Strategic Planning Meeting 2/23/19

Agenda, Minutes, Audio: Part A, Part B, Part C, Supporting Documents

• Mr. Worthen reviewed priorities, benchmark performance measures, state legislative issues and possible budget impacts.
• Mr. Cardon reviewed the status of the current year to date budget.
• The council and staff reviewed the capital improvement plan, enterprise fund statuses and “other” funds (IT, motor pool, etc.).
• The group discussed council projects and interests/priorities regarding each department.  I tried to make a push for increased Public Works Department funding.  There seems to be a consensus among administration and the council that we would like Riverdale to present itself well throughout city properties and maintain somewhat of a “branding” in public areas.  We want the public to know they’re in Riverdale by the appearance of things.  Well this kind of thing takes money.  We ask for more and more from the Public Works Department and never give them anything more to do it with.  Their budget has remained flat year after year while other departments trend up and up and up and up.  I think it is time we made a financial commitment to Public Works that matches what we are asking of them.
• The council held a thorough discussion about the possibility of an agreement with UYSA soccer to build soccer fields on some city property.  We reviewed a draft of a memorandum of understanding, held a lot of discussion, and in the end there was a 3-2 council consensus to not move forward with discussions with UYSA at this time.  I was against moving forward at this time for a few reasons, but mainly because the property they want to use could be pivotal in the grander scheme of things in that area; there is too much unknowns with some adjacent developable property to make a decades long commitment to hand over control of this area to UYSA soccer.
• The council heard a presentation on a “General Fund Comprehensive Financial Sustainability Plan” from Lewis Young Roberts Burningham Inc.  Using statistics and prediction models along with our unique demographic information and city priorities in order to help make long term planning decisions.  This effort is currently underway.

City Council 2-19-19

Agenda, Minutes, Audio, Video

• The council approved a subdivision request at approximately 671 W. and 4400 S.
• The council approved and amendment to the business license application process (allowing applications to expire after a long period of inactivity.
• The council awarded the Ritter Drive reconstruction project bid to Post Construction for $687,257.

City Council 2-5-19

Agenda, Minutes, Audio, Video

• The city presented an “Outstanding Citizen” award to long serving Riverdale City Planning Commission member David Gailey.
• The council consented to the appointment of a new planning commission member, Wanda Nye, and the re-appointment of planning commission member Steve Hilton for a 3rd term of service.
• The council approved amending the online PTIF account management platform
• The council approved a final site plan for Quick Quack Car Wash on the southeast corner of Riverdale Road and 700 West.

RDA Board 2-5-19

Agenda, Minutes, Audio Part 1, Part 2, Video

• The Board held an executive session for the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange or lease of real property.

LOOKING AHEAD:  There will be City Council meetings on 2/5/19 and 2/19/19.  The RDA Board will meet on 2/19/19. Subscribe to Riverdale City’s Youtube channel for live and past video coverage of council meetings.

REMINDER: These monthly reports are only a brief summary (from my point of view) of our public meetings; you can find more detailed, and official city information at riverdalecity.com.  These posts are also updated throughout the month as meetings take place and new information and related links become available.

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