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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOSB City Council 2004 Proposed GoalsJuly 19, 2004 V, R, MITITUMN, TO: Honorable Mayor and City Cou'c / FROM: John B. Bahorski, City Manage SUBJECT: Team Building/Gaa[ Setting Ses on Follow-up As a result of our Team Building/Goal Setting meeting last Thursday, I am attaching the proposed Goals/Objectives agreed upon at the session. Dr. Garcia has prepared the attached proposed goals for Council review. Please review and contact me with any changes or additions you may have by August 2, 2004. After Council has reviewed the proposed goals, I will then prepare a staff report for Council adoption. Within that report, I will list the target dates for each goal and objective. If you have any questions regarding the proposed goals, please call me. Thankyou! Attachment. City of Seal Beach City Council 2004 Proposed Goals GOAL Deliver Responsive, User -Friendly Customer Service. • Improve customer service at City Hall by monitoring complaints and providing training to staff. • Evaluate current staff levels (regular employees and contract staff) to determine accuracy of job descriptions, assess current and future staffing needs, and estimate potential costs. • Develop a relationship with the business community to smooth ties to the residents and help new enterprises get settled in. GOAL Improve Quality Of Life For All Residents. • Keep the City of Seal Beach free of the West Nile Virus. • Maintain the City's Infrastructure (streets). (RG Note: The sheet indicates that it should go under Customer Service but that didn't make sense to me) • Continue efforts to improve water quality. • Increase the number of City staff to be more responsive to citizens' requests for service (RG Note: I wasn't sure if this should have gone under customer service but this is how it was noted on the sheet). • Ensure that the Seal Beach Tennis Project is successful. RJA Management Services, Inc. 7/19/2004 GOAL Improve The Effectiveness Of The City Council Working Together And With The Public And City Staff. • City Council needs to be more aggressive (assertive?) in giving policy direction to the City Manager. • City Council should have one regularly scheduled monthly Council meeting and one regularly scheduled monthly study session (Two regularly scheduled meetings per month). • City Council should be prepared to discuss issues at the study sessions and work toward constructive solutions. • City Council should receive Agenda Packets by Wednesday before City Council Meetings. • City Council should strive to represent all of Seal Beach. GOAL Effectively Utilize Revenues For Essential City Services. • Work toward an efficient and effective City organization. • Examine the Budget with a goal to identify areas for savings that can be transferred to other City services. • Develop a 10 -year (or less) plan for the repair of all roads. • Develop a report for the City Council on advantages and disadvantages of eliminating the Redevelopment Agency. • Develop a report for the City Council evaluating all City property to determine what properties the City should keep and which should be sold. 2 R1A Management Services, Ine. 7/19/2004 Develop a report for the City Council assessing the feasibility of lowering the Utility Users Tax in light of projected cost savings stemming from the budget review, elimination of the Redevelopment Agency and the sale of City properties. • Develop a report for the City Council on the review and evaluation of all City contracts and franchises to determine if any need to be changed, re -negotiated, and re -issued. • Develop a report for the City Council on the advantages and disadvantages of a Charter Amendment for a directly elected City Attorney. 1917.111 Adopt A Proactive, Constructive Approach To Land Use Issues. Brief the City Council on the Naval Weapons Station Master Plan. Dedicate resources to the proper acquisition and restoration of the Hellman properties. RJA Management Services, Inc. 7/19/2004 MEMORANDUM To: Honorable Mayor W City Council From: John B. Bahors City Manager Date: July 6, 2004 Subject: Team Building/Goal Setting Workshop Arrangements are continuing for the Team Building/Goal Setting Workshop scheduled for July 15, 2004. Some Council Members have expressed a concern about the short timeframe for submitting goals to Dr. Garcia In an effort to make it easier for Council to develop goals, Dr. Garcia is suggesting that Council can either submit goals at the workshop or directly to him by fax or e-mail. Dr. Garcia's fax number is (626) 447-1124 and his e-mail address is rRarciaQlririamanaaement.com. In order to make the team building/goal setting workshop a success, it is important for Council to be prepared to participate on July 15th. if any City Council Member desires to directly contact Dr. Garcia, he can be reached at (626) 447-3318. Dr. Garcia will be able to answer your questions about the workshop or the development of the individual goals. City of Seal Beach City Council 2004 Proposed Goals • Ensure that the residents of Leisure World receive their fair share of city - provided services for the amount of financial support they provide the city. (Levitt) ➢ They receive fewer outside services, as they pave their own streets, utilize the police far less than do other residents, arrange for their own trash pick-up, provide their own street lighting, etc. • Stave to represent all of Seal Beach Supporting what is best for the whole city, voting against what is not in the best interest of the majority of the city's citizens. (Levitt) ➢ This will frequently require achieving a balance between financial -security -d ru- growth, and maintaining a small-town, anti -growth, anti -business atmosphere. . • Protect the residents of Leisure World and the rest of the city against such vector -spread diseases as West Nile. (Levitt) ➢ Will work as closely as possible with Orange County Vector Control to achieve this goal. ), • Simplify Council Meetings. (Larson) ➢ One meeting a month, no TV, no grandstanding or playing to the press. (Larson) Q , Create a Master Plan to cover the weapons station if it is closed or reduced. (Larson) 3 Consider a small craft harbor, Golf Course, Camp ground for Scouts and similar groups. (Larson) 1 Submitted to RJA Management Services, Inc. �- • Develop a relationship with the business community to smooth ties to the residents and help new enterprises get settled in. (Larson) ➢ Too often they seem unaware of City regulations. I had thought it was the function of the Chamber of Commerce but it did not turn out that way. rS , • Increase City staff. (Larson) ➢ So as to further public relations with explanatory forums etc. • Continued efforts on water quality. (Yost) Ohl , ;�, • Infrastructure needs (streets). (Yost) • Council that can work together. (Yost) 2 Submitted to RJA Management Services, Inc.