FY 2012 Budget Memoranda
Budget Memoranda are used to respond to City Council questions and requests during the budget deliberation process. Budget Memoranda for the Fiscal Year 2012 budget process are listed in the table of contents below, sorted by category.

Budget Process & Citywide Budget Issues

Assessments and Taxation

• 2 - Real Property Assessment Information 
• 3 - CY 2011 Real Property Assessments Report 
• 8 - Real Property Tax Rates in Comparator Jurisdictions 
• 10 - Revised Transportation Add-on Tax Multi-year Project Plan 
• 11 - Resolutions on the Transportation Add-On Tax 
• 17 - Transportation Tax Bond Financing 
• 21 - Property Tax Abatement for Energy Improvements 
• 25 - Neighboring Jurisdictions' Use of Commercial Transportation Add-on Tax Funds 
• 45 - Electric Car Initiatives 
• 48 - Phase-in of the Transportation Add-on Tax Rate 
• 51 - Admissions Tax 
• 52 - FY 2011 and FY 2012 Final Revenue Projections and Adjustments 
• 56 - Potential CIP Reduction Options 
• 58 - Disabled Personal Property and Veterans Tax 
• 65 - Transportation Add-On Tax and BPOL Alternative Funding Options 
• 82 - Multiyear Tax Options for Transportation Projects 

Capital Improvement Program

• 13 - Impact on the Operating Budget and Debt Guidelines of Funding the ACPS CIP 
• 17 - Transportation Tax Bond Financing 
• 20 - Eisenhower Avenue Widening Project Urban Funds 
• 23 - Report on Staff Discussions on an ACPS Short Term CIP Request 
• 24 - City CIP Funding for the Miracle Field Project
• 25 - Neighboring Jurisdictions' Use of Commercial Transportation Add-on Tax Funds 
• 28 - Impact on the Operating Budget and Debt Guidelines of Funding the Joint Staff Proposed ACPS CIP
• 29 - Accelerated Planning and Review Schedule for Jefferson-Houston New School Project 
• 37 - Mt. Vernon Avenue Solar Lighting Initiative 
• 39 - Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) Funding
• 41 - Multi-year Athletic Field Program and Youth Sports Participation 
• 42 - Capital Investments at the Torpedo Factory 
• 48 - Phase-in of the Transportation Add-on Tax Rate 
• 56 - Potential CIP Reduction Options 
• 57 - Planned Stormwater Capital Projects 
• 59 - Planning Commission Review of the CIP 
• 63 - Detention Center Security Camera Upgrades 
• 65 - Transportation Add-On Tax and BPOL Alternative Funding Options 
• 66 - Cost of the DASH Long Range Service Expansion Plan 
• 67 - Cost Comparison of Clean Diesel and Hybrid DASH Buses 
• 69 - Cost Comparison of a New Versus a Leased Police Facility
• 82 - Multiyear Tax Options for Transportation Projects 
• 83 - BRAC-133 Neighborhood Protection Plan Funding
• 85 - Five Year History of Restricted, Non-City Funding for Transportation 

Community & Human Services

• 27 - Fee System Program and Funding for Preschool Needs 
• 38 - Ready by 21 Initiative 
• 43 - Options to Restore State Budget Reductions to Healthy Families Alexandria 
• 44 - Joint City and ACPS Plan for Maximizing Supplemental Funds for Preschool Needs 
• 68 - Alexandria Fund for Human Services Award Process 

Efficient Government

• 9 - City's Use of Volunteers in 2010 
• 26 - Contractual Services and Consultant Study Expenditures 

Employee Compensation

• 15 - Options to Mitigate the Impact of Retirement Cost Sharing on Employees 
• 16 - Historical Employee and Employer Retirement Contribution Rates 
• 47 - Monthly Healthcare Premium Costs and Comparitor Jurisdictions' Employer and Employee Cost Sharing 

Environmental Quality

• 37 - Mt. Vernon Avenue Solar Lighting Initiative 
• 45 - Electric Car Initiatives 
• 46 - Follow-up to the Council Worksession on Fort Ward 
• 57 - Planned Stormwater Capital Projects 

Finance

• 4 - Proposed Business License Tax Relief 
• 5 - Economic Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure Investments 
• 14 - Alternative BPOL Rate Reductions 
• 33 - Administrative Fees for Traffic Tickets 
• 51 - Admissions Tax 

Fire Department

• 60 - Fire Department Overtime Budget 
• 84 - Management of Fire Department Overtime 

Health

• 18 - Cost of STD/HIV/AIDS Treatment 
• 43 - Options to Restore State Budget Reductions to Healthy Families Alexandria 
• 62 - School Lunch Options to Fight Obesity
• 64 - Additional Funding for Indigent Care at INOVA Alexandria Hospital 

Historic Alexandria

• 46 - Follow-up to the Council Worksession on Fort Ward 
• 80 - Supplemental Civil War Sesquicentennial Funding 

Housing

• 81 - Effect of Federal Reductions in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Funding

Libraries

• 36 - Extended Hours at Libraries

Planning & Zoning

• 29 - Accelerated Planning and Review Schedule for Jefferson-Houston New School Project
• 72 - Resources for the Long Range Planning Work Program 
• 77 - Options to Help Encourage a Stronger Retail Mix on Alexandria's Main Streets

Police Department

• 33 - Administrative Fees for Traffic Tickets 
• 40 - Re-establishment of the APD Civil Disturbance Unit 
• 49 - Correction to Public Safety Salary Schedules Memo (Budget Memo #30) 
• 69 - Cost Comparison of a New Versus a Leased Police Facility 

Registrar of Voters

• 7 - Replacement of the City's Voting System Equipment 

Parks and Recreation

• 19 - Use of the Sheriff's Inmate Work Detail for City Tree Maintenance 
• 24 - City CIP Funding for the Miracle Field Project
• 35 - Senior Discounts for Recreation Programs
• 41 - Multi-year Athletic Field Program and Youth Sports Participation 
• 46 - Follow-up to the Council Worksession on Fort Ward 

Schools & Education

• 13 - Impact on the Operating Budget and Debt Guidelines of Funding the ACPS CIP 
• 22 - Status of Federal Grants for ACPS Expiring in the Next Three Years 
• 23 - Report on Staff Discussions on an ACPS Short Term CIP Request 
• 27 - Fee System Program and Funding for Preschool Needs 
• 28 - Impact on the Operating Budget and Debt Guidelines of Funding the Joint Staff Proposed ACPS CIP
• 29 - Accelerated Planning and Review Schedule for Jefferson-Houston New School Project 
• 61 - ACPS Employee Transit Benefit 
• 62 - School Lunch Options to Fight Obesity 

Sheriff

• 19 - Use of the Sheriff's Inmate Work Detail for City Tree Maintenance 
• 30 - Correction to General Salary and Sheriff Salary Scales Included in the FY 2012 Proposed Budget 
• 49 - Correction to Public Safety Salary Schedules Memo (Budget Memo #30) 
• 63 - Detention Center Security Camera Upgrades 

Transportation

• 10 - Revised Transportation Add-on Tax Multi-year Project Plan 
• 11 - Resolutions on the Transportation Add-On Tax 
• 14 - Alternative BPOL Rate Reductions 
• 17 - Transportation Tax Bond Financing
• 20 - Eisenhower Avenue Widening Project Urban Funds
• 25 - Neighboring Jurisdictions' Use of Commercial Transportation Add-on Tax Funds 
• 37 - Mt. Vernon Avenue Solar Lighting Initiative 
• 39 - Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) Funding
• 48 - Phase-in of the Transportation Add-on Tax Rate 
• 50 - Advertising on DASH Buses 
• 61 - ACPS Employee Transit Benefit 
• 65 - Transportation Add-On Tax and BPOL Alternative Funding Options 
• 66 - Cost of the DASH Long Range Service Expansion Plan 
• 67 - Cost Comparison of Clean Diesel and Hybrid DASH Buses 
• 70 - DASH Add-Delete Budget Items 
• 73 - Resident Purchase of Traffic Calming Devices 
• 74 - Non-Profit Offset for Transportation Tax 
• 75 - Leveraging Commercial Transportation Add-On Tax Funds 
• 82 - Multiyear Tax Options for Transportation Projects
• 83 - BRAC-133 Neighborhood Protection Plan Funding  
• 85 - Five Year History of Restricted, Non-City Funding for Transportation