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FINANCE, BUDGET, AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
MARCH 17, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS UPDATE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Budget Development Process Update
Issue
ISSUE
This report is the second in a series of monthly budget development updates leading to the FY22 Budget adoption for Board consideration in May 2021. The previous month laid the framework for the annual budget development. This report focuses on the preliminary budgets developed within that framework for the Transportation Infrastructure Development (TID) and Regional Rail Programs. Included in the TID Program are the Transit Expansion and Highway projects identified in the Measure R (MR) and Measure M (MM) Ordinances. This report also provides an update on the public outreach.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The Transportation Infrastructure Development Program consists of new transit and highway projects listed in the MR and MM Ordinances. These project developments are divided into planning and construction phases, and the annual budget request reflects the annual increments of the project development phase. Starting with a feasibility study, alternatives analyses, the planning phase typically culminates in environmental clearance. Before major construction phase continues, the multiyear life-of-project (LOP) budget is adopted for each project through a separate board action. The annual budget monitors the cashflow requirement for the activities in each project phase, while considering the existing level of board authorization, respective project delivery schedule, and identified eligible and available funding sources from Federal/State/Local grants, sales taxes and financing.
For fiscal year 2022, the preliminary budget for combined TID and Regional Rail programs is $3.1 billion, an increase of $616.8 million or 25% from fiscal year 2021. The biggest factor for t...
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