HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-02-09 Ordinance 5303Ordinance No. 5303
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING
THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 TO INCREASE GOLF
COURSE REVENUE ESTIMATES BY $106,000, PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATION OF $289,424 IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES
DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS, AND REDUCE
THE FISCAL YEAR 2016 GOLF COURSE OPERATING LOSS RESERVE BY
$183,424.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds and determines as follows:
A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article Ill of the Charter of the City of
Palo Alto, the Council on June 16, 2014 did adopt a budget for Fiscal Year 2015; and
B. As part of the approval of the Fiscal Year 2014 Adopted Capital Budget, the City
Council approved the Golf Course Reconfiguration Project; and
C. The Fiscal Year 2015 Adopted Operating Budget assumed the closure of the Golf
Course effective July 1, 2014; and
D. In anticipation of the Golf Course Reconfiguration Project, the City applied for
permits from the State Water Board; and
E. Due to delays in receiving permit approval which has delayed construction as
well as contractual obligations with the City's concessionaires at the Golf Course, in June
2014 the City Council authorized an additional appropriation of $324,800 offset by
commensurate revenues to keep the Golf Course open for a two-month period to allow the
State Water Board to issue regulatory permits; and
F. In September 2014, due to con-tinued delays in receiving permit approval, the City
rejected all bids for the Golf Course Reconfiguration Project. At that time, the City Council
approved interim funding for Golf Course operations through February 2015 and
established the Fiscal Year 2016 Golf Course Operating Loss Reserve; and
G. Therefore, staff is requesting an additional appropriation to keep the Golf Course
open through June 2015 offset with a reduction of the FY 2016 Golf Course Operating Loss
Revenue in the amount of $156,792 to fund Golf Couse operations through the end of Fiscal
Year 2015.
SECTION 2. The revenue estimate for Charges for Services in the Community Services
Department for Golf Course operations is hereby increased by One Hundred Six Thousand
Dollars ($106,000).
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SECTION 3. The Community Services Department expenditure budget for Golf Course
operations is hereby increased by Two Hundred Eighty Nine Thousand Four Hundred Twenty
Four Dollars ($289,424).
SECTION 4. The Golf Course Operating Loss Reserve is hereby reduced in the amount of
One Hundred Eighty Three Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Four Dollars ($183,424).
SECTION 5. As specified in Section 2.28.080{a) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, a two-
thirds vote of the City Council is required to adopt this ordinance.
SECTION 6. As provided in Section 2.04.330 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, this
ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
SECTION 7. The actions taken in this ordinance do not constitute a project requiring
environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
INTRODUCED AND PAS~ED: February 9, 2015
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, DUBOIS, FILSETH, HOLMAN, SCHARFF, SCHMID, WOLBACH
NOES:
ABSENT: KNISS
ABSTENTIONS:
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