TL;DR (generated · confidence: high)

Bureau of Planning & Sustainability proposes a $645,000 General Fund reduction to the Planning and Urban Design programs. This includes eliminating one vacant Limited Duration Planning Assistant position in River, Environmental and Resilience Planning and reducing contract budgets. Grant funds will supplement positions previously supported by General Fund. The cuts will reduce flexible capacity for ad-hoc planning work and slow some existing projects, while impacting legal timelines for floodplain regulation compliance required by 2027.

Key points (each cites a PDF page):

Cut $645,000 from BPS' Planning and Urban Design programs, including one (1) vacant Limited Duration Planning Assistant position in River, Environmental and Resilience Planning funded with ongoing funds (p. 752)
External Materials and Services reduction of $61,688; Personnel reduction of $583,312 (p. 752)
General Fund Discretionary funding reduced by $645,000; Intergovernmental revenue remains $0 (p. 752)
Two Limited Term FTE approved through 2026 are cut; Personnel costs of $288,351 recommended; Intergovernmental revenue of $288,351 offsets some impact (p. 752)
Loss of flexible staff capacity to handle ad-hoc planning requests; some existing projects will slow to prioritize grant revenue-producing work (p. 752)
Floodplain regulation implementation timeline at risk; city must comply with Federal Emergency Management Agency 2016 Biological Opinion requiring Endangered Species Act compliance by 2027 (p. 752)
Grant revenue and small one-time projects (Waste and PCEF funding) will backfill general fund support for portions of several positions in short term (p. 752)
Equity concern: Using grant revenue to preserve staff adds future layoff risk for newer staff (more often people of color) when grant revenue dries up (p. 752)

💰 $645,000 · $61,688 · $583,312 · $288,351 · 👥 1 vacant Limited Duration Planning Assistant position · 2 Limited Term FTE · 📋 Planning and Urban Design programs · River, Environmental and Resilience Planning Program · 🏛️ Bureau of Planning & Sustainability

23,694

Source: PDF p. 752 · raw: 752

Breadcrumb: 4 ced › Comm-EcDev-DPs › Package Details › 23,694

23,694 - BPS Planning Division GF Reductions Service Area Community & Economic Development DCA Donnie Oliveira Bureau Name Bureau of Planning & Sustainability Director Eric Engstrom Funding Type Name Reduction Status: Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total Cut $645,000 from the BPS' Planning and Urban Design programs. This includes cutting one (1) External Materials and Services ($61,688) vacant Limited Duration Planning Assistant position in the River, Environmental and Resilience Personnel ($583,312) Planning Program, funded with ongoing funds, and reducing contract budgets. Grant funds are added to supplement general fund support for a portion of several other positions. ($645,000) Service Impacts Revenue Recommended Total Loss of flexible staff capacity to handle ad-hoc requests for planning projects, such as the response General Fund Discretionary ($645,000) to address odor code or Rose Quarter signs in FY 2024-25. Some existing projects will be slowed to Intergovernmental $0 take on grant revenue-producing work. Loss of one (1) vacant position in River, Environmental and Resilience Planning reduces capacity in that team and will impact legal timelines associated with the ($645,000) team’s phased implementation of floodplain regulations to bring the city into compliance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency 2016 Biological Opinion that requires the city’s floodplain Expense Recommended Total regulations to follow the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by 2027. Two Limited Term FTE approved through 2026 are cut. Although the positions were LT, they were Personnel $288,351 funded with ongoing resources and grant funding. With these position cuts, the work of those $288,351 positions will be taken on by ongoing staff, whose work assignments will be redirected to fulfill the commitments of grant-funded projects. Several multi-year grants are also being used to backfill Revenue Recommended Total general fund support for small portions of several positions The program will also take on two small one-time projects funded by Waste and PCEF. These measures collectively mitigate the staff Intergovernmental $288,351 impacts of the cut in the short term. $288,351 Equity Impacts By covering some staff costs with grant revenue we are preserving staff in the short term but adding risk in future budget years. Least senior ongoing staff have additional risk of layoffs in future years if/ when grant revenue dries up. This disproportionately impacts newer staff, who are more often people of color.

Parent: Package Details · PDF: p. 752