2008-05-20 Joint CC ARRA CIC MinutesMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL,
ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (ARRA), AND
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION (CIC) MEETING
TUESDAY- -MAY 20, 2008- -7:31 P.M.
Mayor /Chair Johnson convened the Special Meeting at 9:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL - Present: Councilmembers /Board Members /Commissioners
deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam, and
Mayor /Chair Johnson - 5.
Absent: None.
CONSENT
Vice Mayor /Commissioner Tam moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
Councilmember /Commissioner deHaan seconded the motion, which
carried by unanimous voice vote - 5. [Items so enacted or adopted
are indicated by an asterisk preceding the paragraph number.]
( *08- 225CC/ *08- 28CIC) Minutes of the Special Joint City Council,
Community Improvement Commission, and Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners Meeting of May 6, 2008. Approved.
( *08- 226CC/ *08- 29CIC) Recommendation to accept the Fiscal Year
Third Quarter Financial Report and budget adjustments. Accepted.
AGENDA ITEM
(ARRA /08- 30CIC) Workshop on FY 2008 -09 ARRA and CIC Budgets.
The Development Services Director gave a Power Point presentation
on the CIC and ARRA budgets.
The ARRA budget discussion is included in the ARRA Minutes record.
Following the ARRA discussion, Commissioner deHaan inquired whether
the budget includes any funds that are obligated to another entity,
such as the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD).
The Development Services Director responded staff nets out all
obligations; the Business and Waterfront Improvement Project (BWIP)
and West End Community Improvement Project (WECIP) unrestricted
cash flow shows that staff nets out all obligations; the line which
reads pass through to taxing entities includes AUSD; an audit was
conducted of the last five years; a one time adjustment of $300,000
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is being made this year; the audit was done because the formulas
for each entity differ; numbers are different if they are pre -1994,
post -1994 and from separate negotiated agreements; 900 of entities
were not doing the calculations correctly; the right formula will
be used in the future; the same person will work with AUSD to
correct its reporting.
Commissioner deHaan requested a final report on the matter.
Chair Johnson stated the extreme diversity of the Development
Services Department's projects is amazing; the Department does not
have a very large staff.
Commissioner Gilmore stated the budget is complex; thanked the
Development Services and Finance Departments; stated the Commission
is in charge of the budget; if the Commissioners do not know where
the money is going and where revenues are coming from they would be
in trouble.
The Development Services Director thanked Finance for being
accommodating in the creation of the cash flow spreadsheet.
Commissioner Matarrese stated the budget presentation was very
clear, which is particularity important when the budget news is not
good.
ADJOURNMENT
(08- 227CC /08- 31CIC) At the request of Councilmember /Commissioner
deHaan, Mayor /Chair Johnson adjourned the Special Joint Meeting at
10:55 p.m. in a moment of silence in honor of the recent natural
disaster victims.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
Secretary, Community Improvement
Commission
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown
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