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14 <br /> <br />16. Eliminate School Resource Officers (SRO) - $390,000 Year 1, $410,000 Year 2 <br />The proposed reduction would eliminate the School Resource Officer (SRO) function <br />for 2.0 FTE officers currently assigned to Pleasanton Unified School District schools <br />and reassign those officers to other core police duties. Community impacts would <br />include the loss of a resource benefitting students and school faculty at Pleasanton <br />high schools. Organizationally, eliminating these services, which are currently <br />provided by a unit, would result in other police patrol staff needing to respond to <br />these calls. Personnel cost savings would result from freezing 2.0 FTE vacant police <br />officer positions. <br /> <br />This item is recommended because, in spite of its recognized value to the school <br />community, a reduction in these services yields significant savings by leveraging <br />existing vacancies without significantly impacting core police functions. This is also <br />an example of a service that has been cost shared between cities and school <br />districts in the state. It is also important to note that elimination of the City’s <br />Alternative Response Unit (ARU), which spends nearly 50% of its time in the <br />schools, is not recommended to be eliminated at this time. <br /> <br />17. Reduce Special Enforcement and Investigation Units – $390,000 Year 1, $410,000 <br />Year 2 <br />The proposed reduction would eliminate the special enforcement and investigative <br />unit, which is currently paused (not staffed). If fully staffed, community impacts would <br />include reduced ability to address certain crimes including human trafficking, drugs, <br />and targeted plain clothes enforcement activities. Organizational impacts consist of <br />freezing an additional 2.0 FTE vacant police officer positions. Similar to the SRO <br />reduction, this item is recommended because it yields significant savings by <br />leveraging existing vacancies without significantly impacting current core police <br />functions. <br /> <br />Planning & Building - $380,000 total savings <br /> <br />18. Eliminate Neighborhood Traffic Calming program – No measurable savings <br />This reduction would suspend the neighborhood traffic calming program, which <br />facilitates resident-requested installation of speed lumps and enhanced traffic <br />calming on neighborhood streets. While there are no personnel or organizational <br />impacts from pausing or eliminating this program, additional restricted funding would <br />be freed up to allow for road work to be completed with less General Fund money. <br />Community impact could include a reduced perception of safety at certain locations. <br /> <br />19. Reduce plan checking, long-range planning and permitting consultant contracts - <br />$230,000, Starting in Year 1 <br />This item includes the reduction of funding for outside consulting services related to <br />long-range planning projects and on-call plan check and inspection services. There <br />are no personnel impacts from reducing these contract funds. <br /> <br />Page 16 of 40