GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT CHANGES ARE: IN THE CATEGORY OF GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT THE SIGNIFICANT ADEQUATE DEFENSE OF SUITS. 10 O AN INCREASE OF 20 POSITIONS AND $426,000 FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE O 12 POSITIONS AND $507,700 TO STAFF THE NEW OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALS MANDATED BY THE D.C. MERIT PERSONNEL ACT OF 1979. O 18 POSITIONS AND $715,400 TO FUND THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS LEVEL OF FUNDING IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. - SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR OUR OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DOLLARS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT. THE FY 1980 DESPITE ALL THE OBSTACLES WE FACE AS A CITY, THERE ARE MANY ENCOURAGING SIGNS. IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ALONE, THERE IS OVER $1.4 BILLION IN DEVELOPMENT THIS WILL PRODUCE 8.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OFFICE SPACE, 6.0 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF INSTITUTIONAL SPACE, AND ANOTHER 1.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE. THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT MEANS 50,000 PERMANENT NEW JOBS. THE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS STIMULATING ONE BILLION THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER WILL STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT EAST OF 15TH STREET IN PARTICULAR. WE WILL HAVE A "LIVING DOWNTOWN" EAST OF 15TH STREET, WITH APARTMENTS, HOTELS, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, MUSIC AND SO ON, WITH AROUND-THECLOCK SAFE AND ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES. THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL BRING 11 IN A PROJECTED $45.4 MILLION IN SPIN-OFF TAX REVENUES BY 1984, THEREBY $26.7 MILLION FOR THIS JOBS CREATION PROJECT. METRO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE $5 BILLION IN DEVELOPMENT AROUND METRO STOPS. OVER $50 MILLION PER YEAR IN NEW TAX REVENUES WILL BE PRODUCED BY METRO BY 1985. I BELIEVE THAT THE BUILDING BOOM IS OCCURRING BECAUSE OF OUR CITY'S STRONG THERE IS AN URBAN RESURGENCE IN PROGESS, SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND PRUDENT FIRMS WILL NOT WANT TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE. AS ENERGY SHORTAGES INEVITABLY BECOME INCREASINGLY SERIOUS, CITIES SUCH AS WASHINGTON WILL BE EVER GREATER IN DEMAND AS THE CENTERS OF COMMERCE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION IN THE FY 1981 BUDGET, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A $2 MILLION FIRST RIGHT TO PURCHASE PROGRAM TO HELP TENANT GROUPS PURCHASE UNITS. FURTHER, A $2 MILLION REVOLVING FUND IS BEING INITIATED TO REDUCE RENTS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP COSTS TO RESIDENTS OF MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS. WE ARE GOING AFTER 2,000 PRIVATELY-OWNED, BOARDED-UP BUILDINGS WITH THE AID, INITIALLY, OF A $1 MILLION PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROGRAM. THE $7.7 MILLION PROPOSED INCREASE IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH RELATIVE TO OUR NEEDS. YET THIS IS A MAJOR COMMITMENT IN OUR NEW DIRECTIONS EFFORT TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS ACCORDING TO URBAN PRIORITIES. - 12 ALSO PLANNED IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION IS: о AN INCREASE OF $200,000 FOR THE WASHINGTON AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS ASSOCIATION. AN INCREASE OF 11 POSITIONS AND $173,000 FOR THE D.C. OFFICE OF CONSUMER BRANCHES. THIS FUNDING INCREASE WILL ENABLE US TO MEET OUR LEGISLATIVE MANDATES IN THE AREAS OF HEARING AID DEALER REGULATION, CREDIT REGULATION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE THERE IS A POPULAR PERCEPTION THAT THE DISTRICT IS MORE CRIME-RIDDEN THAN OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FACT OF THE MATTER, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THAT THE DISTRICT'S CRIME RATE RANKS IN THE BOTTOM THIRD WHEN COMPARED TO THAT OF THE LARGEST 25 MAJOR URBAN AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY TRUE SINCE THE EARLY 1970's. WE HAVE NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED OUR COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM. THIS MEANS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS MORE QUICKLY. IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE ALLOCATION OF POLICE RESOURCES ON A SHIFT, DAILY OR WEEKLY BASIS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GOVERNMENT WE WILL BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY TRACK WHERE INTENSIVE MANPOWER IS NEEDED AND EXPEDITIOUSLY REASSIGN OFFICERS ON A PRIORITY BASIS. TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED TO THE STATE THAT WE CAN NOW MAINTAIN AND EVEN IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF POLICE SERVICE WITH DECREASED RESOURCES. THE FISCAL 13 YEAR 1981 BUDGET REFLECTS A DECREASE OF 245 POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPART MENT. THIRTY POSITIONS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW CENTRALIZED PERSONNEL OFFICE AND AN ESTIMATED 216 UNIFORMED OFFICERS WILL LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH NORMAL ATTRITION AND NOT BE REPLACED. WITH THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF CHIEF JEFFERSON, OVER 300 JOBS NOW PERFORMED BY SWORN OFFICERS WHICH COULD BE DONE BY CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THE CHIEF HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES WHICH WILL TRATIVE FUNCTIONS. RESULT IN MORE OFFICERS IN FRONT LINE DUTY AND LESS CARRYING OUT ADMINIS THE AVERAGE UNIFORM LEVEL IN FY 1981 WILL BE 3,880 OFFICERS AND 594 CIVILIANS. ONLY ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF ALL CALLS RECEIVED BY THE POLICE DEPART MENT INVOLVE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS. IT IS TIME THAT THE MYTH REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S CRIME RATE BE PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE AND BE PUT TO REST. THE DISTRICT IS SAFER THAN THE MAJORITY OF OTHER MAJOR URBAN AREAS. THERE IS NO ADDED THREAT TO THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY. MORE OFFICERS WILL BE DEPLOYED TO THE STREETS AND BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ONE PERSON PATROL CARS AND ADDING PATROL SCOOTERS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF POLICE PROTECTION NEEDED TO FOSTER AND PRESERVE A SAFE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. THE FUNDS EARMARKED FOR POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS ARE IDENTIFIED SEPARATELY FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE COMBINED AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL ABOUT $74 MILLION IN OF CORRECTIONS BUDGET. TWO ADDITIONS TO THE NEW DETENTION FACILITY ENABLES US TO CLOSE THE OLD D.C. JAIL AND ACHIEVE A SAVINGS OF $1 MILLION PER YEAR IN THE D.C. DEPARTMENT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL MAINTAIN ITS SAME LEVEL OF PERSONNEL, EXCEPT FOR SIX POSITIONS WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CENTRAL PERSONNEL OFFICE. A MODEST CIVILIANIZATION PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF ON-DUTY FIREFIGHTERS. WILL OPERATE 51 FIREFIGHTING COMPANIES. THE DEPARTMENT OVERALL, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE MAINTAINED. PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION IS AMONG OUR CITY'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES. BE ABLE TO GET THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE MUST THEY MUST HAVE ACCESS TO YET, LEARNING CENTERS WHICH CHALLENGE THEM TO MEET THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. IT IS NOT ENOUGH SIMPLY TO FUND EDUCATION AT HIGHER AND HIGHER LEVELS, WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE ENROLLMENT LEVELS. WE ARE SEEKING AND ACHIEVING GREATER COORDINATION BETWEEN ALL AGENCIES WHICH IMPACT ON OUR CHILDREN AND OUR EDUCA TIONAL SYSTEM. WE ALSO MUST BE COGNIZANT OF THE OVERALL COST OF EDUCATION. A NUMBER OF COSTS WHICH AFFECT OUR YOUTH, SUCH AS SCHOOL TRANSIT, POLICE BUDGET. STERS. I AM COMMITTED TO THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUNGTHE FUNDING LEVEL PROPOSED FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS $252,196,000. THIS AMOUNT INCLUDES $11,200,000 FROM PERSONAL SERVICES TO COVER PAY RAISE INCREASES THAT COME DUE IN OCTOBER 1980. A TOTAL OF $26.2 MILLION IS PROVIDED FOR TEACHERS' RETIREMENT. |