AGENDA #1

New Resource Alternatives

Highlighted as prioritized in Council Retreat (January 19-20, 2007)

Prepared by Roger Stancil, January 29, 2007

These items were considered at the Council Retreat and will require additional resources such as funding or staff time.  These items will compete for resources in the upcoming budget.

The items highlighted below  in green, yellow and blue were the 15 items listed as priorities for the coming year by combining the 5 priorities of each of the four groups of Council members and management team members at the Retreat.  The legend is as follows:

Listed as short-term by 4 groups

Listed as short-term by 3 groups

Listed as short-term by 2 groups

In addition to these items, I have highlighted the following in pink:

Items listed as short-term priority by at least two groups but did not make list of 15

Steward the Organizational Culture Change

• Develop survey instrument and poll citizens on key issues confronting the community and on overall satisfaction with Town services
• Prepare and develop semi-annual newsletter for distribution to Chapel Hill households

• Increase Staff training and development to improve staff skills and leadership abilities
• Improve/replace Town website

• Provide citizen call tracking and response system
• Provide training  and upgrades to enhance GIS as a shared planning and evaluation tool

• Review and update employee performance evaluation system

Plan Ahead for Carolina North

• Determine and marshal the resources required to draft appropriate zoning solutions, as informed by the Chapel Hill Horace Williams Citizens’ Committee foundation studies and the University’s Leadership Advisory Committee report (Allocate resources to thoroughly review and comment on proposals for development of Carolina North )
• Codify our land use strategies to maximize public transit

Continue Focus on Land Use and Development

• Complete work on parking standards for new development
• Establish zones to support our transit policy—complete work on planned unit developments.
  • Update Comprehensive Plan
  • Implement Comprehensive Plan objectives
  • Engage consultant to help develop an appropriate Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance
  • Expand higher density and transit oriented development district provisions
  • Strengthen the tree protection regulations
  • Follow up on recent legislation allowing the Town to accept payments in lieu of transportation infrastructure improvements for new development projects
  • Adjust Neighborhood Conservation District process

• Incorporate “Dark Sky” lighting provisions
• Rationalize “Northwest Quadrant” development initiatives
• Engage a consultant to develop programs to meet Town commitments to reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions

Maintain and Improve Community Facilities and Services

• Expand Granicus capabilities for audio recording of off site meetings
• Consolidate and centralize telephone systems, land based and wireless
• Provide data management system for Planning
• Provide data management and archival system for Clerk
• Provide on-line registration and payments capability for Parks and Recreation
• Provide system for managing work orders
• Replace financial data and reporting system (actually only 1 group)
• Develop radio frequency identification program for Library
• Enhance vehicle locator and passenger system for Transit
• Provide public safety radio system interoperability for emergency response
• Provide Reverse 9-1-1 system for crisis communications with public
• Purchase additional fire pumper
• Add In-Town fueling station
• Design and construct upgraded computerized traffic signal system to include backbone for enhanced connectivity throughout town
• Add School Resource Officers
• Add police patrol officers
• Add police investigators
• Add maintenance personnel for fire apparatus
• Hire mechanics, operations planner and support staff for transportation
• Add code enforcement officer
• Review Town employee position classifications
• Review and update safety/workers compensation/drug testing programs
• Expand street reconstruction/paving program
• Consider increased Town financial support for public housing
• Consider enhanced program funding for recreation programs
• position to replace one eliminated last year when federal funding  was reduced)
• Review Town fleet needs, including modernization of transit fleet
• Increase planning and funding to replace aging Town facilities
• Develop a comprehensive plan for broadband connectivity

• Provide funds for continuation of Active Living by Design program
• Provide web-based payment and improved payment inquiry services
• Provide better integrated parking meter and lot payment methods
• Complete needed sidewalk and street repairs in public housing areas noted in the HUD site inspection report
• Redesign transit service on Martin Luther King and 15/501 Corridor

o Technology Shopping Basket (added by Group 4)(only 1 group)

ATTACHMENTS

1. 2007 Town Objectives