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Now that the State is amassing large budget surpluses from income taxes, there is talk in Sacramento of giving cities some extra dollars in the 2000 -01 budget year, but other areas will likely be given the priority, such as transportation and education. Therefore, if the City gets any extra dollars from the State, they may not be significant, and certainly are not expected to come anywhere close to the amount we lose each year Nor is there any end in sight for the ERAF shifts. Even the likelihood of having the ERAF shifts capped at their current level is not yet known. Staff is reducing estimates of building permit and plan check fee revenues by about $84,000 (less than 5 These revenues will be monitored each quarter and adjusted accordingly. 2000 -01 Building permit revenues are estimated to be $1.64 million, and plan check revenues are estimated to be $785,000. The City expects to receive approximately $182,000 in a grant period from April 1, 2000 March 31, 2002 from a California Office of Traffic Safety grant. The grant was awarded to the City to hire an additional Community Service Officer and to provide bicycle safety, pedestrian and passenger safety educational instruction to the community. The projects goals are to re- instate our bicycle and pedestrian safety education programs in the schools and to p educate parents about proper installation and use of child passenger safety restraints, The grant provides funding for materials and supplies including a Safety Town, Multi -Media System, bicycle helmets, child safety seats and overtime for increased traffic enforcement. The grant requires reduction in traffic related injuries and collisions, and educational activities including media contact, bicycle rodeos and child safety seat inspections. dollars, which total about $300,000 annually and More recently with other backfills totaling about $300,000. Therefore, staff has not included any estimate of additional backfill revenue that might come out of the State budget when it is adopted. Building Permit and Plan Check Fees 1" Responder Compensation An added revenue source for the City beginning in the last half of 1999 -00 is a new reimbursement for fire department paramedic services from the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency. As part of the revised system and partnership with American Medical Response, the county ambulance contractor, each fire engine countywide that staffs a paramedic each day receives $30,000 annually. Pleasanton will receive $150,000 in 2000 -01 based on it five engines. Grants