Lakewood

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Lakewood
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What were Lakewoods origins? What is the
Lakewood Plan? What values shape Lakewood
today? How is local government funded?
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Lakewood A City of Homes

• 1949-1950 The nations second mass-produced
  planned community (Levittown was the first in
  1946)
• 1950-1953 17,500 homes built to FHA standards in
  just 33 months

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1950 A Planned Community
Sidewalks, parkways, street trees
Kid friendly community
Parks, schools in every neighborhood
Lakewood Center designed to be downtown
Mayfair Pool
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Regional Shopping Center

• Nations second super regional center
• Once the largest shopping center in the world

May Co. opened in 1951
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2009 Lakewood Profile

• 9.5 square miles
• 84,891 residents
• 27,619 homes
• 10 major parks

LAKEWOOD GOLF COURSE (county facility)
WEST SAN GABRIEL RIVER PARKWAY NATURE TRAIL
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Lakewood Today
A diverse, family-oriented, safe community
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Providing Leisure Activities
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Protecting the Environment
Solar power project
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Preserving Lakewoods Infrastructure
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Unlike few cities in California, Lakewood is
broken up into four school districts ABC,
Bellflower, Long Beach , and Paramount
Seeking Educational Excellence
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Building the Lakewood Community
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Meeting Housing Needs
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Preserving Neighborhoods

• Single-family home loan program
• Fix Up/Paint Up grant program
• Scattered lot acquisition program
• Neighborhood clean-up programs
• Volunteer Day
• Teens in Lakewood Care

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Making Good Neighbors

• Neighborhood Watch
• Volunteers on Patrol
• Project Shepherd assistance
• Survive for 7 training program
• CERT training program
• LYS volunteer coaches
• Meals on Wheels

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The First Contract City

• April 16, 1954 Incorporated under Lakewood Plan
• City without a payroll had just 3 employees
• The Lakewood Plan adopted by one-quarter of
  California cities and nearly all new cities in
  Los Angeles County

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The Lakewood Plan

• County agencies
• Sheriffs law enforcement
• Building and safety
• Street maintenance
• Private industry
• Trash collection
• Street sweeping
• Information technology
• Special districts
• Fire protection
• Sanitation
• Libraries

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The Lakewood Plan

• City-supplied services
• Neighborhood preservation
• Recreation programs
• Land use planning
• Facility operation
• Water utility

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Contract Services
36 of all appropriations
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Top 10 Contract Services

• Rank Description Total (2009) of Total
  
• 1 Law enforcement 10,423,370 40
• 2 Refuse disposal 2,484,000 9
• 3 Refuse collection 2,425,030 9
• 4 Housing Authority 1,700,000 6
• 5 Street lighting 640,000 2
• 6 Street sweeping 611,000 2
• 7 Computer services 538,822 2
• 8 Tree maintenance 505,000 2
• 9 Sky Knight 442,325 2
• 10 Building inspection 315,000 1
• 20,134,680 79

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Revenues Are Mostly Local
Federal
Other
State
Local
County
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The 6 Problem
Land area zoned for commercial, industrial use
Only 370 acres zoned for commercial, industrial
uses
Lakewood has just
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Sales Tax Comparison
Per Capita 2007
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Revenues and Expenditures
All Funds
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2009-2010 Revenues
65,029,753
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Appropriations by Function
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Appropriations by Type
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Federal Stimulus 5.9 Million

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• ARRA 3.5 million
• Traffic and Community Systems Preservation
• TCSP 475,000
• Highway Safety Improvement Program
• HSIP 532,312
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
• EECBG 695,200
• Neighborhood Stabilization Program
• NSP 480,000
• Truck Impacted Intersections Project
• TIIP 160,000

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2009-2010 Capital Projects
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Budget Focus Areas
Planning for the future in difficult times
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Budget Focus Areas
Managing in an unstable economy
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Budget Focus Areas

• Securing stable fiscal resources
• Voter-approved UUT modernization in 2008 secured
  1.3 million in local revenue
• The city is aggressively pursuing economic
  stimulus funds with shovel ready projects
• Lakewood is focused on economic development and
  growing local jobs

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Budget Focus Areas

• Growing the Lakewood economy
• Costco February 2009
• Forever 21 March 2009
• Nordstrom Rack Fall 2010

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Budget Focus Areas

• Holding on to local authority
• Local governments remain vulnerable. Grabs of
  property tax, gas tax, redevelopment funds are
  still in play
• League of California Cities
• State cuts to public safety programs
• State authority to allow over concentration of
  group homes
• State-mandated limits on local control of land
  use

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Budget Focus Areas

• Preserving Lakewoods Infrastructure
• City water system upgrades
• Traffic signal modernization
• Energy efficiency and energy conservation
  improvements
• Since 2000, almost 95 of Lakewoods streets have
  been repaved

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Budget Focus Areas

• Meeting housing needs
• The city will continue home improvement loans and
  grants to assist low- and moderate-income
  families, seniors, and the disabled
• The city will use federal funding to expand a
  program that purchases distressed residential
  properties
• The city will continue to assist market-rate and
  affordable housing development

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Budget Focus Areas

• Preserving Lakewoods neighborhood quality of
  life
• Boyar Park activity building
• Palms Park picnic shelter
• Park and playground improvements
• Sports lighting improvements
• Weingart Senior Center and Burns Community Center
  upgrades
• Tree City USA street tree management

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Budget Focus Areas

• Fostering a sense of community

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Budget Focus Areas

• Protecting the environment

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Budget Focus Areas

• Keeping Lakewood safe
• Special Assignment Officers
• Fingerprint technician
• Communications interoperability
• Disaster training for staff
• CERT training for community members
• Crime prevention programs
• Nuisance abatement team
• Illegal fireworks prevention
• Sky Knight program

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