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Home My WebLink AboutApril 23 & May 14, 2001 FJ3. City COr'-'lndiE/ City Slajff Work Sessiion 2001 OBJECTIVES 1 Review of 2001 City Manager Goals & Objectives 2 Questions and Clarification 3 Other Business1 1 Please note that the City Council reserves the right to add or delete items from the agenda based upon time availability, 16200 Eagle Creek Ave. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (952) 447-4230 / Fax (952) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 1\Ab~\Y. '\\...leq . - PROPOSED CITY MANAGER'S PRIORlTIES AND OBlE lTIVES FOR YEAR 2001 (Performance Evaluation Criteria as Proposed for fmal Counci approval on April 2,2001 ) PURPOSE To assure that the City Manager is focusing energy and resour es on priorities that respond directly to those concerns regularly and frequently ex ressed by the majority of our residents, and by the City Council. ' 1. FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF CI Y ASSETS AND RESOURCES ce will be evaluated. To establish 2001 criteria by which the City Manager's perfo PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES (Priorities are listed numer ally and Objectives are listed alphabetically.) Citizen feedback in Prior Lake as well as nationwide, ften indicates that taxpayers' number on.e concern. is Jack of fiscal respon ibility in government. Citizens expect to pay taxes, but they also expect gave nent to use the dollars wisely and efficiently. Fiscally responsible manage me t ofta..'<payer dollars has been established by the City Council as its number 1. p iority, ..... '?--A'l\- _ A. Budget and Tax Levy for Year 2002: IT_axes/to r in at or below year 2001 level. City supplied services to remain at or above urrent level. S v..k. ~tO-- B. Prior Lake Transit Service: Plan to be in place by ear-end, 2001 to allow .~l)"'#o..~~ ,J..+ sealnless transition from MVT A provided service, City provided service. K\~ \ ~ ' .Tb~ c:iryprovided service will equal or exceed T A service at a CC?st less than-'would have been incurred by the City if it re ined a member of ~T A. ----------. .._._...~_..,~--,'- 10 b \-\./,-c.' Library Problems: Agreement by July 1,2001 ,"vi Architect and/or S\r--I- 0. Contractor for resolution. L ~ ,f y~ fh""J"" r F a,( i vw f,.q,Jo'h"a~.",di)"(tJ(,,,~ .. \'ZCA-If'v-- - __ D. Property Tax Disparities: Initiate a City/County di log to address concerns ~~~: ~~s;~~l~~~:~n~ist~~~~o~V:~~ property v ues. , _ (/11- - E. Competitive Procurement of Equipment and Servi es. Continue the policy and practice of competitive procurement of needed equipment and services, as defined in. the year 2000 City M.an. ager's objective r / _ ~ ' ptl..::/<"t. .- Ifsf- L'~ 1 f-o ~lcL-e.,y ~oJ"~ +h h tp/cr. I ~ F <:U,,) JL'\ /..," 1 G e ~ Q\J'-D ft ( , . ('I /. 10 ~ J ,_ . ~_ -1-<. s ~ \..-A-{) n->r. .' ~ C- ~ I J.... e v ?--V < ift-el '-< b VUJ v lJ f Q. ~ _ "'"O\.::>O ",-^",JV'\i'\ ./1M. \-(.,\ J (;) li0 ' ~. ~ ,vA...f<--. ~, , . I ~ '- rf. fb-T- Y -to &. .~"., ,/ I .~ V-lOCl.=l ~~~0:0 S66l-l0-l ,. '-- \...... . "-- ?~.-I 4\ d.b t t-.. 2. FIN ANCIALL Y PRUDENT ECONOMIC DEVELOP Economic Development can provide four benefits to a mmunity, when responsibly ma~aged: (1) a stronger tax base; (2) jobs ror local residents; (3) goods and servIces that can be purchased by local residents from local businesses; and (4) potential clean up of blighted areas. When miSE' naged, the bill for economic development fulls on. the shoulders of curren t3.xwayers. The City Council has made economic development a p iority, with a condition that the property ta'(. burden for current residents will n t in.crease. A. Ring Road Behind Priordale Mall: All commit ents in place by year-end, 2001 to allow construction to begin not later t year 2002. B. Purchase of Property for Redevelopment: Co 'nue to purchase land for redevelopment purposes as approved by the Ci . Co~cil c. Business Advisory Council: To be organized b end of April, 2001. D. Design/zoning Standards for Downtown Redev lopment: To be completed by July 31, 2001, or earlier ifrequir d to support a specific project. E. Incentive Plan for Downtown Businesses to U Properties: Plan to be developed by year-end, include a provision for the CitY_I a period not exceeding 10 years. 3. SENIOR HOUSING There are many senior citizens in Prior Lake who ve lived here much of their lives, and who connibuted much to the devel ment of the communit)' that we enjoy today_ Many of them have expresse their desire to continue to live in Prior Lake even. after they no longer wish to maintain their current homes. The City Council has made it a priority to encourag development of senior housing that would provide for both independent assisted living. A, Continue effort to achieve new senior housing for both independent living and assisted living, with at least one project under construction prior to year-end, 2001. V'-/O cL.:i V'-/V'E,0:0566l- ~ .--.-- ~ ..c. Ptd. ~ f\-tA * l c.-t f.) t _ o .t. ~ {"" COMM'UNITY UvIPROVEMENT AND CLEAN UP it: is a common theme that government is often mor interested in developin.g new projects and programs, than. it is in solving c . t problems. The City Council has made it a continuing priority t address current problems without regard to who caused them and why. C. Highway 13 Access to Boudin and Commerce: by year-end for temporary or permanent traffic c..C- I e~ kd? - -r;/k fo loeel /~J'f/C~ . 5. Q'RG.ANIZATIONAL PROFICIENCY A. Private Encroachment on 'Public Right-of-ways: Develop and . ~~.~~~76S 6~f.t ~ ~~~,~~~ ~~~~~i~~Sh'UO'~~'-p<1 ?r'v~ Ik,. 0 F A--tJit B. Tratl from Dovvntown to Lakefront Park: TraIl io be .redesIgned and/or fr()f~-~ . relocated to remove steepness. Plan for recons ction to be 11-- flcu..,~lt;r;.~ I-l'~ approved by 2001 year end for implementation in 2002. r1;-:/:. ~~~~,,~'. - ~~;;, ,-~i' fL ,. (>/)o.C' ..- ( f' {,,\,'1 t. btain state conunitment .ght~'cbe.i:g~alled. . / ~ ./ tfttN( (f~ 6 '7 {' /- / () 5 .( 1'..-- /L -1 i~)It--.fn,..-s. (I~ t< vel" loti t, rr t. ]) 0"" -.....' Govermnent is often guilty of resisting change~ of be in coritent \vith the status quo, or of refusing to manage government like a busin 55. Last year, the City Staff and City Council made some fundamental chang s that were both productive and cost effective. The Council wants to e courage the City Manager and Staff to continue to exercise initiative to make org nizational improvements. A. Supervisory Development Program: lnitiate and. pl.ement a program to expand Supervisors~ participation in citywide goal setting, achievement, and reward. :s t-c {f .Jt, tL;"L I dtL [Y Dh.-ve ;. I rt--t9 {I ()),vy r' ID. + (~ ,- 'k .5 h Ff'. B. Organizational Refinements: Make additional org "zartional refmements to further increase efficiency and productivity of St . Staff additions can be made within budget guidelines, or outside ofbudg t guidelines when justified and approved by City Council. ~. _ s.\-r... H' ~~. L. . r (J l'.:~- ~. ;) It; , t~ d!JI{ i.dfi!.. ~ fI\ 0 y--<.. a.h ll;\ '" ~ Ov'\... ll-O"'-~~ ~ ~ .~./\..-c.-O- ~ 1-t tc~ I t" - ---. , :. . , , -J AI 0 .~ \..t.-..,..t-- & r 11-0,..... ~r'<-v.--,," 1_,\ - (- ']..~I 'F d j,.<-.~') 1.. Al'- 6. COMMUNICATION \VITH RESIDENTS cn'{. c.-f.: I- i'''- -h.. ~( 6ic-. frv,ot...---..... ~~")l -tt...... f'K. \ l\.c- - f'k+.. While the public news media is often accused of foc:us g on negative news, with some disregard for accuracy, government is often accu eel of exaggerating accomplishments and hiding failures. --- Last year's objectives placed high emphasis on the im ort3.13ce of the COl.Ulcil receiving accurate and factual information from the Ci y Staff. The City Manager effectively expanded this objective to includ improved communications with residents, by using Cable TV, and by expanding t e use of the City's Wavelength publication. HO~~ H~E0:0 S66L-L0-l -------;-.---.--..----.-- A h--, W ~,\ It) 'U t~ , '- Based upon considerable and positive feedback from 0 rresidents, the Council is asking for continued emphasis on accurate factual tepo ingto Prior Lake citizens. The standard for accuracy will be ~'ifyou can't prove i don't report it'~. , , A. Cable TV: Continue to improve and expan.d (qual y and quantity) the use of Cable TV to communicate important City informat on to residents. This should include at least rno~~hJYJ~.P-9rtil . 0 cil matters, and at least ]!!Onthl)'jepoT'tS OlL~..staffJi_~ivities. 8..}QJ!~~. te r~~~_.2!l.__~_~.~&.~ar week Iy sc hedu~:_,~?':':~~_~_~~~,~.~~E!!:.:._._ ...._~ B. Wavelength: Continue to improve and expand the use of the Wavelength to get accurate and factual information to our resident . At a minimum, the Wavelength should be published at least every oth month. Ad \.1 (,,~ "'\I.,,~ t.rv- ~ '\ '-) <.... \-l:. v~~ (.,.- ~ ~- . ~ c 7. ADMINISTRATIVE ~ {v( c.. C C fMlL~' A. Subdivision Ordinance: Complete revised subdivi ion ordinance by VI. r September 30, 2001, B. Engineering Design/Standards Manual: Complete evised Design/Standards Manual by year-end, 2001. '- c. Litigation: Manage the following litigations in a timely conclusion. (It is recognized that courts co -Vierling -Markley Lake -Boderman er that achieves a 01 conclusion dates.) D. General Functions of City Management: To admi ister the functions of City Management in a professiona~ efficient, and citize friendly manner, and to achieve additional goals or objectives as may be as igned by the City Council throughout the year. IMPLEMENT A TION Quarterly Performance Reviews: The City Council may at its iscretion, conduct . quarterly performance reviews with the City .Manager, and the City. Manager may request an appraisal of his performance periodically. Year-end Performance Evaluation: The City Council will con appraisal and salary review during the first week in December meeting will be used by the City Manager Evaluation Subcorn recommendation for consideration by the Council at the last uct a perfo1'TJlance Inf0nnation from this ittee to formulate a salary eting in December. ,-. City Manager Evaluation Subcommittee Wes Mader and Jim Peterson wn~~ W~~0:0 S66L-L0-L ._..,-,--+-..,_._" .--...,...---......-.'.'. ...,..----.'