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6.A. - Page 21 of 114 <br />Revenue Enhancement - Brisbane <br />Brisbane voters approved two business license tax revenue enhancement measures in <br />November 2017 (Measures D and E). As of FY 2017-18, Measure D was projected to yield <br />annual revenues of $0.2 million and Measure E $4 million. 107 Brisbane is not currently <br />planning on proposing any revenue enhancement ballot measures to its voters. 108 <br />Pension Obligation Bonds and Loan - Brisbane <br />Brisbane issued $4.75 million in pension obligation bonds in 2006 and took a $1.61 million <br />Pension Side Fund Bank Loan in 2013.109 As of the end of FY 2017-18, the remaining <br />outstanding principal on the bonds and loan, combined, was $1.73 million."" The bonds <br />mature in FY 2020-21 and the loan is due to be fully paid off in FY 2022-23. From FY <br />2018-19 through FY 2022-23 when the bonds and loan are fully paid off, the City will <br />make average annual payments on them of approximately $0.389 million. 111 <br />General Fund Reserves - Brisbane <br />At the end of FY 2017-18, Brisbane's general fund balance was $11.45 million, of which <br />$8.63 million (49.2 percent of general fund expenditures for that year) represented <br />unassigned reserves."2 The City projects that the FY 2018-19 ending general fund balance <br />will be $10.8 million 113 from which $3.5 million will be set aside in an "Emergency <br />Reserve" for any sudden unanticipated expense, $3.2 million will be put in a "Recession <br />Reserve" so that City services do not need to be "immediately reduced in case of <br />recession," and $2 million will be in an "Annual Reserve" for use in the event of any <br />budget discrepancies. 114 <br />Term Financial Forecast — Brisbane <br />Brisbane's long-term general fund financial forecast is based on a five-year period. It <br />reports that it has "taken great strides in long-term financial planning" and that "[s]taff <br />continuously works on a five-year forecast" which "provides Council and the community <br />greater information on projects and issues that will be affecting the community in the near <br />future."' 15 However, the Grand Jury's review of the City's Comprehensive Annual <br />Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018, its budget for FY 2018-19 and <br />FY 2019-20, as well as all agenda packages that the City posted on its website from <br />101 Brisbane, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018, p. vii of letter of <br />transmittal. <br />'01 Email from Brisbane, dated June 13, 2019. <br />'09 Brisbane, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018, pp. 55-56. <br />110 Ibid., p. 54. <br />"' Brisbane, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2017, pp. 53-54. <br />112 Brisbane, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018, pp. 20 & 22. <br />'ls Brisbane, City Council Agenda Report for City Council Meeting on April 18, 2019 re: Mid -Year Budget Report, p. 2. <br />114 lbid., pp. 2 & 4. <br />115 Brisbane, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018, December 7, 2018 <br />letter of transmittal, p. viii. <br />2018-2019 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 14 <br />25 <br />