budget 2016-17

Funding Reductions

• Funding for Healthy Homes interventions,

currently funded in part by the Kresge

Foundation, will come to an end in June

2016.

• Reductions in the U.S. Department of

Housing and Urban Development budget for

healthy housing have resulted in cuts in the

funding for competitive grants to provide

healthy housing assessments and

interventions.

• Funding from the County’s CalHome contract

will expire in June 2016. The State has not

indicated whether a new round of funding will

become available in the upcoming year.

Human Impacts

• Funding cuts in the U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development would decrease the number of low-

income housing units receiving a healthy homes

assessment and intervention.

• Inadequate funding for healthy homes interventions will

result in a decrease of approximately 100 low-income

families receiving the service.

• A reduction of housing rehabilitation services and

technical assistance for 15 Alameda County households

due to the reduction of the County’s CalHome funds.

HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

HUMAN IMPACT Budget 2016-17

Funding Reductions

• The federal Community Development Block

Grant (CDBG) Program provides essential

services and community infrastructure which

assists low-income people and communities.

Countywide, CDBG funding levels have been

reduced by over $2.4 million since FY2012.

Current funding is essentially level and does

not restore the previous reductions.

• Federal HOME Program funding has been

reduced by almost $1.9 million (over 48%)

between FY2011-2012 and FY2012-2013 for

the HOME Consortium. Countywide, HOME

funds have been reduced by more than $4.3

million since FY2011-2012. Current funding

is essentially level and does not restore the

previous reductions.

Human Impacts

• Reductions in CDBG funds mean fewer improvements to

infrastructure in low-income communities and fewer

direct services, such as meals, job training, shelter

nights to low-income individuals and families, and the

loss of funding for housing rehabilitation, senior

services, and accessibility improvements.

• Decreases in funding for the building of affordable rental

housing, first-time homebuyer assistance, and rental

assistance benefitting low-income households will

reduce the number of households served annually.

• Reductions in federal HOME Program funding means

fewer affordable housing units will be developed in

future years. Because these units typically have an

affordability term of 59 years, that loss will

impact affordable housing availability.

FY 2016-17 Chris Bazar, Agency Director

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