02-06-10
AGENDA
2010 Council Workshop
Brookview Community Center
200 Brookview Parkway
February 6, 2010
Brookview Golf Grill - Lower Level
9am
1. Setting the Stage
. Demographics
. Fiscal Environment - Budget and CIP for 2011-2015
2. Vision for 2015
. City Buildings, Property and Infrastructure
. Community Redevelopment
. City Organization and Service Levels
3. Benefits and Impediments to Reaching Vision
4. Recap - Planning for 2011-12 Budget Process
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Executive Summary
Golden Valley City Council Workshop
February 6, 2010
Agenda Item
2015 Vision
Prepared By
Jeanne Andre, Assistant City Manager
Summary
Staff has brainstormed to identify areas of interest for Council discussion at the 2010
workshop. Items identified are generally not the core City functions. Instead we have focused
on projects, service levels and organizational issues that have been discussed by the Council
in recent years. The goal is not to bring every possible idea forward, but rather to catalog
those projects, service levels and organizational changes that the Council has considered
over the past few years for a side-by-side consideration. Some lines have been left blank so
that the Council can recommend additional issues for consideration. The notes area is
designed for the Council to record ideas to discuss at the meeting.
In these difficult financial times, the City will be unable to maintain current levels of service
and carry forward the aspirations that have been advanced over the years by citizens,
Council and staff. While all would like to maintain the highest level of service and undertake
projects that revitalize the community, choices need to be made to reach 2015 in a sound
financial position. At the same time the City should not lose track of its aspirations and should
try to position itself to move forward when the financial environment improves.
Some items listed have minimal financial impact while some projects might equal the cost of
all the other items combined. Council discussion might focus on aggregating smaller savings
to keep a large project, or forgoing or delaying a large project to maintain a number of
services. The goal of the meeting will be to identify those areas that should receive greater
consideration during the budget review process that will be occurring throughout the year.
Attachments
Vision for 2015 (5 pages)
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Issue Notes
City Buildings, Property and Infrastructure
1. Continue workino City Buildinos (manv items presented in facilities analvsis)
a. Basic Maintenance (roofs, mechanical, etc.)
b. ADA Requirements
c. Eneroy Efficiency Uporades
d. Proorammina uparades (remodelino to meet prooram needs)
e. Cosmetic improvements - paint, carpeting
2. City Hall Rarkino lot improvements
3. City Hall orounds improvements (plaza, plantinos)
4. New Community Center/Golf Operations Center
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6. Park Improvements - Proposed new facilities and maintenance
a. Annual upgrade of playground equipment
b. Parking lot improvements (coinsiding with PMP)
c. Annual resurfacing of courts and hard surfaces
d. Annual asphalt overlays
e. Annual chain link fence repair
f. New ballfields (baseball and soccer)
g. New bandshell
h. New dog park
i. Storm water ponding (utility fund)
j. Upgrades to park shelters
k. Evaluate maintenance agreements for recreational use of city facilities
(parks, courts, ovm)
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8. Street System
a. PMP - Complete all local streets by 2015
b. Redo remaining County, state aid collector and arterial streets (examples)
1. Glenwood at Highway 100
2. Zane and Lindsey
3. Golden Valley Road at Courage Center
c. Seal coat and mill and overlay program to maintain rebuilt streets
9. Build, upgrade, repair and maintain sidewalks and trails
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12. Stormwater Management facilities (utility fund)
13. Replacement of sanitary sewer and water lines (utility fund)
14. Water Treatment facility (utility fund)
15. Maintain and replace vehicles and equipment
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Community Redevelopment
17. Housing
a. Continue housinQ maintenance enforcement
b. EncouraQe a variety of housinQ
c. Rezone specific areas for higher density housing
18. Valley Square - deteriorating streetscape
19. Golden Hills (final increment received in 2014)
a. Global One proiect on MnDOT site (dealing with HRA land)
b. Alternative access to Circle Downs
c. Colonnade site
d. Olympic Printing site
e. Expanded Redevelooment Area - (1-394 corridor)
New proiects or infrastructure?
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21. DouQlas Drive
8. City share of proiect costs to rebuild road (by 2015)
b. Redevelopment opportunities - establish priorities
1. Corporate campus
2. Senior Housing
3. Townhouses on east side
4. Upgrade of DouQlas Drive Apartments
5. Duluth DouQlas Mixed Use
6. Duluth/100 Mixed VillaQe
22. New areas of concern
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City Organization and Service Levels
24. As employees retire and resign, consider carefully organizational needs
25. Overhead charges to decline
a. Construction charoes and engineerino for PMP
b. HRA charoes - Golden Hills TIF District ends in 2015
26. Consider consolidation of services with adiacent communities & ioint powers
27. Review staffing and service levels
a. Move dispatch services from St. Louis Park to Hennepin County
b. Change on-call fire fighter pay to quarter hour increments
c. May need to move to more full-time personnel as economy improves and
on-call fire fighters not available
d. Centralize City Clerk Function
e. As pavement management draws to an end, use consulting services
instead of in-house personnel
f. Combine Inspections and Plan nino and cross-train staff
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29. Service Level Issues
a. Evaluate changes in solid waste collection services
b. Evaluate existing recreation program subsidies
c. Evaluate current level of plowing and maintenance of trails & sidewalks
d. Evaluate current skatino rinks
e. Evaluate online presence (services & real time communications)
f. Evaluate efforts towards sustainable practices
g. Evaluate contractual services - e.g. deer management, 3rd Lair, Concerts
in the Park, CEE
h. Evaluate outside consulting in areas such as planning and traffic studies
i. Accept longer response time for routine maintenance
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Issue Notes
j. Move from proactive to reactive maintenance - e.g. traffic signals, parks,
ADA ramps, pond maintenance
k. Evaluate overnight coverage of police front desk
30. Reformulate City Boards and Commissions
a. Retain Statutory Commissions
Combine BZA and Plannina Commission
b. Use special ad hoc task forces to respond to identified issues
c. Encourage other Boards and Commissions to use Bridge Builders to
engagement in community issues (environment, recreation, human rights)
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