FY10 BUDGET

PRESENTED BY THE
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

CHAIRMAN VINCENT C. GRAY

MAY 12, 2009
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
! Designated $325,000 for independent
review of public school reform
! Transferred DCPS functions and funding
back to DCPS
! Restored $5.4M in cuts to Pre-K funding
to OSSE
! Establish the State Board of Education as
an independent agency, with no change
in duties/authority
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
! Restore $16.7M in cuts to the Charter
Schools Facilities allotment
! Focus the Office of the Deputy Mayor for
Education on school reform oversight
! Add a new capital project for UDC
Student Center. $40M project supported
by $35M in District funds and $5M in
student fees.
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
! Reduce debt service to reflect income tax bond
savings
! Restore $353,000 in recurring local funds
transferred to the Committee on Aging and
Community Affairs to the Office of Asian and
Pacific Islander Affairs to continue this office as
a separate agency and support 4 FTEs
! Restore $546,000 in recurring local funds
transferred to the Committee on Housing and
Workforce Development to the DHCD for the
Rental Housing Commission and to support 5
FTEs
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
! Restore $8.3M in workforce
investment funds in the out-years
! Fund the out-year costs of the
standard deduction, personal
exemption, and homestead
deduction COLAs
! Restore Emancipation Day
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Public Works & the Environment
! Eliminated the Streetlight Maintenance Fee
! Increased net local revenue by $12.6M
through enhanced parking enforcement, $6.8M
through Sweepercams, and $1.6M through
additional SWEEP inspectors
! Allocate revenue to a variety of programs and
designated grants both within and outside the
Committee, including restoring funding for
DPW ex-offenders work program
! Funded standard deduction tax COLA
restoration
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Public Safety & the Judiciary
! Eliminated the E-911 fee
! Restored funding for Access to Justice
Initiative
! Restored DC National Guard Youth
Challenge Program
! Restored the Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention Commission
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Finance & Revenue
! Restored COLA in FY11 for standard
deduction, personal exemption and
homestead deduction
! Will have public hearing on “BRPAA” reform
this spring with legislation before summer
recess
! Will have public hearing on Class 3 Nuisance
property reform for possible legislation
! Made recommendations on funding previously
passed incentives for various Ward economic
development projects
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Gov’t Ops & Environment
! Made various reductions to agency
local funds budgets, the largest being
a $4.3M cut to OCTO PS
! Added funding to Public Employee
Relations Board
! Recognized $9.5M in additional federal
stimulus funding for the Department of
the Environment
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Economic Development
! Enhanced funding for the DC Auditor
Compliance Unit for LSDBE compliance
laws
! Allocated $28.1M in NIF funds for:
• Main Streets
• Parks and Recreation
• New Communities Human Capital
• Adult Career Technical Training
• Designated Grants
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Economic Development
! BID Litter Clean Up Expansion
! Washington Convention Center
Authority/D.C. Sports & Entertainment
Commission Merger
! Protected pre-apprenticeship training
programs conducted at the headquarters
of the National Council of Negro Women
! $1.35M to create and purchase art by DC
residents
! $1.5M for O Street Market
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Housing & Workforce Dev’mnt
! Cut Summer Youth Employment Program by
$20M to utilize this funding for DC Charter
Schools ($10M), adult job training ($5.4M),
adult literacy ($2M), and various initiatives
! Restore the Rental Housing Commission from
COW funding
! Add funds to HPAP and Rent Supplement
from PWT funding
! Increase funding for Office of Ex-Offender
Affairs by $291,000
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Public Services & Consumer Affairs
! Added a position to the Office of the
Tenant Advocate
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Health
! Reallocated funds from fixed costs and
non-personal services to various program
needs and designated grants
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Human Services
! Create Office on Youth Mentoring and
transitioned CFSA away from contracts for paid
mentoring and direct funding to support a
volunteer mentoring program.
! Recommend a comprehensive study be
conducted for creation of Youth Transition
Center.
! Expand funding for Grandparents Subsidy
Program so 92% of children on Grandparents
Subsidy wait-list will receive support.
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Human Services
! Direct DHS to develop “Healthy Foods Initiative” to
supplement Food Stamps benefits for families
receiving TANF benefits for use at area Farmer’s
Markets to purchase locally grown & fresh produce.
! Recommend approve transfer of $4.2M from Office
of Transportation Administer to CFSA to support
Agency’s responsibility for payment of costs
associated with transportation of District wards
with special needs placed in specialized foster
homes outside of DC.
! Recommend BSA provisions to enhance
transparency and accountability of CYITC grant-
making process consistent with District law
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Libraries, Parks & Recreation
! DPR shall limit administrative personnel expenditures,
inclusive of benefits (employees in the Executive,
Excepted and Management Supervisory Service) to no
more than $3,212,000 or 10% of gross Proposed
Personnel Budget for 2010
! Abolish the Marketing and Development Program and
redirect its $300,000 and 2 FTEs to Recreation Services
to provide 2 additional Recreation Specialists to work in
recreation centers.
! Abolish the Partnership Activity and redirect its
$260,000 and 3 FTEs to Recreation Services to provide
3 additional Roving Leaders to provide hands-on
service delivery to youth in their communities.
 SUMMARY OF MAJOR
BUDGET REQUEST ACT
ACTIONS
Committee on Aging & Community Affairs
! Restore funding to the Office on Aging
! Maintain the Office of Asian and Pacific
Islander Affairs and the Office of Veterans
Affairs as separate agencies
 HIGHLIGHTS OF
COW PROPOSAL

! Allocate $1.7M to CYITC for the Ward 5 anti-

crime, youth violence prevention initiative
! Allocate $1.7M to DHCD to continue
Neighborhood-Based Activities Program for
giving small businesses technical assistance
on-site
! Fully restore standard deduction and
personal exemption cost-of-living
adjustments, and restore the COLA for
homestead deduction in the out-years
 HIGHLIGHTS OF
COW PROPOSAL
! $2,169,447 to fund the attached spreadsheet of legislation passed by
the Council “Subject-Appropriations”
L13-123 Recreation Volunteer Background Check and Screening Act of 2000
Taxation Without Representation Federal Tax Pay-Out Message Board Installation Act of
L17-232 2008 (Section 2(b))
L17-355 St. Martin Apartments Tax Exemption Amendment Act of 2008
Prohibition of Investment of Public Funds in Certain Companies Doing Business with the
L17-337 Government of Iran Act of 2008
L17-358 Domestic Partnership Police and Fire Amendment Act of 2008
L17-359 Gateway Market Center and Residences Real Property Tax Exemption Act of 2008
L17-340 Asbury United Methodist Church Equitable Real Property Tax Relief Act of 2008
L17-348 Eckington One Residential Economic Development Act of 2008
Washington, D.C. Fort Chaplin Park South Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Inc. Real
L17-373 Property Tax Relief Temporary Act of 2008
A18-54 NoMA Residential Development Tax Abatement Act of 2009
A18-35 Randall School Development Project Tax Abatement Temporary Act of 2009
 HIGHLIGHTS OF
COW PROPOSAL
! Move $3.325M in designated grants from capital budget
to operating budget and prohibit use of capital budget for
grants.
! Fund capital budget authority for new $2.1M project at
Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue.
! Add $250,000 in local funding to DC Council Budget for:
! $150,000 for DC Statehood and voting rights activities
--$100,000 transfer from Office of Community Affairs
! $100,000 for Emancipation Day activities
! Add $1.4M for CFSA Grandparent Subsidy Program
! Restore funding for recreation center mowing &
maintenance
! Restore $1.238M and 22.5 FTEs to security at DC Public
Libraries
 FY10 BUDGET
PRESENTED BY THE
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

CHAIRMAN VINCENT C. GRAY

MAY 12, 2009