HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-06-17; City Council; Resolution 2025-140Exhibit 10 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-140
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, REDUCING THE CITY’S ASSET REPLACEMENT RESERVE BY $7
MILLION AND INCREASING THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IN THE
GENERAL FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT AS OF JULY 1, 2025
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, commits to maintaining its large
machinery and equipment inventory; and
WHEREAS, the city’s General Fund is responsible for approximately $60 million worth of
machinery and equipment with useful lives ranging from 5 to 20 years; and
WHEREAS, the city designated $17,500,000 from the city’s unassigned fund balance in the
General Fund as of July 1, 2024, to the Asset Replacement Reserve in the General Fund; and
WHEREAS, the city’s General Fund is now projected to need $10,500,000 over the next ten fiscal
years to replace machinery and equipment that are expected to reach the end of their respective useful
lives; and
WHEREAS, with the reduction of $7 million in the Asset Replacement Reserve, as of June 30,
2026, the General Fund Reserve would have a projected reserve ratio of 61% and $50 million in excess
of City Council Policy No. 74 – General Fund Reserve’s requirement of 40% or $97 million; and
WHEREAS, the Asset Replacement Reserve will continue to be evaluated and adjusted on an
annual basis based upon the General Fund’s most recent 10-year asset replacement schedule.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.The proposed action is not a “project” as defined by CEQA Section 21065 and CEQA
Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) and does not require environmental review under CEQA
Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) as it is a government fiscal activity and does not involve
any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant
physical impact on the environment. The activity or projects for which this budget is
intended to fund may require preparation of an environmental document in accordance
with CEQA and CEQA Guidelines.
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3.The Asset Replacement Reserve in the General Fund will be reduced by $7 million for a
new balance of $10,500,000 as of July 1, 2025, which results in an increase of $7 million
to the city’s unassigned fund balance in the General Fund.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad, the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, the Board of Directors of the
Carlsbad Public Financing Authority, the City of Carlsbad Community Development Commission, and
the City Council of the City of Carlsbad as Successor Agency to the Carlsbad Redevelopment
Agency held on the 17th day of June, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
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SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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