Allotted time 1.5 hours to discuss and provide direction on:
COMMUNITY SAFETY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENUERSHIP, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY, STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS, PLACEMAKING, AND DIVERSITY, WELL-MANAGED AND INNOVATIVE GOVERNMENT .....Huh?????
Are you serious? All these topics in an hour-and-a-half?
Mesa City Council Study Session
Thu 30 March 2017 07:30 - 09:00 am
Off-Site at the Mesa Arts Center
Mesa Contemporary Arts - Classroom
1 East Main Street Mesa, AZ 85201
Roll Call
(Members of the Mesa City Council will attend either in person or by telephone conference call)
1 Review items on the agenda for the April 3, 2017 regular Council meeting.
[Has the agenda even been published or made available to the public yet?]
2 17-0358 (See preliminary draft of staff notes below)
Here's the link provided:
http://mesa.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=10486
Discuss and provide direction on the City's Strategic Priorities and Goals, and on the related performance measures/supporting data
3 Adjournment.
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Mesa City Council Strategic Priorities
Staff Notes Preliminary Draft with 4 pages (based on 2/23/17 study session)
Here's the YouTube upload for this study session:
Please note that very few members of the public attended this study session and only 7 persons have viewed this.
for an update on a pilot Love Your Neighborhood Program to see if the staff notes used in tomorrow's study session are grounded in this presentation and discussion with a duration of 28:30...only 24% of the neighborhood engaged with 400 door-to-door and one-on-one and both multi-family units and homeowners.
Lessons learned? Intensive work needed to get done ... a third party contractor needed
Questions asked by Mr.Winkle, Mr. Glover about an RFP getting used, Mr. Freeman about how much money goes back into neighborhood, Mr. Luna,
A presentation about a Tax Amnesty Program to bring down overdue receivables to bring in revenues.
Here is a very reliable all-purpose data source for the City of Mesa: You can find and locate probably more information here than in what might be presented at this study session by accessing this link >> http://www.city-data.com/city/Mesa-Arizona.htmlTry it
Not included in the performance indicators for this section is a good open data source shown in the image to the left.
Here's the link:
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/az/mesa/crime
Safest Mesa neighborhoods
- Discussion Notes:
Needs to be broader than public safety
Crime reduction element
Include transportation and transit
Safe streets
Health component
Description : Building communities that are safe, healthy, and welcoming.
Taking care of Mesa’s well-being, health, and protecting residents.
Building environments and providing services that keep Mesa safe and healthy.
Build safe places and infrastructure and protect the safety, health and wellbeing of Mesa’s families, businesses and visitors.
Part 1 crime per 1k population
Pavement Condition Index
Calls for service
Call volume of medical/ems calls vs. fire calls
Response times by priority
Response times by Police or Fire district/station
Crime location
Police closed cases vs. calls for service
Cost of sworn personnel
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENUERSHIP
Discussion Notes:
Include entrepreneurship/small business element as well as a focus on a skilled workforce for larger employers
Create culture of entrepreneurship and promote small business ownership
Business incubators
Small business development
Education to develop skills needed to have a successful career
Higher education
Technical/vocational education
Early education
Description :
Encouraging continuous learning, the attainment of job related skills, and pursuit of business creation.
Connect Mesa’s youth to quality education opportunities to develop a skilled and talented workforce that drives local entrepreneurship, small business ownership, startups and high-quality job creation.
Suggested Key Performance Indicators:
Higher education and vocational-based attainment rates for Mesa students
Number of businesses located/started In Mesa
Early education enrollment
Number of students accessing Mesa Counts on College programs
Discussion Notes: Focus on economic development/job creation/business attraction.
Does transportation and transit belong here or in community safety?
Diversity of business sectors.
Description:
Attract and retain a diverse mix of business sectors that bring high quality jobs to Mesa
Suggested Key Performance Indicators:
Diversity of business sectors in Mesa
Diversity as an economic asset
Number of high-quality jobs (wage 125% of county median average)
Median income/per capita income
Unemployment rate
Jobs-to-population ratio
STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS, PLACEMAKING, AND DIVERSITY
Discussion Notes:
Placemaking and neighborhoods combined
Arts and Culture, Libraries, Parks and Recreation included
Diversity
Description:
Cultivate connections between neighbors to build resilient, welcoming, unique neighborhoods and gathering places.
Downtown visitors
Number of permits issued
Code cases
Housing vacancy rate
Discussion Notes:
Internally focused
Customer-service driven organization
Fiscally responsible
Use of technology to effectively deliver services – smart city
Community engagement
Deliver outstanding government services to Mesa’s residents and businesses through a diverse, customer-driven organization that is responsive to City Council/community needs and priorities, and is responsible, innovative and efficient.
Creating an organization that engages the community, is responsive to their needs, leverages technology to operate more effectively, and is fiscally responsible.
Suggested Key Performance Indicators:
Community engagement results
Customer satisfaction
Cost of doing business in Mesa
Permits and fees
Taxation
Debt levels
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