City of the Future

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City of the Future

• The Mayors Management and City-wide
  Revitalization Agenda
• Richmond Renaissance June 16, 2006

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Performance Management

• Making a Difference

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Mayors Management Agenda

• A STRATEGIC TOOL to measure, manage communicate
  performance

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Mayors Management Agenda

• Inspire Trust
• Drive Change
• Focus on Strategy
• Demonstrate Accountability
• Attract Alternate Resources
• Align Resources Actions with Intent

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Mayors Management Agenda (Draft) City of
Richmond Corporate Scorecard
City-wide Focus Areas
Restructure Government
Human Service Delivery
Economic Development
Public Safety
Public Education
Infrastructure
Access Action - Accountability
Increase investment in infra-structure
Enhance economic development opportunity
Improve public education resources, programs, and
outcomes
Improve public perception of safety
Preserve, strengthen enhance neighborhoods
Enhance human services delivery to at-risk
populations
Reduce crime
Citizen Satisfaction
Maximize opportunities for consolidation and
standardization of operations
Resource Management
Diversify and expand revenue resources
Control operating and capital costs
Continually evaluate outsourcing and in-sourcing
options
Optimize use of revenue resources
Strengthen and operationalize management
relationships with boards and authorities
Enhance inter-departmental/agency coordination
Increase use of performance measures process
improvement
Leverage City funds through partnerships
ProcessImprovement
Establish employee competence models
Promote employee learning and growth
Increase organizational capacity and productivity
Maintain and enhance a positive work environment
Institute an accountability for results
framework
Employee Development
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Performance ManagementKey Purpose

• Manage strategy
• Support strategic and operational planning
• Guide resource allocation
• Enhance accountability

• Improve performance
• Identify effective practices
• Support organizational learning
• Facilitate organizational redesign
• Recognize and reward successes
• Identify training needs

• Communicate performance
• Substantiate funding requests
• Demonstrate effectiveness to internal
  ...external audiences
• Explain ROI for tax dollars being spent

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Human Capital Management and Development
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A Vision for 2020

• To turn around the negative trends facing
  Richmonds residents
• and improve the safety, health and well-being of
  Richmond
• residents, a Human Services Committee recommended
  bold
• strategies. This effort is steered by a Human
  Services Cabinet. This
• efforts takes place in four primary areas
• Early Care and Parent/Caretaker Education
• Child and Adolescent Health
• School Success
• At Risk Male Intervention and Support
• The City will also increase its visibility and
  attention to
• Well-Being of Seniors and Disabled persons
• Homelessness
• Increased Efficiency, Accountability and
  Coordination

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Housing and Urban Development
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Housing and Urban DevelopmentInter-Agency Task
Force on Community Infrastructure

• Drafted two new zoning districts to encourage the
  development of mixed-use projects consistent with
  the objectives of the master plan and the
  downtown plan
• Bringing together public and private partners to
  construct a mixed-use, mixed-income Demonstration
  Project in Jackson Place/Jackson Commons to
  include a mix of residential, retail, retail, a
  park and perhaps a neighborhood school
• Making recommendations to significantly improve
  the Citys permitting and inspection process
• Developing an Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU)
  ordinance that encourages developers to allocate
  a portion of new real estate projects for
  affordable housing, in order to promote
  mixed-use, mixed-income residential communities
• Developing criteria for the development of a
  local Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

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City-wide Revitalization

• City of the Future Capital Construction Program

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City of the Future Initiative
Just-in-Time Financing Strategy Planning design
begins July 2006 Construction begins March 2007
Jul. 2012
Jul. 2009
Jul. 2006
Jan. 2006
7. G.O. Bonds Issued to Repay Line of Credit.
5. G.O. Bonds Issued to Repay Line of
Credit. 6. Recycle Line of Credit.
1. Finalize Capital Plans and Budget.
2. Council Approval Obtained. 3. Implement Line
of Credit. 4. Borrow When and As Needed. (Pay
Interest on Amount Borrowed.)
Provides Financing for 250 to 300 Million in
Construction Funds
1 Meals Tax
Management Savings
Tax Abatements

• Benefits of Funding Strategy
• Provides Funds When and As Needed.
• Manages All Debt Funding Within Citys Existing
  Debt Policies.
• Maximizes Dedicated Resources.
• Generates and Capitalizes on Local Interest and
  Private Investment.

Revitalization Components

• Schools

• Cultural Arts

• Transportation

• Libraries

• Parks

• Gateways Beautification

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Guiding Principles

• Maintain Existing City Assets
• Complete Projects in Progress
• Fund Projects That Leverage New Funding Sources
• Maintain Best Use of Funds Philosophy
• Recommend Fiscally Responsible Balanced Capital
  budget

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Plan of Finance
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Ongoing Planning and Preparation

• City of the Future Launch Committee is meeting
  regularly
• External/Internal Communications Sub Committee
  has been established
• Government readiness/preparedness Sub Committee
  has been established
• Executive town hall briefings are being scheduled
• Chief of Capital Projects Management has been
  hired
• City of the Future Capital construction program
  management RFP is being finalized and will be
  issued early July
• Financing Facility RFP will be issued in July

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City of the Future

• The Mayors Management and City-wide
  Revitalization Agenda
• Richmond Renaissance June 16, 2006