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COMMUNITY
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        In preparation for this budget cycle, the City has utilized prior feedback and again asked the community to provide input
        on service priorities.  Additionally, the City has reached over 30,000 residents in Telephone Town Hall sessions with Mayor
        Gutierrez, provided an interactive budget presentation for the public at City Hall, and engaged thousands of Moreno Valley
        residents through electronic and mailed requests for feedback.  Preparation of this Adopted Budget required careful planning
        to effectively balance community feedback with the City’s strategic priorities and commitments.  Each City Department
        evaluated effi ciencies and reviewed costs to ensure its budget aligns with City Council’s strategic priorities and goals.  The
        result is an Adopted Budget that allocates existing resources and includes additional funding only where necessary to
        maintain service levels in a responsible manner.
        The City prides itself on being responsive, as well as responsible, stewards of the taxpayer dollar.  The City has continually
        conducted a series of community surveys which asked the public about a range of issues, including satisfaction with some of
        the services we provide and issues of concern.  Many of the residents’ past responses were used to create the City’s strategic
        priorities and commitments. Some of the priorities identifi ed by the community in those surveys included:

           •  Preventing robberies and burglaries
           •  Maintaining 911 emergency response times
           •  Repairing potholes
           •  Maintaining safe and clean public areas
           •  Maintaining crime fi ghting programs/gang and youth violence prevention programs
           •  Maintaining sworn police offi cers on the streets/the number of fi re engines in service
           •  Addressing homelessness

        The budget has focused on many community issues.  We are striving to identify new funding sources or means to continue
        to meet these growing community needs.



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