City Budgeting Neighborhood Leadership Gathering February 2020 Finance & Asset Management Department “WorkingTogether for a Better, Stronger Future!” 1
Maintain the Public Trust Asked Peter for an updated Audit report 2
Fiscally conservative, yet thoughtfully opportunistic 3
2019-2020 Budget 2-year $1.7B budget 4
City works internally to sort and Council balance the Deliberates many and Adopts requests Strategic October to May to Direction December October Collect City Information: Manager Surveys; submits his November Forecasts; Preliminary June Needs vs Budget to July Wants Council Jan to May October Public Hearings 5
Inputs – Strategic Direction and Surveys 6
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Quality of Life ( n = 5 3 3 ) M a r g i n o f e r r o r : + / - 4 . 2 % a t a 9 5 % c o n f i d e n c e i n t e r v a l How would you rate the overall quality of life in the city of Bellevue? 100% Greatly Exceeds Expectations 80% Exceeds Expectations 60% 91% 93% 95 % 95 % 94% 98% Meets 40% Expectations 20% Does Not Meet 0% Expectations 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 93% of residents believe the overall quality of live in Bellevue “exceeds” or “greatly exceeds” their expectations. This result has remained relatively steady for several years. 8
Quality of City Services ( n = 5 3 3 ) M a r g i n o f e r r o r : + / - 4 . 2 % a t a 9 5 % c o n f i d e n c e i n t e r v a l How would you rate the overall quality of services provided by the City of Bellevue? 100% Greatly Exceeds Expectations 80% Exceeds Expectations 60% 89% 93% 92% 91% 92% 91% Meets 40% Expectations 20% Does Not Meet 0% Expectations 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 91% of residents believe the overall quality of city services “exceeds” or “greatly exceeds” their expectations. This result has remained relatively steady for several years. 9
Direction the City is Headed ( n = 5 3 3 ) M a r g i n o f e r r o r : + / - 4 . 2 % a t a 9 5 % c o n f i d e n c e i n t e r v a l Overall, would you say that Bellevue is headed in the right or wrong direction? 100% Strongly Right 80% 69% Somewhat 73% 77% 79 % 60% 86 % 83% Right 40% Neutral 20% Wrong Direction 0% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 73% of residents believe that Bellevue is headed in the right direction. MOST COMMON REASONS GIVEN Why Right Direction Why Wrong Direction #1 Most Common Development / Growth Congestion / Crowding / Traffic #2 Most Common Planning / Infrastructure Development / Growth #3 Most Common Public Transportation / Schools / Education Cost of Living / Expenses / Taxes 10
As a Place to Live ( n = 5 3 3 ) M a r g i n o f e r r o r : + / - 4 . 2 % a t a 9 5 % c o n f i d e n c e i n t e r v a l Overall, how would you describe the city of Bellevue as a place to live? 100% Excellent 80% Good 60% 98 % 95 % 96% 95% 95% 97% 40% Neutral 20% Poor / Very Poor 0% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 95% of residents say that Bellevue is a good or excellent place to live. This result is similar to previous years. 11
How do we collect and spend the budget? 12
Total Budget 2019-2020 $1.7B 26% 4% 12% 28% 31% 13
$1M home pays Where does your property ~~$8,707 tax go? Bellevue Other City of King State of School Jurisdictions Bellevue County Washington District 8% 10% 18% 35% 29% $3,047 $697 $871 $1,567 $2,525 14
Where does your sales tax go? On a $100 purchase in Bellevue, $10 of sales tax goes to: King City of County CJ Bellevue $0.10 $0.85 State ofWashington $6.50 King County General $0.15 Sound Transit King County $1.40 King County Mental Health Metro $0.10 $0.90 15
Operating Revenue 60% 55% General PropertyTax 50% 45% 9% Permits & Fees 3% Business & 40% OccupationTaxes 15% 30% Retail Sales & Use Taxes Utilities Services Fees 20% 15% 42 % 10% Other Revenue 16% 0% General Taxes & Other Revenues Enterprise Revenue 16
How did we spend our 2019-2020 operating budget? Improved Mobility & Connectivity 5% Quality Neighborhoods InnovativeVibrant & Safe Community 27 % 12% Caring Community Responsive Economic Growth & Government 24% Competitiveness 5% Healthy & Sustainable 27% Environment
Making Choices Scarcity: the fundamental Finite economic problem Resources Infinite Wants & Needs 18
Activity 19
Example: Family Spring Break Planning • Family yard work day • Low Desirability (allergies) • Medium Importance (must be done) 20
Example: Family Spring Break Planning • Trip to Disneyland • High Desirability (never been) • High importance (family bonding) 21
Business Survey City- Wide Results 2019 22
Competitiveness Healthy Living Neighborhoods Engaged Community Mobility Safe Community Water infrastructure Safe Safe community Good place to Convenient access Keeps residents ensures public transportation in which to live, raise children to activities informed health system work, play Range of Prepared for Supports a diverse Opportunities to Attractive and well- Welcoming/ transportation routine community experience nature maintained supportive city options emergencies Travel in Competitive Water infrastructure Encourages reasonable/ Plans for major business protects Safe neighborhoods community predictable emergencies environment environment engagement amount of time Supports personal Visionary/creative health and well- Supports families Listens to residents community being Looking ahead to Maintaining a meet regional healthy natural challenges environment 2019 Bellevue Looking ahead to Performance meet local “City in a Park” challenges Survey Planning for growth to add quality of life
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Capital 2019-2025 Plan with a Neighborhood Lens
Website – up within a month Public Hearings in June, July and November How and where can you get Public Comment at all Council engaged in the meetings Budget Process? Boards and Commissions E-mail Finance and Asset Management: FAM@bellevuewa.gov 26
THANK YOU! 27
City Budgeting through a Neighborhood Lens What are your priorities? 28
Survey Results 29
It’s important to maintain the right balance of nature and development. It’s what drew me to Bellevue over 30 years ago.As we become more congested in our living, working, shopping and recreational spaces, we need more natural space in which to reconnect and ground ourselves - Bellevue resident Survey Results 30
Safety is the fundamental need of human beings.As Bellevue grows tremendously in population and people in the neighborhood no longer talk to each other face-to-face often due to technology change and faster living style, we still want to feel safe in living in Bellevue. I hope that I can always walk in Bellevue downtown at 11pm without feeling scared. Bottomline: don't become Seattle! - Bellevue resident Survey Results 31
Transportation needs a regional solution. Alternatives to single occupant vehicles must be expanded.Traffic congestion is quickly eroding livability factors. - Bellevue resident Survey Results 32
I want to live in a place where everybody matters, not just the people with the most economic clout. I want there to be a true sense that "we're all in this together.“ - Bellevue resident Survey Results 33
Prioritize care for the environment. Public safety remains essential. The community responses highlight the need for Many residents expressed a desire for the city to take a leadership role in addressing Bellevue to “not become like Seattle”. climate change, providing the right balance Public safety priorities included addressing High Quality Built and Natural Environment, Providing public safety services between nature and development, maintaining Neighborhoods any criminal activity, violence or theft, as well care of parks and open spaces, tree preservation, as, protecting pedestrian safety by addressing clean energy and protecting Bellevue’s identity as speeding cut-through traffic and inattentive or a “City in a Park”. careless driving. We highly value being a caring Improving transportation is important to everyone, for different reasons. community. Many highlighted the need for affordable Residents identified general frustration with traffic housing, caring for those who are living in congestion and its overall impact on their quality Improving transportation Developing a caring community poverty or experiencing homelessness, or of life. Priorities ranged from increasing access to public transit, bike lanes and sidewalks, to better ensuring that everyone is treated with equity and respect. maintenance of our roads and finishing long awaited road improvement projects. Survey Results 34
City Budgeting through a Neighborhood Lens What are your priorities? 35
Survey Results 36
Survey Results 37
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