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CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP
Engineering [206-5410]
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Engineering Development team undertakes activities such as mapping and subdivision services, development review/
inspection services, traffic and flood protection services. Engineering team members answer questions, provide tech-
nical guidance to those considering development, provide one-stop processing for approval of certain development
activities, and support to other City departments when required. The Development Engineering team also oversees all
developer initiated construction activities in to the public right-of-way.
Land Development activities include checking, approving, and keeping all improvement plans prepared by consultants
for Public Record. Further activities include reviewing all private land development activities for conformance with
City standards, and checking and approving all maps for compliance with the Subdivision Map Act. Engineering Devel-
opment reviews building permit applications and proposals that are filed with the City’s Building Division and provides
support to the Environmental Programs team for the City’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System.
FY 14-15 HIGHLIGHTS
New residential development activity continued strong in FY 14-15. Residential Development Control System (RDCS)
allotments that had been backlogged due to the Great Recession are now moving into the construction phase as pro-
ject financing is able to meet the consumer demand for housing. With several projects either in the design phase or
construction phase, the workload demand on the engineering and inspection staff is high.
Commercial and industrial development is now showing some life after many years of inactivity. Projects in existing
business parks are in the planning phases and should they materialize, the Land Development Engineering team will
be working closely with the Community Development team to process applications and begin the public off-site im-
provements review process.
The Engineering team provided traffic engineering support to the Community Services Department Streets Division on
a variety of small projects city-wide. In addition, the traffic engineering team assisted with a variety of localized resi-
dential issues. Flood plain inquiries at various locations were handled and the team took appropriate actions to imple-
ment the Community Rating System for Morgan Hill which keeps the City in good standing with the National Flood
Insurance Program and lowers flood insurance rates for residents.
The use of contract plan checking was employed late in FY 14-15 to help the team meet map and plan check turn-
around times. In addition, contract inspectors are utilized to manage the public improvements inspection program. As
with all outside contract support, the services are paid for by developer fees.
The Engineering team members responsible for Land Development oversight were also called upon to prepare bid
packages for CIP projects and provide project management through the completion of the project. As land develop-
ment activity has picked up it has become difficult to simultaneously manage CIP projects. They will, however, assist
teammates in the CIP Project Implementation team as well as teammates in other departments to accomplish the or-
ganization’s goals.