City Council Agenda and Packet 2018 09 17

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City Council Meeting Minutes August 28, 2018 Page 4 of 7 will make sense, what will be successful, and what our residents will like 20 years from now. Councilmember Keany wants something to bring vibrancy and vitality to the area; to the whole McCaslin corridor. He would like a viable project that comes to fruition and draws people and activity to the area. Councilmember Stolzmann wants the goals outlined in the RFP met. She wants to align rent rates with what the market will bear. Success is more than just doing something, we also need to be cost effective and fiscally responsible. Councilmember Maloney agrees the goals in RFP are important. We need long-term economic benefit to the City's sales tax, a magnet to community and business. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton wants some renewed notoriety and interest in the property and some redefinition of what the market is. He wants to know what the highest and best use is under the conditions; set the expectations for the realities in that area. Councilmember Loo would like to net an extra $2M or more in revenue, property, or sales tax. Councilmember Leh hopes we get activation; to get people excited about the property and area. He hopes the consultants will not shrink from giving Council bad news to the extent that we need to hear it. Teach us something about the assumptions we are all making. Help us be able to explain this to the public, what has gone wrong and what can go right. Michael Menaker was interested in what we cannot accomplish, what is beyond our ability. We don't have enough resources; what are the things not to waste time on due to property and market limitations. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION — PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF SIX -YEAR STAFFING PLAN Director Hix stated this is a historic view and how the FTE's fit in the budget, the programs and subprograms, and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Input was given from directors and most division managers as to what was needed in the 6-year staffing plan. All requests seemed reasonable until they were all put together. Directors did discuss each department's wishes and looked at the whole picture. Some themes and patterns emerged during the discussions: supportive staff, requests for process improvement, better technology, and discussion of service levels. Work load was identified as an issue in exit interviews. She noted a large number of employees are losing Personal Leave Bank. All of these considerations went into the staffing plan. 35