Translate[Archived] Question #53: Provide the impact of adding a 4th staff member in Complete Streets in terms of completing projects, conducting outreach and ensuring a higher percentage of streets are treated?
Question:
What would be the budget impact of adding a 4th staff member in Complete Streets in terms of completing projects, conducting outreach, and ensuring a higher percentage of repaved streets receive Complete Streets treatments? (Vice Mayor Bennett-Parker)
Response:
The direct personnel impact would be approximately $140,000 annually for a Civil Engineer IV. An additional staff engineer could realistically enable completion of between 20% and 40% more Complete Streets improvements annually by working tactically to create a more efficient bridge between Complete Streets and pavement engineering.
However, to complete a larger number of actual projects the City would also need to make non-personnel capital investments in the Complete Streets categories that occurs in tandem with the paving program. As outlined in Appendix E of the CIP (p. 19.15), the total consolidated amount of street CIP expenditures proposed for FY2020 is $7.3 million. An increased level of Complete Streets investments is scalable but, for example, if the City wanted to increase output by 20% then additional CIP funding would need to be set aside in the following areas:
- $10,000 (20% increase in sidewalk projects with paving projects)
- $18,000 (20% increase in street projects with paving projects)
- $50,000 (20% increase in street markings)
- TOTAL: $218,000, including the $140,000 for a Civil Engineer IV