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At today's City Council study session, members were also given an update on projections for the Parking System and Convention Center funds through 2016.
The spreadsheet that was handed out shows a $1.13 million deficit by 2012, which rebounds to a $1.73 million surplus by 2016.
The projection notes this does not include $1 million in yearly income from the creation of a parking utility -- which would make up for that deficit.
The chart makes my head swim a bit, but one number jumped out at me -- and I've got a call into the city finance director trying to understand a little bit more about it and what it's based on.
In 2009, the net operating income for the convention center is $2.9 million. By 2016, it is projected to double to $6 million.
I was curious whether this is a projected doubling of business or some other calculation.
Update: Finance Director Bob Biles just sent me this further explanation:
The increase comes from a roughly 40% increase in hotel/motel tax revenue and 50 percent increase in Public Facility District revenue -- minus ongoing operating expenses of about $2.5 million per year.
Doesn't look like I'm going to be able to make it to the Tacoma City Council study session today. For those who are interested, stormwater seems to be the big topic.
Comprehensive Plan amendments focus of study session
At study session on June 9, members of City Council are scheduled to receive an overview from City staff on the six proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan which would modify stormwater management policies, the level of service standard for public stormwater facilities and will add projects to the unfunded project list in the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed amendments will also revise sections of the Land Use Regulatory Code.
Update: I ended up going to the meeting after all. Stormwater was just one piece of it. Basically, the city is making several, largely technical updates to its comprehensive plan.
The most salient one is that the schedule for the updates is shifting from December, when there's also a lot of budget stuff going on to June. This means this update is coming six months after the last one and the next one will come in a year.
