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This address was presented with remarks from Mayor David Martin to the Springdale Neighborhood Association on March 18 2019

Springdale Neighborhood Address

CITY UPDATE AND UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS

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AgendaCity overview

◦ Fiscal situation◦ Mending the Past

Police◦ Crime statistics

Traffic and Infrastructure◦ Citywide projects, Springdale road paving and development

Mold Update

State plans and Gov. Lamont agenda

Budget proposed◦ How we’re still paying for the past◦ How we’re planning for the future

Stamford’s Success

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Our CityHow Stamford is the leading city in Connecticut

◦ We’re in a strong fiscal position, Triple AAA bond rating and committed to long-term obligations

◦ We’re maintaining existing services and expanding essential departments

◦ Adhering to targeted development master plan to ensure consistent economic growth and stability for residents

My administration is committed to correcting issues left over from the past

◦ Deferred maintenance of infrastructure

◦ Long-term fiscal liabilities

◦ Short-sighted budget cuts leading to lack of managerial leadership

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Stamford’s Economic Environment Stamford’s unemployment rate is lower than the State of Connecticut’s average and most other

cities of comparable size

Median income continues to rise ~$85,000 as of 2017

Real growth in Grand List of 1.36%

Commercial vacancy rate remains high

State budget issues remain uncertain

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City of Stamford's Success

Stamford continues to grow while the State of Connecticut is stagnant

Stamford’s growth outpaces the national average

PoliceNew police headquarters opening in May

◦ Completed on budget

◦ Total cost of $60 million, no state funding

Police Chief Jon Fontneau retiring in May◦ Served in Stamford for 38 years

◦ Police Chief since Oct. 2012

◦ Nationwide search for new Chief◦ Considering local candidates

Police continues to hire more recruits to maintain police force size as officers retire.

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Safest City in New England

33% Reduction since 2011

Public Safety – 9 months 2018Overall serious crime in Stamford down 4%

Springdale◦ Burglary down 30%

◦ Contributes 7% of serious crime in Springdale

◦ Contributes 10% of serious crime in Stamford

◦ Motor vehicle theft up 13%◦ Eight reported incidents in 2017, Nine reported incidents in 2018.

◦ Contributes 9% of serious crime in Springdale

◦ Contributes 11% of serious crime in Stamford

◦ Larceny down 3%◦ Contributes 79% of serious crime in Springdale

◦ Contributes 74% of serious crime in Stamford

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YTD Crime Statistics

Transportation ProjectsAtlantic Street Metro-North Bridge

◦ Atlantic Street will stay closed until September

◦ Widening of the bridge supports will allow for six lanes of traffic, three lanes in both directions

◦ Provide an additional train line for local service to Springdale (and Glenbrook)

Long Ridge Road◦ Renovating the river culvert

◦ Work begins Apr. 1, single-lane closure with one-way alternating traffic

Route 1 Bridge at I-95◦ Replacing the bridge on Route 1

◦ Work begins evening of May 31

◦ Route 1 will be closed for the first two weekends of June from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 5 a.m.

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Springdale TOD $2M GrantGrant to integrate train station into Springdale

◦ Received eight RFPs (Requests for Proposal)

◦ Stamford will select one of the eight then move forward with community meetings

◦ Grant will be used to integrate the train station as critical infrastructure in Springdale

Signal Synchronization◦ Still Work-In-Progress

◦ Reducing travel time of 7% to 30% depending on corridor

◦ Reducing Traffic Accident Rate

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Road PavingRecently Paved

◦ Haig Avenue Upper Haig Avenue◦ Church Street Knox Road◦ Lund Avenue

Paving Planed by Summer 2019◦ Hope Street

◦ From Church Street to North of Viaduct Road Intersection

◦ Newfield Avenue◦ From Denicola Road to Knox Road

◦ Intent to restripe and add bike lanes for both

Upcoming◦ Largo Drive Clearview Avenue◦ Viaduct Road Donald Road◦ Garland Drive Bouton Circle

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Sidewalk Extension on West Side of Hope Street

Intersection Improvement ProjectsWest Avenue / West Main Street

◦ Currently in construction◦ Widening intersection, creating a left-hand turn lane for all

approaches

Henry Street / Atlantic Street◦ Completed by July◦ Intersection realignment and new traffic signal

Oaklawn Avenue / Halpin to Camore◦ Completed by June◦ Roadway reconstruction and sidewalks

Stillwater / Smith Street (Boxer Square)◦ Intersection realignment

Atlantic Street / Main Street◦ Raised intersection in front of Veteran’s Park

Greenwich Avenue / Pulaski◦ Bidding out begins soon◦ Transforming signal intersection into roundabout◦ First roundabout project in Stamford

Strawberry Hill / Rockspring◦ Awarded a Local Roads Transportation Grant◦ Intersection realignment

Route 1 at Richmond Hill◦ Intersection realignment

Summer Street Crosswalks and paving◦ Design process at ConDOT, work later this year

All construction project information is available at https://www.stamfordct.gov/parking-and-transportation

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DevelopmentStamford’s development around town

◦ The City’s master plan follows a targeted development model to ensure economic prosperity and stability to residents

◦ The plan focuses growth in the Downtown and South End

Recently tightened regulations regarding Village Commercial District

Development is necessary to maintain city services and past unfunded fiscal obligations

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Strawberry Hill School constructionPhoto taken on Mar. 8

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Mold Task Force Work UpdatesStark* has ongoing remediation work

◦ Some classes moved into swing spaces (temporary classrooms) until work is completed

◦ Rooms currently being remediated include:◦ Fourth Grade corridor, Rooms 249 through 256

◦ Summer project: Extensive Window Caulking

Stamford High School◦ AAIS (Remediation Company) began Phase 1 last

week — cleaning and remediating surface mold

Toquam* will have three-fourths of its roof replaced over the summer

Mold Task Force meeting planned for April 24 to discuss districtwide findings.

Davenport* rooms 28 and 29 will begin work next week

◦ There will be a Mold Task Force meeting at Davenport on Mar. 20 at 7 p.m. to discuss upcoming work

Other schools local to Springdale with early phases of work:

◦ Springdale

◦ Dolan

◦ Rippowam

All information reiterated on the Mold Task Force website: https://www.stamfordct.gov/mold-task-force

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* Major Building Envelope &/or HVAC Capital Work anticipated in near future

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Department Request 25.5 25.5 - 48.0 42.6 5.4 4.7 4.2 0.5 80.6 72.3 8.3 2.4 - 2.4

Planning Recommendation 20.9 20.9 - 27.5 22.1 5.4 2.1 1.6 0.5 52.9 44.5 8.3 2.4 - 2.4

Prior AUI 2.1 - 2.1 -

Amt Reduced (15.9) (15.9) - (8.5) (7.6) (0.9) (0.5) (0.5) (24.9) (24.0) (0.9) - -

Added 60.0 42.5 - 5.4 2.4 3.0 - - - 65.4 44.9 3.0 - - -

Net Change 44.1 26.6 - (3.1) (5.2) 2.1 (0.5) (0.5) - 40.5 20.9 2.1 - - -

Propsosed Budget 65.0 47.5 - 24.4 19.0 7.5 1.6 1.1 0.5 93.4 67.5 10.4 2.4 - 2.4

Totals BOE City WPCA Non City Agencies

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$67.6 M City GO ’19-20 BondsBudget Anticipates $60 M

Reduction in City Bonding to accommodate BOE Facilities

Leveraging Grant & Other funds to extent possible

Overall Capital Plan

Page Project Project Name Priority PB Tier BOE Request Planning Bd of Ed

Preliminary 22 CPB504 BOE SAFETY AND SECURITY 1 1 2,655,000 2,655,000 500,000

23 000671 DISTRICT WIDE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION 2.1 1 650,000 650,000 650,000

24 000670 DISTRICT WIDE FIXED CONSTRUCTION 2.2 M 2,970,000 2,970,000 950,000

25 CPB948 District Wide Classroom Upgrade/Replacement 2.3 M 2,600,000 325,000 -

26 CPB500 DISTRICT-WIDE INDOOR AIR QUALITY 3.1 M 3,900,000 3,025,000 -

27 C5B613 DISTRICT-WIDE BOILER & BURNER REPLACEMENT 3.2 1 - 1,625,000 500,000

28 CPB092 DISTRICT-WIDE ROOFING REPLACEMENTS 4 M 2,325,000 2,325,000 -

29 CPB211 DISTRICTWIDE CODE COMPLIANCE 5.1 2 1,350,000 500,000 300,000

30 CPB804 DISTRICT WIDE WPCA& DEEP/EPA COMPLIANCE 5.2 2 750,000 60,000 350,000

31 C5B623 DISTRICT-WIDE PAVING & RESURFACING 6 2 805,000 805,000 -

32 C31072 DISTRICT-WIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS 7 M 570,000 350,000 -

33 CPB121 INTERCOM REPLACEMENT 8 2 205,000 205,000 -

34 CPB639 DISTRICT-WIDE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES 9 2 1,175,000 1,175,000 -

35 C5B627 DISTRICT-WIDE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT 9 M 750,000 750,000 250,000

36 C36668 WESTHILL HS INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION 10 M 400,000 400,000 -

37 C5B637 RIPPOWAM CENTER RENOVATION 11 3 500,000 - -

38 C5B629 DOLAN MS RENOVATION 12 3 350,000 - -

39 CPB017 DAVENPORT CODE COMPLIANCE 13 3 150,000 - -

40 C5B622 STAMFORD HS CODE/RENOVATION/EXPANSION 14 M 400,000 400,000 -

123 000669 STC-DISTRICT-WIDE ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY 1 1 1,385,000 1,385,000 500,000

124 C5B609 STC-DISTRICT-WIDE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT 2 2 750,000 750,000 500,000

125 CPB803 STC-DISTRICT-WIDE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE 3 1 750,000 400,000 400,000

126 CPB002 STC-DISTRICT-WIDE FACILITIES EQUIPMENT 4 2 150,000 150,000 100,000

25,540,000 20,905,000 5,000,000

Westhill 5,000,000 Stark 5,000,000 Davenport 5,000,000 Hart 1,500,000 Toquam 1,000,000 Westover 25,000,000 Future School Projects 17,500,000

000672 - - 60,000,000

25,540,000 20,905,000 65,000,000 Total

District Wide Building Envelope and Mechanical System Renovation

District Wide Building Envelope and Mechanical System Renovation APPROX ESTIMATES

FY2020 - BOE Capital

STC: $1.5M

$42.5M 1st year

$5.0M

$47.5M 1st year

Significant Capital

Requirements for School Buildings

State UpdateGovernor Lamont’s “debt diet”

◦ Even on a diet, you still need to eat

Putting costs onto cities, such as the Teacher Retirement System contribution

Focus on infrastructure and transportation projects

◦ Optimistic this will lead to movement on state projects

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City Current Operating, 198.8,

33%

Financial Obligations, 103,

17%

Education Support, 296.2,

49%

Contingency, 5.4, 1%

Propose Budget$603.4 MM

Stamford’s Budget

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25.1%

24.8%

4.4%

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13.9%

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Citizen & Youth Services

Tax, OPM, Controller, TMS, etc.

Town Clerk, Registrars, Board &CommissionsMayor's Office

Legal Affairs

Human Resources

Economic Development

Land Use & Planning

Building Inspection

Engineering & ConstructionManagementLeisure Services

Facilities & Parks

Public Works

Social Services

Health

EMS & 911

Fire

Police

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“Ordinary” Tax Increase:• All City requests• Bonding at $30MM• Increases for Minimum Wage• Restoring Services Cut Last Year• Pension Increase at 4%• Bd of Ed at 4% Increase

Already Includes ~$32MM in unfunded obligations

2.05%

0.51%

0.26%

0.38%

0.39%

0.81%

1.34%

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Tax Increase

Above Avg. Bd of Ed Request (above 4%)

$1.4 MM Teacher Pension Cost from State

$2.0 MM City Pension Cost above 4%

$2.1 MM Debt Service on $30MM bonding for “mold”

$4.4 MM Lease for Westover School

4.39%

2.56%

2.05%

+1.8% Deferred Maintenance & Unfunded Obligations:

5.73%

Tax Impact Offset from Grand List Growth

Existing Budget Payments for Unfunded Obligations represent ~5.6% of the budget

Approximate Tax Impact Offset from Large Development Building Permits & Fees

6.73%

Tax Impact of Budget

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Items of Special Note Included in Budget• $175,000 Legal Representation for Board of Reps

• $250,000 Legal Compliance with ERISA Pension Regulations*

• $120,000 Provide increases for Minimum Wages – sooner (July 1) & larger ($12.75 vs. $12.00) than current proposed state legislation. Smaller increases included for those currently above $12.75 but below $20.00. Additional increases (~$100K) required in future years.

• $40,000 9.6% Increase for Crossing Guards (~$13.28 to ~$14.55)

• $175,000 City-Wide Independent Review of Facilities Maintenance Procedures

• $900,000 Net Impact from last year’s change in Recycling Contract

• Essentially all services reduced after last year’s cuts have been restored (Fireworks, Parks Maintenance/Upkeep, Community Health Clinic, delayed hiring, 1 year postponements of expenses*, etc.)

* Some of these items reflect past unfunded liabilities, deferred maintenance, etc..

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Stamford’s Success

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