City of Corvallis

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City of Corvallis

• Academy for Lifelong Learning

Presented by City Manager Jon Nelson April 2009
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Presentation Overview

• Goals and Outlook
• Current Challenges
• Financial Status
• Citizen Expectations
• Public Process, Transparency and Growth

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Goals

• City Council
• Departments 5 Year Outlook

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2009-2010 Council Goals
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5 Year OutlookGeneral

• Implement Council direction regarding community
  sustainability
• Address Council goal on homelessness
• Implement Communications Plan, Web Site Action
  Plan, Career Development Plan, Diversity Action
  Plans, Urban Forest Management Program, Library
  Strategic Plan

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5 Year OutlookGeneral

• Increase use of technology to improve service and
  productivity
• Personnel changes related to aging work force
• Update Comprehensive Plan and community vision

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5 Year OutlookCommunity Development

• Development Services balance service levels with
  revenues
• Green building and development initiatives
• Support and facilitate affordable housing
  development efforts of local non-profits such as
  Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services and
  Benton Habitat for Humanity

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5 Year OutlookFinance

• Governmental Accounting Standards Board
  pronouncements
• City-wide Wi-Fi
• Electronic records management
• E-commerce

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5 Year OutlookLibrary

• Adjust Library services for a changing population
  (more Latinos, aging patrons, more tech savvy
  young people)
• Help raise the funds for building a new library
  in Monroe

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5 Year OutlookPolice and Fire

• Add 2 police officers and 4 public safety
  dispatchers, plus grant application for 2
  additional police officers
• Replace patrol vehicles with more fuel efficient
  models and replace non-patrol vehicles (e.g.
  parking scooters) with hybrid-electric or all
  electric models
• Fire Department Drill Tower replacement
• Fire retirements 20 eligible in the next 5 years
• Fire/EMS standards, mandates, and statutes
  changes may impact service delivery

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5 Year OutlookParks and Recreation

• Playground upgrades including accessibility
  improvements
• System-wide community garden plan
• Feasibility of an additional gym
• Enhanced recreational services for those who have
  disabilities
• Programs to address youth obesity
• Outdoor recreation programs, connecting youth to
  the outdoors

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5 Year OutlookPublic Works

• Expand transit service and reduce fares
• Total Maximum Daily Load solution (wastewater
  re-use)
• Increase public education and outreach (e.g.
  storm water)

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Current Challenges
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ChallengesHuman Resources

• Employee health care costs
• Layoffs
• Heavy employment application load

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ChallengesPublic Works

• Transportation funding
• Cost increases, especially volatile fuel prices
• Increased regulation of water and sewer systems
  (TMDL)
• Public acceptance of utility rate increases

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ChallengesLibrary

• Increased use of Library for job searches, filing
  unemployment, free kids programs, books and
  movies
• Fewer donations to Friends of the Library and the
  Library Foundation
• Increased number of people who appear to be
  homeless and/or addicted who use the Library as a
  gathering place

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ChallengesPolice and Fire

• Diminished Medicaid and Medicare revenues
• More fire/EMS calls for service, particularly
  from under/un-insured patients
• Aging infrastructure at Fire Stations 2 3
• Patrol overtime costs
• State revenue shortfalls for 911 budget causing
  large cost share increases

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ChallengesParks and Recreation

• Increased demand for Natural Area access,
  restoration and stewardship without additional
  budget
• Need updated technology for online class
  registration to simplify recreating locally
• Senior Center/Chintimini Park funding to address
  aging facilities, park amenities, services and
  space needs
• Aquatic Center funding

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ChallengesCommunity Development

• Manage long-range planning projects and current
  planning case load
• Development Services and code enforcement
  address community expectations within available
  resources
• Affordable housing and social service needs

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ChallengesFinance

• Timely collection of revenues
• Manage new financial reporting requirements
  without increasing costs
• Alternatives for capital project funding

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Financial Status
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Financial Status

• 117,000,000 City Budget
• 09-10 Proposed Budget includes 672,000 in
  property tax funded enhancements, recommended by
  the Budget Commission
• Financial projections are for a stable future,
  with capacity for service enhancements
• Current financial plans project utility rate
  increases generally under 4 per year Corvallis
  rates remain competitive
• City employment relatively stable

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Financial Status
Proposed General Obligation Bond Debt Refunding
Highlights

• Refunding the 1999A Riverbank/Riverfront Bonds
  and the 2001A Open Space Acquisition Bonds
• Approximately 10.26 million total
• Pricing on May 12, 2009/Refunding date May 27,
  2009 - Final maturity June 30, 2018
• Net Present Value of estimated savings 800,000

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Citizen Expectations
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Demographics

• Growing racial and ethnic diversity in population
  and workplace, including multiple generations and
  more minorities, especially Hispanic
• Declining household and family sizes
• Fewer people in owner-occupied units more people
  renting
• Decrease in the very young
• Increase in the very old

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2008 Citizen Survey Results
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2008 Citizen Survey Results
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2008 Citizen Survey Results
Corvallis scored above its national, western
region, and similar population comparators in

• Overall quality of life
• Ease of travel by bus, car, walking, and bicycle
• Availability of walking paths and trails
• City parks recreation programs and classes
• Public Library services

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2008 Citizen Survey Results
Corvallis scored above its national, western
region, and similar population comparators in

• Corvallis as a place to work
• Neighborhood and Downtown safety
• Bus service
• Fire prevention and education
• Openness and acceptance toward people of diverse
  backgrounds

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2008 Citizen Survey Results
Excellent or Good

• Overall direction Corvallis is taking ? 60
• Services provided by the City ? 82
• Value of services for City taxes paid ? 63
• Job City does at listening to citizens ? 56

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Public ProcessTransparencyGrowth
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Growth Comparison with Comprehensive Plan
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Growth Survey Results
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City of Corvallis

• For more information, contact

City Managers Office at 766-6901 or
city.manager_at_ci.corvallis.or.us