Cubberley Artist Studio Administration Staffing
This action restores staffing in the Public Art Division that supports the Cubberley Artist Studio Program (CASP) which is a City-sponsored affordable studio space for artists.
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Teen Center Operations and Use the Think Fund/Bryant Street Garage Fund
This action would restore Teen Center operations from two days to five days per week with commensurate staffing and preserve funding in the Think Fund/Bryant Street garage fund.
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Investment in the City's Infrastructure Catch-up and Keep-up
This action restores funding to maintain the transfer from the General Fund to the Capital Improvement Fund for maintaining the City's infrastructure and capital project investments.
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Junior Museum and Zoo Marketing Resources
This action would restore 50% of the marketing budget for the Junior Museum and Zoo to better promote the newly constructed facility.
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Meeting and Public Hearing Support Services
This action would restore funding for transcription and production of sense minutes for all City Council and standing committee meetings.
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Baylands Interpretive Center Public Hours
This action would restore funding and staffing to maintain public open hours at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretative Center once it is safe to operate.
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Crossing Guard Services 50%
This action would restore funding for City-provided crossing guards at all schools; the budget includes funding only for high-traffic intersections that are part of common routes to schools.
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Funding for 2021 Council Priority: Economic Recovery
This action would augment funding for the City Council's "Economic Recovery" priority.
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Neighborhood Libraries and Maintain Distribution Services
This action would restore funding and staffing to open the three neighborhood branches to the public limited days per week when safe to do so and maintain programming at FY 2021 levels.
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Funding for 2021 Council Priority: Housing for Social and Economic Balance
This action would augment funding for the City Council's "Housing for Social and Economic Balance" priority.
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Police Patrol Staffing
This action would restore staffing for Police Officer positions in the Patrol Services division to maintain response times and ensure responses to various types of calls for service that would otherwise not receive a resource.
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Funding for 2021 Council Priority: Social Justice
This action would augment funding for the City Council's "Social Justice" priority.
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Federal Lobbyist and National Citizen's Survey
This action restores funding for the City's federal advocacy work and maintains the frequency of the National Citizen's Survey on an annual basis.
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Railroad/Train Crossing Intrusion Detection System (IDS) Maintenance
This action would restore funding for annual maintenance of the IDS cameras along the Caltrain corridor; current maintenance needs are low since it is a relatively new system.
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Funding for 2021 Council Priority: Climate Change Protection and Adaptation
This action would augment funding for the City Council's "Climate Change Protection and Adaptation" priority.
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Community Services Enjoy! Catalog Production
This action would restore staffing and funding for administrative support in the Community Services Department including the production of the Enjoy! Catalog.
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Traffic Control Staffing
This action restores staffing in the Police Department responsible for fabricating and maintaining traffic devices to improve response times for work orders and increase support for special events and operations.
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Parking Enforcement Staffing
This action restores staffing responsible for managing the parking division and adjudicating hearings related to parking citations.
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Sports and Recreation Programming and Increase Fees
This action would restore funding and staffing to provide summer camp bus transportation services, increase sports and recreation programming, and lessen the increases for athletic field rental rates.
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Arts Center Operating Hours & Programming and Increase Fees
This action would restore funding and staffing to increase operating hours and programming, including exhibitions, at the Palo Alto Art Center and hold fees at their current rate.
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Emergency Incident Response Services Brown Out (Fire Station 2)
This action restores funding to provide services at Fire Station #2 on weekdays from 8 AM to 8 PM dependent on staffing.
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Children's Theatre Operations and Production Staffing
This action would restore staffing at the Children's Theatre including costume design and customer-service front-desk support positions.
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Current Planning Staffing
This action would restore staffing in the Current Planning division to increase operational efficiency, decrease processing timelines for issuing permits, and increase customer service.
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Police Related Administrative Programming
This action restores funding for various administrative programming expenses including travel, supplies, and general expenditures to support programmings such as National Night out and the Parent Project.
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Transportation and Parking Consultant Services
This action restores funding for the City's planning and consulting services for on-call engineering and traffic data services as well as meeting transcription services for Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee meetings and the City/School Traffic Safety Committee meetings.
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Cubberley Theater Operations Staffing
This action would restore staffing to manage the rental process, payment processing, event schedule, and other administrative tasks to support Cubberley theater operations.
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Please prioritize the following Citywide Service Areas.
This service area includes the Community Services Department and the Library Department.
From the list of FY 2021-22 Proposed Budget reductions listed below, please prioritize up to ten (10) items that are the most important to you to restore if funding becomes available. Ranking #1 means this item is your highest priority service to be restored, if additional funding is available.
This action would restore funding and staffing to open the three neighborhood branches to the public limited days per week when safe to do so and maintain programming at FY 2021 levels.
This action would restore 50% of the marketing budget for the Junior Museum and Zoo to better promote the newly constructed facility.
This action would restore staffing at the Children's Theatre including costume design and customer-service front-desk support positions.
This action would restore Teen Center operations from two days to five days per week with commensurate staffing and preserve funding in the Think Fund/Bryant Street garage fund.
Please share any additional comments on the 2022 Proposed Budgets.
This survey was disappointing in that it felt like the City was going through the motions of soliciting public input on the new budget but in fact was merely asking where and how would we like to spend any extra money vs where they are proposing our current dollars are going to now! Now that’s a survey worth taking. But thank you for the opportunity here. Baby steps I guess.