City Retreat Hotel
This meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Camilla Room, begins at 8:15 a.m. It is open to the public and the press; please attend if interested.
Agenda (Meeting Location is incorrect on this version of agenda - Crown Plaza Hotel is Correct)
Note: this meeting is scheduled for 8 hours in length and I do not plan to be live streaming or shooting video.
ROLL CALL at 8:15 a.m.
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENT
INTRODUCTION OF FACILITATOR
2013 YEAR IN REVIEW AND 2013 RETREAT ITEMS AS ADDRESSED
PRESENTATION OF 2013 COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS
Presentation overview & PDF Details
PRIORITAZATION OF ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION BUT NOT LIMITED TO
City Council will vote on the order in which they want to discuss.
1. Long Term Park Improvements: Prioritization and Funding
3 Tiers of improvements
2. Contract Services
1 yr optional extension ?
3. Stormwater Improvements
Raise rates, float a bond or wait it out?
4. Consolidation Strategy for Public Safety Services: Police, Fire, EMS, and Dispatch
911 issue coming up fast as renewal deadline approaching in about month.
Can we do own Fire Department, stay with DeKalb or partner with others?
5. Updates to the Comprehensive Transportation Plan
Center Lane of Mount Vernon - should it be removed from plan?
6. Fund Balances
7. House Resolution 486 - Independent Schools
8. Council Meeting Efficiency
9. Public Messaging
10. Intersection Improvements
11. Code Enforcement
12. Follow-up on Council Requests
13. Process for Citizens Interested in Serving on Boards
14. Paving Policy - Neighborhood Paving Funding
15. Shared Services for Joint/Regional Improvements
16. Formal Appointment of City Attorney
17. Replacement of Police Cars
18. Asset Forfeiture Funds
19. Sirens - Expanding Pilot to Citywide
20. Mayor and Council Expense Accounts
21. Long Term Planning for Boundary Areas
22. Subdivision of Residential Lots
4 comments:
Thank you for addressing Citizen Membership on City Boards. It should be open & transparent AND subject to GA Open Records. People should apply just like they would a job. With a resume, references and supporting background information. I asked this in January, 2013 to the Mayor & Council and also sent this request to the Charter Commission. Here's my ideas I submitted a year ago:
http://www.bicyclingjoe.com/2013/01/membership-in-city-of-dunwoodys-boards.html
Joe, the Charter Commission listened to this concern and my recollection of how this matter was handled follows.
Changing a City Charter implies modified legal code moving forward, and the Commission felt that this idea should be left to City Council to decide, rather than having the Charter prescribe how to populate a Board.
If the Charter requires a Board to be populated in one way or the other, than any deviation is a violation of the City Charter, a serious matter.
That point is important because open and transparent Boards is a sound idea. There were several good ideas, like Public Town Halls meetings that make sense and should be done, but are better left to Council.
Hope this is helpful,
Max
Thanks, Max. Understood.. The procedure to define how appointments of board & commission members can be handled directly by the council.
Dump Chatcomm. Stay with DeKalb Fire and use that savings/bonds for the parks. Storm water needs to be fixed even if it a tax increase. No center lane, Fran promised that roads in Dunwoody don't get expanded. Indy schools- press the board to accredit indiviual schools. Council efficiency-will that suppress the citizen's voice? Intersection improvements-hasn't council been talking about this since 2009? Paving-I'm still hitting the same pot holes and ruts. Shared Services-lately it seems the city wants to do it all by itself. New police cars-police are a huge expense and a service we shouldnt taken on. Weather sirens-more vetting over monitoring, who's responsible for activating, maintenence cost-other options?
Post a Comment