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I I . - - 1) DEPARTMENT BUDGET; REPORT: C.I.P. Binder (on file in the City Clerk Department.) Using overheads, Community Development Services Director Nelson said that the Department's Budget focused on three areas: Core Businesses; the Department's Customers; and Council Priorities. Under "Core Businesses" Director Nelson described Planning, Redevelopment, Housing Programs, Economic Development Building Regulations and Inspections, Code Enforcement, General Engineering, Transportation and Traffic, Subdivision Engineering and Capital Improvement Engineering. Director Nelson described the changes in organizational structure the Department established and how four divisions were reduced to three to focus on the above described key businesses. She said staff had been reduced by three full time employees, and some contract positions had been added to assist in key Capital Improvement Projects. Under "Customers" Director Nelson described Counter Services, Permit Activity and - Neighborhoods and C.I.P. Projects. She described the one-stop permitting process and displayed a brochure describing "Counter Services." She said the City's counter service process has served as a model for other jurisdictions and is visited by many, many different agencies. Director Nelson described the positive economic conditions that exist, the increased revenues and the increase in work for her Department. She described current recruitments, including a new Plan Check Engineer for the Counter to provide permits in a timely manner for the development community. Director Nelson said the Neighborhoods were also customers and in the coming weeks Council would be receiving Reports and recommendations on traffic in the Neighborhoods. She said the Department would work closely with the Neighborhoods on upcoming Capital Improvement Projects. Under "Council Priorities" Director Nelson said her Department had addressed each of the Council's objectives on a Department-wide basis and had identified sixteen objectives. She said the Department would focus on eight major projects which included all sixteen objectives: Regional Transportation Advocacy, Comprehensive Long Range Planning, Aesthetics as an Equal Priority, Playing Fields and Park Improvements, Code Enforcement and Cleanup, Effective Communication, Immediate Effects on Quality of Life, and Efficiency and Effectiveness. - BUDGET STUDY SESSION MINUTE BOOK NO. 57 JULY 6, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 045 PAGE 2