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Home My WebLink About0369.000r:] , ,", I l • ,-- \ . .; ........... _'~' ___ . ____ ' __ , __ ---'" --J.-_______ .~ __ .. __ ----:::-------, _.-._------.:------...-;.:.-...,..,....;.;.",--"""""..~. @1), . , . ' '., ,-~' , , June 14, 1990 THE HONORABLE CIT~ COUNCIL PALO ALTO. CALIFORNIA Council prIoritIes for 19~O -status Report Kembers of the Council: THE SUBJECT OF TH~REPORT ISA COUNCIL PRIORITY This 1s an informational report and no council action Is requested. The purpose of this report is to describe the progress that has been mada to date In the subject areas vhich council selected as its highest priorities for 1990. Background The Council, on January 29,. 1990, selected two Issues as its priorities for 1990. These are Substance Abuse and Palo Altots Economic Future~ Each issue was referred to a council standinq committee in order to further refine. the scope of the priority and fine-tun .. the language defining the priority. Each committee reported back to the full council for approval of its recommendations, wbich appear below. To assure that the City maintaIns constant emphasis on the priorities throuqhout the year, staff has continued. 'With the procedures l~plemente~ in 19B9. The city xanager bas assembled a Council Priorities Team comprised of staff from the Manager's Office and the departxents bearinq major responsibility for this year's priority issues areas (PolIce, Social and Community Services, and Finance.) The team will meet on a reqular basis to monitor progress on the priorities and to identify additional opportunities for aotion. periodic reports will keep council informed of progress. Progress to Pate Listed beloW' are the. tvo priorities selected by Council. Following each priority statement is a summary of the activities Which have occurred to date in that area and the plans for the ~uture. CHR:J69:0 -.'" --':'-: I I r I r' . r ~ t 1 I I t t 1 '.--.. ~ , \ " \ \ \ ~ \ I I l : j , , . ','. o o Page 2 PAW ALTO'S EeoNONI e nrruRZ BeCOlle proactIve in quid1nq Palo Alto'. ~ic future. Develop an econoalc .tratagy. Tbe Finance and Public Works COJIJIltt •• decId.ed upon a workplan 'With ttva major component. in order to address the Council priority~ The-eo. five are: 1) New Revenues 2} Revenue Forecasting 3) Economic outreaCh 4} Fiscal I.pact of Land Us. Decisions 5) Redevelopment progress to date in Implement1nq the vorkplan is as follows: Hew ReVJ'loDUeS Tbe User/Fee Cost Recovery Study was presented to the Finance and PUblic Works Committee (F'PW) on April 24. In that report. statf developed Interdepartaental and interfu,nd-overhead c:harqes and prepared a User Fee Scbedule tor pr~Bed cost recovery leve15 as appropriate for City services. The propose~ cost recovery Incrusas vill result In approxiaately $860.000 in aiSditlonal General Fund ravenue. The user fee methodoloqy was adopted by Counc.i 1 on June 4:. A R_al Property Asset Kanagement Policy v •• adopted by Council on Kay 14. rhe policy establishes t.hat all real property owned by the city will be. considered .aa an asset in terms of R-valuating revenue potential prior to the property's sale, lease or qranting of any rights. Disposition of Surplas Well Sites. On Kay 15. the F&PW committee approved the sale of the Bryant surplus well site. Staft also presented en in-dapth analysis Qf the proposal to develop the Middlefield vell site and vill be developing further intormation fer the Committee on that proposal. CQllection Activities. Collection rates for the City have improved over the past six months. An informational staff report covering collection activities vas included in the council packet of April 19. A report on e 8usiness License Tax Is schedule~ to ba presented to the F'PW committee In July. CMR,369,O • 1 I , . --, '" ' • /~*' , ... '.' 1 " · .'~ : . --------------'-------------------,--,-"'-- Page ] Revenue Forecasting Information on .. ales tax and property tax revenue tor-eoasts was included in the min-utes from the Economic Outlook Committee meeting of April 20 1 1990 which were distributed as an informational report in the packet of May 31. A quarterly Sales Tax Analysis report is prepared for the City by xunlcipal Resource Consultants. That report is inclu-ded as information in the Council packets. The 1990-9Z Budget hearings before the FiPW Committee have just concluded and the budget 1. agendized for Council action on June 18. Economic OUtreach The .Economic outlook committ.ee continues to :meet on a quarterly basis. The committee was established 1n 1988 to improve communication between the City and local businesses. Minutes from the last meeting were i~luded In the Kay J packet. MeetIngs with Stanford University have begun In order to establish an Econcmlc outlook Subcommittee composed of businesses: in the Stanford Research Park. The city and stanford are working jOintly on a project to meet with members of the Research Park. Meetinqs with local businesses are. beinq sched-uled to alIa ..... the Kayor,. Finance Director,. ar..d Planni1l9 Director to hold roundtable discussions with key business leaders. A meetinq with Varian Associates was held in April. staff produced informatIonal brochures fer the public covering the City's annual financial report and the pr">,,,sed 1990-92 budget. The ·Financial Highlights· publication was distributed through the palo Alto Weekly_ Tbe -1990-92 Budget-brochure was made available to the publIo at city libraries and other public faoilities. The Finance Director met with Leadership Palo Alto to discuss the City's budget. Work in the areas of Fiscal Impact Analysis and Redevelopment will be emphasized later in the calendar year. CHR:]69: 0 '~L- , - ~ .. i f I , . -,.- , . '. .' .--- . , o Paqe C SUBS TANCE ABUS E The (011"",1"9 priority statement, recom:mended by the Policy an/! PrOcedures Committee. ViiS approved by the Council on April 23, 199c) • a. b. Develop rec0.aen4atlonc tor a lonq-ter:.1 coordinated COIIIIIunity-v14e atrateqy which includes an emphasis on aubstance abuse prevention .. interventiCl<l, an4 edoeation t:hr0U9h the Palo Alto SUbstance Abuse Prevention Partnership that integrates both private and public financi"9 opt:lona. Obtain a COIIIIIi taent fro • .t4-penlnsula qaverruoental aqenci.. that woul4 provide CC<lt1naed IIUPPOrt and fUndln<;l of the re<;ional crt-inal apprehension tea. concept and provide recomm:endatlons for the zcst effective orqanizational structure under which the t ..... would operate. c. Wherever possible, shar-e ~ experiences and participation with neighboring juriadictlons. The thrust of this priority is to coordinate a host of substance abuse. programs and activIties serving the colUllunlty. A report pre~ented to Council for the April 23 aeeti"9 (CHR:205:0) provIded detail. on the. many proqr4ms~ Therefore this staff report focuses on what has occurred more recently. The Palo Alto Substance Abuse prevention Partnership bas held two general membershIp meetings and bas tormed an e~ecutlve committee to guide its planning'. The first Partnership Executive Committee meeting 'Was beld on June 7, 15190.. Executive ComDittee-members,. Who represent a broad spectrwa. of commurdty interests (see attachment), have agreed to .eet monthly in order to deve.lop-communIty-vide strateq18. regarding substance abuse prevention and intervention~ The Palo Alto Police DepartBent and the Human services Division are both repr ••• nted on the Execut1ve CommIttee .. llanageaent and maintenb.nce of the Partnership,. mainly in the form. of etaff resource time, 1s currently belnq absorbed by Palo Alto Police D<'partllent and Palo Alto unified School District .taU. Staff 1. presently e~lorinq the option of •• ekIng' fundi"9 from a COlllll1unity Partnership Grant being offered by the federal 9OVertment. CMR:3U:O , , • l f t • .'.," 1 o o Page S The pollee 40partment and the school 4lstrlct have been jointly participating in a tour-year State Office of crillinal Justice Pl~nning qrant for substance abuse counseling and related training and services which will tendnate June 30 ... 1990. Police staff hope to maintain :.t)st of the prevention and intervention efforts through the departmentts SChool Resource Officer program. Tho regIonal criminal Apprehension To..,. (CAT) ",111 begin its annual recess in aid-June, cappIng a successful three-year effort of approximately 1 .. 0'0-0 arrests. Participatln<J jurisdictions have. been Atherton .. Loa Aitos l M~~tain View, Palo Alto .. Menlo Park, and the California Highway Patrol. Keetings of Peninsula police chiefs will be beld in the ensuing months to assess the future level of reqiona~ ~ommitment to the program. !'he HUman services Oivision of the. CommUl"lity Services Department is addressing the priority through leveral programs which demonstrate a cooperative etfort. These progrUls have been evaluated and refined a8 part. of t,he City'. HUlIIan services Resource Allocation Process and funding is recommended as part of the 1990-92 budget~ FundIng provided to the Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) in Mountain View supports a six-session counseling program for Palo Alto youths who are referred to the program by the. police department for substance abuse violations. city stoff is holding meetings ",ith CHAC and the school di~trict in an effort to set up a systeD for further follow-up wi thin the school counselin~ proqrall. for all youths who have qooe through the six week program. This communication link between the t'Wo is indicative of the cooperative comprebensive approach the city Is striVing to achIeve. The Human Services Clvlsion and ~_~ Human Relations commission are working with the school district to assure the compatibility and non duplication of services. The cityts funding for Palo Alto Adolesoent services will provide on-campus support for youth In crisis. Approximately )S-S students and their hallie. ",ill be seen in Individual and family counseling thIs year. Another 135 ",111 be .een in group counseling. While druqs are not alvays tbe issue... this t.ype of easily aocessible support for t.roubled youth 15 viewed as an important druq pr~vention .easure. On another facet. of the sutlstance abuse issue... the City is implementing the drug testing program required by the U.S. Department of Transportat!on tor employees who have duties in connection with the City's natural qas distribution system. The procedures governing this vere described in a.n earlier statf report (CMR:242:0, AprilS, 1990.) CMR,369,O L • , i r , ! i I t i f i , f f ; • ) '~ ., ~ - \ " \ \ ... ' \: c",' {;:;~;i~ . -1', r··.··:·· . " .-. _. , , ~ ..,~~_""~._~. ~,.,,.,:-"c..,~." __ , ,""l<,.,..~e':,,~5t§'!lf~~c~JQm· L_. o 0 -I Page 6 PliPS Csr ~intaininq City Focus on Priorities The proposed budget for fiscsl years 1990-92 refer. to the Council'. priorities, and specific objectIve. related to the priorities ere contained in the budgets for the City Manaser, linanee, and PolIce Departments and the HUman Services Division. Staff is endeavoring to make sure that departments not primarily responsible for implementing: the priorities are, neverthele.ss .. aware of the priorities and are alert to 'Ways in 'Which the.lr activities can be supportive o~ the prIorities' goals. A primary exempls is the role that Planning is playing in the analysIs and presentation of data WhIch underlie.s decIsions concerning Palo Alto'. economIc future. Staff Is workinq on means tor assuring that city employees throughout the organizatIon un~er5tand what the Council has selected .8 its prioritIes for the year and wIll look for opportunities to assist in their accomplishment; tor example, an article viII soon appear in the employees newsletter, The Breeze. The joInt .elltings whlcoh Council is currently holo:llng with its advisory cOlllllissions also provide an opportunity for Council to .ake those bodies knowledgeable about its priorities for 1990. As a further tachnlqu.. to remind staff and cOllllDuni ty of City activities which are l.plementinq the Council priorities, each staff report to council whicoh relat •• to a council priority issue hears a special stamp alerting the reader to that fact. Re.pectfully submItted, VIC.t.t.~~ VICCI RUDIN Assistant to the City Manager ~fr' JUNE FLEI!I KG Assiltant City Manager Attachment CMR:]69:0 L ; .,-:'. • 'I \ \ '\ ..... , • , . ~' .. i OtHCHMENT PALO ALTO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP Execut!yt eommIHH Members Andy Geiger .kJdith Kleinberg EdAuslin Jean Krahutec Diane Wilder Dr, James Van Jane Haley JoIv1 NDf1hway Judy Marcus tilda Romley-kWle Rabbi Rick BIod< Palo AlIa FoundaflOn for Education Palo AlIa Porlce 0epat1merlI Palo AlIa PorI08 Department Palo AIIo URliad ScOOOI OiSlricl AssisfarC ScOOOI Supelinl~ Palo AIIo UR!iad School Oistricl Palo AIIo Hurr,'-'1 SeMces D1. j s Ion Cf-.ember c:I Commerce PTACounci Stanfl:Jro Heeltl1 Library CongregationBeIhAln -~::;:::;-:---,-------- • ~, , ,',