City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2013 05 28

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CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION SUBJECT: DISCUSSION – CONSIDERATION OF 2014 GOALS DATE: MAY 28, 2013 PAGE4 OF 5 staff suggests that each Council member submit their ranking of the objectives using this approach. Staff would then calculate the total of all Council member’s scores and review the results during a regular Council meeting. The result would indicate which proposals have sufficient support to pursue, and which require additional information or do not have the support needed to pursue at this time. Another approach, also reflected in the attached table, would be to use a matrix suggested by Council Member Loo and classify each objective as: 1) Basic or Core Services (such as police, water and sewer), 2) Maintenance of Effort (such as park maintenance, open space and general administrative services), and 3) Quality of Life (such as library, museum, and golf), and then further define each item as essential, necessary or desirable. Ranking this way involves assigning point values based on the category and whether the objective is perceived to be essential, necessary or desirable. Again, lower numbers reflect higher priority as follows: Basic Services Maintenance of Effort Quality of Life Essential (1) Essential (2) Essential (3) Necessary (4) Necessary (5) Necessary (6) Desirable (7) Desirable (8) Desirable (9) Policy Statements Going one step further, staff also drafted a policy statement to summarize the focus and intent of each goal. These policy statements are intended as proposals for Council to consider and refine and then use to help evaluate the extent to which each objective, and other objectives that may be proposed during the budget process, furthers the Council’s goals. 1. Public Involvement – Enhance the ways in which Louisville residents and businesses can participate in the 2014 Budget, 2104 Council Retreat, and small area/neighborhood plans. 2. Economic Development – Pursue opportunities to fill empty retail space, especially at the Sam’s Club site. Facilitate re/development of the Phillips 66 site, Highway 42/South Boulder and McCaslin commercial areas. Create and implement wayfinding opportunities throughout the City. 3. Arts and Culture – Consider and prioritize use of Louisville Arts Center and provide additional staffing. Conduct an Arts Master Plan and consider a funding mechanism for public art. 4. Historic Preservation – Preserve and rehabilitate historic properties in the City. Conduct the necessary Master Planning to facilitate this goal. Pursue funding for an additional building at the Museum. Consider additional resources to catalogue historic photos and documents held by the Historical Museum. 5