REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Director
Capital Projects Department
BY: ANTONIO M. BUELNA, PE, Assistant Director
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division
JANESSA SELZER, Business Manager
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 15th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution No. 2024-122 appropriating $18,635,900 for the Capital Projects Department budget to allocate retained earnings from the Downtown Fresno Infrastructure Grant for the remaining fiscal year expenditures and reappropriate $4,254,100 from Public Works Department to Capital Projects Department. (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the 15th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2024-122 appropriating $18,635,900 of retained earnings for the Capital Projects Department (CPD) budget and reappropriate $4,254,100 from Department of Public Works (DPW) to CPD.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On July 20, 2023, City Council adopted the 6th Amendment to the AAR No. 2023-185, which appropriated the $50,000,000 received from the State of California for the Downtown Fresno Public Infrastructure Improvement Projects and established the CPD. At the time the resolution was adopted, the projects to be funded by the Downtown Fresno Infrastructure Grant were not clearly defined. The capital project improvement funds were initially appropriated in the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and DPW, with a small portion appropriated to the CPD for their initial operating budget.
The Fiscal Year 25 (FY25) City Budget includes two definitive projects: the Downtown Redevelopment Grant Water and Sewer Improvements Project and the H Street Parking Garage Project. Staff desires to transfer the appropriations for the parking garage project to the CPD budget, along with the remaining Downtown F...
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