CC SR 20170718 03 - City Council GoalsRANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 07/18/2017
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA DESCRIPTION:
Consideration and possible action to review and approve Part 1 of the draft City Council
Goals to update and replace the former 2014 City Council Goals
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Approve the draft City Council Goal 1: Ensuring a Safe and Healthy Community.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Gabriella Yap, Deputy City Manager
REVIEWED BY: Same as above
APPROVED BY: Doug Willmore, City Manager'/ -",,.,11-117
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Draft City Council Goals (page A-1)
B. Draft City Council Goal 1 with Accomplishments (page B-1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
At the December 20, 2016, City Council meeting, the City Council expressed interest in
reaffirming the City Council's Goals, which have not been updated since 2014. At the
May 2, 2017, meeting, Staff presented draft Goals for the City Council's review and
comment (Attachment A). The City Council directed Staff to bring back the goals one
section at a time for more detailed review. At tonight's meeting, the City Council will be
reviewing "Goal 1: Ensuring a Safe and Healthy Community." The major related
accomplishments of the City Council for Goal 1 are listed under the goal and
appropriate priority section (Attachment B).
ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action is available for
the City Council's consideration:
Direct Staff to make changes to the City Council Goals and/or their format.
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City Council Goals & Priorities
(Adopted , 2017)
Goal 1: Ensuring a Safe and Healthy Community
Objective: To provide for the maximum protection of
life and property from both natural and man-made
hazards within the community.
Priorities include:
1. Increasing crime prevention and crime -solving.
2. Enhancing fire protection by encouraging fire -safe construction and
landscaping practices.
3. Preparing residents for emergencies and improving the City's resiliency and
response.
4. Improving ambulance response times for better patient outcomes.
5. Improving traffic control and implementing measures to reduce accidents
and conflicts between roadway users.
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Goal 2: Maintaining Infrastructure
Objective: To maintain the City's infrastructure to
meet the current and future needs of residents,
businesses, and the general public.
Priorities include:
1. Maintaining the City's roadways in a state of good repair for safe access by
the public.
2. Maintaining public facilities to continue serving the community's needs.
3. Controlling land movement in the Portuguese Bend, Abalone Cove and
Klondike Canyon Landslide Areas.
4. Strategically planning for future infrastructure needs.
Goal 3: Community Engagement
Objective: To encourage an active, engaged, and
informed citizenry.
Priorities include:
1. Promoting civic involvement through participation on City Commissions,
Committees, and working groups.
2. Performing community outreach to gather residents' perspectives and
address concerns regarding City projects and initiatives.
3. Providing residents with facts, information, and resources to make informed
decisions, encourage lifelong learning, and develop future civic leaders.
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Adopted , 2017
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Goal 4: Effective, Efficient, and Fiscally -
Responsible Governance
Objective: To ensure that effective and efficient
public policy is created and implemented, with an
emphasis on fiscal sustainability, accountability, and
transparency.
Priorities include:
1. Developing, implementing and following strong internal controls to increase
accountability, prevent fraud and reduce potential risk areas.
2. Developing and maintaining a balanced budget with a focus on controlling
expenditure growth.
3. Developing responsible and conservative forecasting models, identifying
long-term funding issues and recommendations.
4. Promoting public trust through the presentation of accurate data and reports
to the community.
Goal 5: Preservation of Quality of Life
Objective: To protect and improve the quality of life
for residents.
Priorities include:
1. Enacting and enforcing ordinances and laws that reduce or eliminate
nuisance activities and conditions.
2. Providing community services for residents' convenience and use.
3. Providing community amenities for residents' enjoyment.
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Goal 6: Preserving and enhancing the environment
of Rancho Palos Verdes
Objective: To preserve and enhance the City's
character, aesthetics, and natural beauty.
Priorities include:
1. Carefully controlling land use to retain the City's semi -rural character.
2. Maintaining local control to ensure that the City and its residents are able to
decide its future.
3. Conserving natural resources and acquiring open space to preserve the
beauty of the City for future generations to enjoy.
4. Maintaining the visual quality of the City's residential neighborhoods and
commercial centers
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CITVOFt [RANCHO PALOS VERDES
City Council Goals & Priorities
(Adopted , 2017)
Goal 1: Ensuring a Safe and Healthy Community
Objective: To provide for the maximum protection of
life and property from both natural and man-made
hazards within the community.
Priorities include:
1. Increasing crime prevention and crime -solving.
• Public Safety Action Plan adopted to aggressively reduce burglary crime in
RPV by incorporating technology, deputies, and outreach and awareness.
Residential burglary rates decreased by 50% in 2016 from 2015 rates.
• Lead Peninsula cities to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to
implement expanded Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)
program resulting in ALPR cameras being placed at key intersections
around the Peninsula.
• Added a joint Surveillance and Apprehension Team (SAT) Detective
• Award-winning Public Service Announcement (PSA) produced to
encourage "See Something, Say Something" campaign, as well as other
PSAs and segments
• Homeowner Association (HOA) Security Grant Program developed to
streamline process for placing cameras at entrances to neighborhoods and
provide grants for HOAs to put additional public safety measures into place.
• Discounts negotiated with Ring.com, as well as a City incentive, to provide
residents additional incentives to use camera technology to help prevent
and solve crimes.
• "Look and Lock" Campaign to reduce theft from unlocked vehicles.
• Expansion of Open Space Management crew and establishment of
dedicated Preserve Sheriff Deputies increased public "boots on the ground"
presence and enforcement capabilities in Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.
2. Enhancing fire protection by encouraging fire -safe construction and
landscaping practices.
• Approved 3 -year agreement with Fire Grazers, Inc. to perform fuel
modification on the City's properties through the use of goats.
3. Preparing residents for emergencies and improving the City's resiliency and
response.
• Completed the City's Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) to ensure the
City's resiliency through continued operations in the face of a disaster.
4. Improving ambulance response times for better patient outcomes.
• Opened discussions with the Fire Department on creating a new Fire
Station with ambulance service at the Civic Center site.
5. Improving traffic control and implementing measures to reduce accidents
and conflicts between roadway users.
• Amending the agreement for School Crossing Guard Services through the
2016-17 school year to provide services at Dodson Middle School, Miraleste
Intermediate School, Ridgecrest Intermediate School, Silver Spur
Elementary School, and the intersection of Palos Verdes Drive East and
Miraleste Drive.