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FY 1995:
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Continued
for a third year a reduction in the slurry seal program ($100,000).
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Reallocated 0.6 temporary FTE position authorization
and funding in the Planning Division and 0.4 temporary FTE position
authorization in the Water, Sewer and Streets Division to create a permanent
Engineering Technician position (1.0 FTE) in the Planning Division.
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Began
Jail Industries Sign Fabrication Program, which is a joint project with the
Sheriff's Office to use inmates to make traffic and other signs.
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FY 1996:
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Contracted out the pavement marking program
resulting in a reduction of 5.0 FTEs and an improved thermoplastic
application ($200,000 cost avoidance, $26,946 savings).
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Created
a separate agency for the Commuter Assistance Program to improve budget,
expenditure, and revenue tracking.
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Continued
a reduction in the slurry seal program ($100,000).
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FY
1997:
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Continued
for a second year the pavement marking contact program: anticipated savings
$58,521.
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Expanded
scope of private concrete maintenance contract by freezing 4.0 FTEs and
reducing operating costs.
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Reduced
concrete maintenance level of service by $100,000.
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Purchased
imaging technology application ($115,500).
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Began
transit service evaluation operation plan study; $110,000 net tax support,
includes 1.0 FTE (limited-term).
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Federal mandated ADA Paratransit Program budget
increased $432,475.
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Expanded public/private partnership for Arlington
Trolley funding resulting in 50/50 cost share.
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Reduced
vehicle fleet for a savings of $33,664.
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Converted high lumen and high energy cost mercury
vapor streetlights to low energy sodium vapor for annual savings of $51,709.
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Signal system upgrade resulted in reduced
maintenance materials inventory savings of $18,640.
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FY
1998:
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Eliminated
4.0 FTEs that were frozen in FY 1977 to fund the concrete
maintenance contract.
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Froze the vacant Traffic Engineering Division Chief
position (1.0 FTE).
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Traffic Signal program reduced operating expenses by
$235,611, which included the freezing of 1.0 management FTE.
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Added 1.0 FTE, Engineer III, in the Engineering
Division for Neighborhood Conservation program.
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Funds
totaling $75,000 provided to purchase snow blower.
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Prefabricated universal signs will be purchased for
a cost reduction of $10,000 in the signs program.
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Carlyle style lights will be installed by County
crews as the County standard, resulting in a projected yearly savings of
$31,500.
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Savings realized as a result of Capital investments
in the conversion of streetlights from mercury vapor to sodium vapor will
reduce annual energy costs an additional $59,448.
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Reduced Pavement Marking program for third year
increment ($20,000) to establish final base annual contract requirement.
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Storm Sewer Quality permit required an additional
$50,000 for ongoing system analysis.
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Funding
for local transit service evaluation postponed until FY 1999 ($87,500).
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FY
1999:
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Concrete
zone maintenance program reduced by $150,000.
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Slurry
seal program reduced by $30,000.
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Saving
of $41,071 from a new trolley operating contract and a fare increase from
$.35 to $.50.
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Revenues
increased by $51,000 from charging fees for parking meter revenue lost at
building construction sites.
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Revenues
increased $50,000 with the expectation of extending commercial parking meter
hours.
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Revenues
increased $20,000 with a new fee for review of General Land Use Plan (GLUP)
Amendments, regradings, and site plans.
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One
of the eliminated asphalt positions (1.0) was reallocated to the Sheriff's
Office for the Jail Industries Program.
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One
of the eliminated Asphalt positions (1.0) was reallocated to CPHD to create
an additional Planner III to help the Arlington Neighborhood Initiative
Program.
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Transit
service evaluation plan, phase II, was funded for $87,500.
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Added
2.0 FTEs and $145,561 to the Neighborhood Traffic Calming (NTC)
effort. A Planner was added to the
Planning Division and a Traffic Analyst was added to the Traffic Engineering
Division in addition to a vehicle and other equipment needed to implement the
program.
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The
Parking Notice Review Office was temporary moved to Public Works. Funding in FY 1999 was for part of a
year and moved 2.6 FTEs to Public Works on a temporary basis.
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Several
grants were awarded to the County for operating programs, including $650,444
for Commuter Assistance Program grants and $90,000 for transit planning grants.
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Eliminated
2.0 FTEs Supervisors from Water, Sewer and Street (WSS) in the Asphalt
Maintenance Program.
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Added 1.0 FTE, an
Engineering Coordinator, in Planning to help bring capital and grant projects
to completion.
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Added 1.0 FTE, a
Management Specialist, to help meet the rapidly growing public demand for
information and analysis.
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Reassigned
1.0 FTE from the Utilities Fund to perform storm sewer analysis and
eliminated contract analysis.
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Completed
the installation of the traffic signal system in FY 1999. It required significant shifting of staff,
moving 1.0 FTE from Capital to the General Fund and freezing a second
FTE.
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FY 2000:
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Replaced the Arlington Trolley with the Arlington
Transit (ART) which reduced the County subsidy from $88,836 to $9,092 due to
a new operating contract, a full private subsidy to operate the mid-day
shuttle, and increased fares, while improving and expanding services.
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Eliminated
the signs installation support for the Jail Industries Program.
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Reduced
energy costs primarily from conversions of high-energy light to sodium vapor
for an annual projected saving of $60,000 beginning in FY 2000.
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Added
1.0 FTE, a Planning Coordinator, to the Neighborhood Traffic Calming
Program.
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Added
3.0 FTEs a Land Surveyor I, a Party Chief, and a Survey Instrument
Operator, to make an additional survey Team for the Engineering Division.
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Added
1.0 FTE, a Construction Management Specialist II, to the Erosion and
Sediment Control Inspection Program.
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Added
1.0 FTE, a Senior Trades Worker II, in the Traffic Engineering Division
for the 200 meters that were added to the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor and the
Crystal City area.
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Added
1.0 FTE, a Transit Planner for the Columbia Pike Initiative and related
projects being developed.
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Further
reduced thermoplastic pavement marking $30,000.
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Reduced
the Concrete Maintenance Program $55,000 by eliminating a special contingency
used for emergency repairs.
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FY 2001:
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Added $77,700 and 1.0 FTE to the Sign Infrastructure
Program adding a Sign Fabricator and some funding to help in the installation
backlog.
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Added $52,500 to the Traffic Infrastructure
Maintenance Program to routinely paint parking meters, signal heads, poles
and controller cabinets.
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Added $560,000 to the Concrete Maintenance Program
and completely reengineered the high and low density programs.
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Added $119,825 to the Pedestrian Initiative Program
for large street name signs, pedestrian bollards, florescent green pedestrian
signs and larger signs.
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Added 1.0 FTE to the Commuter Assistance
Program for financial and accounting assistance.
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Transferred $5,000 to the Department of Human
Services for the Rodent Control Program from Water, Sewer Streets.
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Added $281,002 and 2.0 FTE (funding
and 1.0 FTE transferred from OTIS) to support the transfer from OTIS to
DPW of all responsibilities directly related to GIS development for the
County.
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Decreased OTIS expenditures $357,039 reflecting the
elimination of OTIS charges for data processing and personal computers as
part of the transition of OTIS from an enterprise fund to a general fund
department.
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Added $200,000 for the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) Program.
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Unfroze the Traffic Engineering Division Chief
position.
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Moved the Slurry Program to capital where it will
appear as part of the paving program.
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Eliminated the DPW Deputy position.
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Added a Storm Water Planner in Water, Sewer Streets.
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FY 2002:
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Added 1.0 FTE and $550,000 for new County
transit route that replaces Metrobus Route 10B, C and D north of the
Ballston Metrorail station.
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Unfroze 1.0 FTE Traffic Signal Repairer
position.
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Transferred 4.0 FTEs and $140,332 from the
Treasurer's Office to Traffic Engineering so that DPW could assume the parking
meter revenue collection function.
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Increased funding for the American with Disabilities
Act (ADA) program by $1,000,000.
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Approved 1.0 FTE and related non-personnel
expenditures ($68,000), $200,000 for catch basin cleaning, and $100,000 for
television inspection of storm sewers in support of the watershed management
plan and Chesapeake Bay Task Force recommendations.
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FY 2003
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Added 1.0 FTE and $407,025 for start-up and partial
year operating costs for three new ART bus services – the Ballston Lunch
Shuttle, metro access service for the Ft. Myer Heights/North Highland
communities, and a cross-town line operating from Columbia Pike to Court
House/Rosslyn. FY 2003 fare box
revenue and business contributions are budgeted at $101,977.
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Added $30,000 for painting those pavement markings
that need to be repainted annually.
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Transferred 2.0 FTEs from the Office of Support
Services to the Engineering Division to improve DPW's capacity to obtain
rights-of-way.
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Added $104,240 to the street light electricity
budget to cover current costs.
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$71,429 in expenses and offsetting revenue was added
to the budget to repay a loan from a developer for construction of sanitary
sewers in the Chain Bridge Road Special Tax District.
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Increased the Americans with Disabilities Transit
Services (ADA) budget by $111,373 to cover increased operating costs.
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Transit operations operating costs were increased by
$37,213.
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Miss Utility budget and revenue were transferred to
the Utilities Fund. In FY 2002, $120,872
was included in the expenditure budget and $60,000 in the revenue budget for
this program.
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The residential concrete program was reduced by
$64,000 because of lower costs as work has moved to zones that have been
repaired more recently.
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$21,800 was added to the budget to purchase Smart
Cards, which will enable use of parking meters without having to use coins.
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$37,700 was added to the Parking Meter Collection
Unit for both ongoing operations and one-time costs ($17,500).
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