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CC 2016-07-18 Item 5 City Council GoalsCITY COUNCIL SUGGESTIONS for CITY GOALS The following consolidates the 2016-17 City Goal submittals from the Mayor and Council Members. In order to aid Council discussion, staff organized the suggestions verbatim into categories by topic and arranged the topics in order of magnitude by number of submittals in the topics. As several goals were a combination of different topics, we tried to place them in the most logical topic area. We provide the information formatted as a working document in large font so that what you see on the page is what you will be viewing on the screen during the Goal-Setting Workshop on Monday, July 18, 2016.   Item 5. - Page 1 Financial Sustainability  New reserve policy, with an emergency reserve plus a working reserve that is not budgeted but would be available if there is an economic downturn or a significant unanticipated expense. Kind of like a rainy day fund.  Complete asset replacement schedules for all city infrastructure including buildings, drainage facilities, parks, vehicles, and information technology.  Finish asset replacement Report (roads and sidewalks, recreation facility report).  Identify and create set aside funds for infrastructure, repair, maintenance and asset replacements i.e. fire authority apparatus, technology and equipment. Item 5. - Page 2  Asset replacement fund including Fire Dept.  Complete economic development, revenue generation, and financial sustainability plans.  Create implementation plan for economic development, revenue generation, and financial sustainability plans.  Balanced budget policy. Item 5. - Page 3 General Government  Evaluate the cost of City programs and services – perform a cost service analysis.  Working toward these important goals while at the same time being sure we preserve our small town character and quality of life.  Maintain high quality, cost effective services PW/Rec/Admin. Objectives: - Set asides for maintenance of public facilities and infrastructure - Payment plan for PERS, OPEB - Minimize consultant contracts    Comp study all departments: salaries, benefits and job descriptions. If there is a measurable way to establish service levels, i.e. crime rate adjusted for demographics, we should include it. Item 5. - Page 4  Comp study in order to retain and attract employees.  City Council retreat and team building workshop. Item 5. - Page 5 Transportation  Maintain Brisco ramp temporary closure and construction funding allocation, consider alternatives. Objectives: - Extend temporary closure in parallel with extended delays in project funding - Use funding delay period to consider additional options, e.g., off ramp only; widening underpass  Complete Brisco process (environmental, funding strategy and decision)  Traffic solutions for addressing increase traffic.  Finish Brisco Road Interchange.   Item 5. - Page 6 Water  Provide reliable, economical, long term water supply. Objectives: - Work with Northern Cities Management Area partners and South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District to initiate full advanced treatment recycling - Define costs and prerequisites for potential backup sources  Complete studies for the south county regional recycled water project and provide recommendation; promote and achieve a successful 2016 ballot initiative to allow the consideration of procuring state water.  Expand our water portfolio.  Water crisis plan. Item 5. - Page 7 Development Processes and Policies  Simplify and streamline the permitting process and provide predictable, fair, impartial and consistent treatment for development applicants. Objectives: - Provide single point of contact with city - Establish comprehensive requirements checklist - Plan adequate parking to minimize internal and external impacts - Eliminate arbitrary and subjective requirements and enforcement  Concrete plan to attract attainable/workforce housing to be built.  Parking Study.  Revise sign ordinance and parking regulations Item 5. - Page 8 Public Safety  Develop sustainable success path for Five Cities Fire Authority including full cost accounting of all aspects. Objectives: - Direct inclusion in city budget process on city budget schedule (2 year) -OR- - Separate independent agency  FCFA strategic and funding plan.  In addition to the Strategic Plan, compare service levels for FCFA to City of Paso Robles, Atascadero, and Los Osos. For example, available personnel per resident, response time, property damage, negative medical results.  Fully staff Police Department. Objectives: Item 5. - Page 9 - Continue to attract highest qualified candidates in market - Expand promotional opportunities (administrative sergeant)   Item 5. - Page 10 Economic Development & Vitality  Significant business attraction, recruitment and retention efforts. Objectives: - Focus areas, e.g., Grand Ave, Halcyon, West Branch - Hotel developments - Grocery stores - Major retail  Economic Development Plan, focusing heavily on East Grand Avenue.  True Economic Plan.   Item 5. - Page 11 Capital Projects/Other  Complete Council Chamber repairs, Swinging Bridge, and Heritage Square Restrooms.    Explore the possibility of selling the small park property in Tiger Tail and reallocate it – 50% improving the drainage basin and adding some more useful facilities and 50% to the Elm Street Recreation Center. This property was considered for an affordable housing project with Habitat for Humanity and rejected but it may work better as parkland for park improvements.  Fund Pavement Management Plan; also put double the money into sidewalk repair.   Item 5. - Page 12