Residential development projections
At the Budget Advisory Committee meeting held on March 26, a question was raised regarding projections for new development, and how the City budgets for that anticipated growth. One committee member said City staff does not contact developers to ask how much growth they expect over the next fiscal year. The City’s Chief Building Inspector, Micheal Hosier, and his staff do in fact contact local residential developers to obtain this information, which is then used in preparing the draft budget for the new fiscal year. On March 20, 2009, Building and Safety Division staff sent an email to developers of nine residential subdivisions in Manteca, asking for their development projections over the next one or two years. The email read:
“It's budget time here at the City of Manteca and we are asking for your help. In these uncertain economic times, it is more crucial than ever that we budget correctly for our anticipated work load in the coming fiscal year.
To that end, we are requesting that you provide us with your projected sales activity for the coming year (either calendar years 2009 and 2010 or fiscal year 2009/2010). If you have projections of how many homes you anticipate building during the next two years, those numbers would be extremely helpful to us in projecting staff time needed for reviewing plans, processing applications, and performing field inspections. We understand that these figures will be estimates only, but the information will be useful nonetheless.
We sincerely appreciate your time and assistance, and we look forward to continuing to work with you now and into the future.”
City staff sent a similar email at the beginning of last year as well. Some of the developers responded to the request this year, while others didn’t. Attached are the results of that survey, showing some projected activity for Calendar Years (CY) 2009 and 2010. Staff appreciates the responses, which certainly help staff in allocating staff resources and funding at least for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
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“It's budget time here at the City of Manteca and we are asking for your help. In these uncertain economic times, it is more crucial than ever that we budget correctly for our anticipated work load in the coming fiscal year.
To that end, we are requesting that you provide us with your projected sales activity for the coming year (either calendar years 2009 and 2010 or fiscal year 2009/2010). If you have projections of how many homes you anticipate building during the next two years, those numbers would be extremely helpful to us in projecting staff time needed for reviewing plans, processing applications, and performing field inspections. We understand that these figures will be estimates only, but the information will be useful nonetheless.
We sincerely appreciate your time and assistance, and we look forward to continuing to work with you now and into the future.”
City staff sent a similar email at the beginning of last year as well. Some of the developers responded to the request this year, while others didn’t. Attached are the results of that survey, showing some projected activity for Calendar Years (CY) 2009 and 2010. Staff appreciates the responses, which certainly help staff in allocating staff resources and funding at least for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Subdivision%20sales%20projections%202009-10.xls
posted by Karen McLaughlin @ 3:31 PM
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