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6.A. - Page 67 of 191 CITY OF REDWOOD CITY NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019 NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) C. Major Funds GASB Statement No. 34 defines major funds and requires that the City's major governmental and business - type funds be identified and presented separately in the fund financial statements. All other funds, called non -major funds, are combined and reported in a single column, regardless of their fund- type. Major funds are defined as funds that have assets, liabilities, revenues, or expenditures/expenses equal to ten percent of their fund -type total and five percent of the grand total. The general fund is always a major fund. The City may also select other funds it believes should be presented as major funds. The City reported the following major governmental funds in the accompanying financial statements: General fund is to account for all financial resources except those to be accounted for in another fund. It is the general operating fund of the City. Capital outlay fund is to account for all miscellaneous capital improvement projects that are financed by the general fund. The City reported all of its enterprise funds except the Docktown Marina Fund as major funds in the accompanying financial statements: Water utility fund is to account for the provision of water services to the residents of Redwood City. Sewer utility fund is to account for the provision of sewer services to the residents of Redwood City. Parking ftmd-is to account for on -street and off-street parking operations within the boundaries of the central business district of the City. Port of Redwood Cily (Port fund) is to account for Port activities within the Port Department including, but not limited to, administration, maintenance and operations, and Port improvements. The City also reports the following fund types: Internal service funds — Internal service funds are used to account for costs of the City's equipment services, the City's insurance program, the costs of the City's telephone/communications and information technology services, maintenance and repair of buildings, custodial services, and employee benefits. These services are provided to departments and other governments on a cost -reimbursement basis. Fiduciary funds — These funds are used to account for assets held by the City in a trustee capacity or as an agent for individuals, private organizations, other governmental units, and/or other funds. The City maintains one private purpose trust fund to account for activities of the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency. The Section 115 Trust Fund accounts for assets that are irrevocably dedicated to producing payments of pension obligations and paying the expenses of administering the trust. The Trustee is US bank and the Trust Administrator is Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS). The City also maintains seven agency funds — Employee Benefit Plans Fund, the Pacific Shores Community Facilities District Fund, the Shores Transportation Improvement District Fund, the One Marina Community Facilities District Fund, the Community Benefit Improvement District Fund, the Redwood City 2020 Fund, and the Net -6 Fire JPA Fund - as an agent of the bondholders, City employees, or the Downtown Redwood City Community Benefit Improvement District, Redwood City 2020 and Net -6 Fire JPA. 39 74