TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, City Manager, ICMA-CM
FROM: Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager, ICMA-CM
DATE: May 6, 2019
RE:
Title
Review Public Safety Needs Assessment - 5 Year Capital Improvement Planning
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: Safe and Secure Community
Goal V: Sustainable Organizational Capacity
Objective A: To ensure strong financial management with fiduciary accountability and plan for the future resource sustainability by aligning resources with City priorities.
Executive Summary:
The FY 19 adopted budget included funding to complete a public safety needs assessment in preparation for a public safety bond referendum to be considered by voters in November 2019. The adopted FY19 Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”) included funding from a public safety bond referendum to support several public safety projects. Council has recently decided not to pursue a referendum. The needs assessment, however, was initiated prior to that decision. The contract team will present their findings at this point and next steps. Direction from Council regarding the timing and priority of future capital investments to support public safety operations will be needed to support the consultant team’s completion of their analysis and support public safety capital planning.
Background:
The number and diversity of public safety related capital project requests has grown as the City has continued to develop and existing facilities have aged. Many of the City’s current fire stations were constructed in the distant past for a smaller city or inherited from County fire district volunteer operations. These facilities in many cases no longer support modern equipment or operations, or they may be poorly located to adequately respond to current and future development, or they may simply suffer from the ravages of age, or all of the above. Similarly police operations have grown and evolved along with the community they serve, but supporting facilities have not always kept pace with changing operational needs and standards for emergency operations.
Council funded a study to review the capital needs for both police and fire operations. The initial results of that work will be presented.
Issues/Analysis:
The next phase of the study is to assist in the development of a five year CIP responding to the needs identified. Council direction on how or whether that effort should proceed is sought.
Budget Impact:
NA
Options:
This is for discussion purposes
Recommended Action:
This is for discussion purposes
Attachments:
Contract and scope of work for Public Safety Needs Assessment