BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
1006 (Buchanan)
Hearing Date: 8/17/2009 Amended: 6/1/2009
Consultant: Bob Franzoia Policy Vote: G O 10-0
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BILL SUMMARY: AB 1006 would require the Department of General
Services (DGS), when selecting locations for state owned or
lease buildings in excess of 10,000 square feet, to consider all
of the following:
- The location of the community or population served.
- The availability and proximity of transit services, including
regularly operated bus lines.
- The residential location of the state workforce to be housed,
with the priority given to areas demonstrating the highest
reduction of miles traveled by the workforce.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Fund
Consideration of transit $20 $40
$40General/
services when locating Special*
state facilities
* Service Revolving Fund (non governmental cost fund of working
capital and revolving funds used to record and report activities
from various sources; approximately 30 percent of the moneys in
this fund are federal with the remaining funds being General and
special and vary depending on the workload DGS undertakes for a
department or agency)
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STAFF COMMENTS: This bill may meet the criteria for referral to
the Suspense File. General Fund costs are unknown and would
depend on how many location changes are done for departments or
agencies supported by the General Fund.
DGS enters into about 100 leases for new space annually.
Generally, 1,000 square feet are considered necessary to house
four to five workers. Thus, for a move involving 10,000 square
fee, DGS would be required to survey 40 to 50 workers on the
location of their residences, their commuting patterns,
including miles traveled, work schedules, etc. DGS would then
overlay that information with transit services and determine
appropriate locations to construct, purchase, or lease
facilities.
At this time, staff has been unable to identify with any
confidence costs to develop the information necessary to make
the required planning decisions. Assuming the additional
analyses regarding the workforce to be housed at prospective
state offices costs an average of two weeks (80 hours of staff
time at $50 an hour), and assuming ten percent of the leases are
for more than 10,000 square feet, the annual costs would average
about $40,000 from the Service Revolving Fund. If five of these
leases were for 100 percent General Fund supported facilities,
planning costs would need to exceed $10,000 each to reach a
fiscal impact of $50,000.