20-Year Resource Allocation Plan - City of Sunnyvale

General Fund being met. Historically, General Fund personnel
costs have risen in excess of infl ation and beyond what had
been projected. Therefore, the infrastructure funds identifi ed
in the latter part of the Plan were not programmed for specifi c
projects and were instead programmed as a placeholder.
While parks infrastructure and some streets maintenance are
addressed by the special funding mentioned above, reduced
transfers from the General Fund have left the City’s aging
administrative buildings and much of the City’s streets
maintenance unfunded.
This year’s budget begins to address the funding necessary to
maintain the City’s infrastructure needs by allocating a total of
$28 million over the 20-year plan for infrastructure, including
nearly $13 million over the fi rst fi ve years. However, this is not
nearly enough to address all of the City’s infrastructure needs,
as projected increases in expenditures (particularly projected
salary increases based on existing contract provisions) do not
allow for full funding at this time. As a result of not being
able to fully fund the infrastructure needs of the City, policymakers
are likely to have diffi cult decisions to make in future
years regarding allocating resources between personnel costs
and City infrastructure.