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Home My WebLink About01- Discussion Only AGENDA col =-` City of San Bernardino Mayor and Council Study Session I FOCUS: The City of San Bernardino Hopes -► Dreams -► Goals -► Priorities -► Actions ♦ Success Opening Remarks Mayor Valles Overview of Session Solution Strategies, Inc. VISION No limits; no barriers to success! What are our ideas? What do we envision for our City? Today? One Year? Five Years? RESOURCES Positives give strength and momentum for lift-off. Besides location, location, location. . . what are the City's assets and strengths? Tangible? Intangible? ISSUES Getting down to the brass tacks. What is it we need to solve, anyway? Individual Wards? Whole City? Governance? GOALS The sky's the limit for our success! How will we channel our energies for the betterment of our City? Individually? Collectively? UPCOMING Upcoming Sessions Solution Strategies, Inc. Study Session II- May 6, 1998 Study Session III- May 27, 1998 CLOSING Closing Remarks Mayor Valles ;115 ��' Overview Focus: The City of San Bernardino Study Sessions Session I April 15, 1998 This session provides the opportunity for the Mayor and Council to share and discuss their hopes and ideas for the City. Visions, resources and issues will be discussed, followed by Council Members and the Mayor presenting goals and objectives. Session II May 6, 1998 In Session II, the City staff will have the opportunity to provide input and information on the goals and issues raised in Session I. This information will be used by the Mayor and Council to weigh and evaluate their own goals and objectives. Briefing binders will be provided prior to the session. Session III May 27, 1998 In this session, the Mayor and Council will work together to finalize the goals developed in the two previous sessions. These goals will be used to set priorities for the City. They will serve as a foundation for future decision making and as guidelines for the budget process. Overview Focus: The City of San Bernardino Study Sessions Session I April 15, 1998 This session provides the opportunity for the Mayor and Council to share and discuss their hopes and ideas for the City. Visions, resources and issues will be discussed, followed by Council Members and the Mayor presenting goals and objectives. Session II May 6, 1998 In Session II, the City staff will have the opportunity to provide input and information on the goals and issues raised in Session I. This information will be used by the Mayor and Council to weigh and evaluate their own goals and objectives. Briefing binders will be provided prior to the session. Session III May 27, 1998 In this session, the Mayor and Council will work together to finalize the goals developed in the two previous sessions. These goals will be used to set priorities for the City. They will serve as a foundation for future decision making and as guidelines for the budget process. Overview Focus: The City of San Bernardino Study Sessions Session I April 15, 1998 This session provides the opportunity for the Mayor and Council to share and discuss their hopes and ideas for the City. Visions, resources and issues will be discussed, followed by Council Members and the Mayor presenting goals and objectives. Session II May 6, 1998 In Session II, the City staff will have the opportunity to provide input and information on the goals and issues raised in Session I. This information will be used by the Mayor and Council to weigh and evaluate their own goals and objectives. Briefing binders will be provided prior to the session. Session III May 27, 1998 In this session, the Mayor and Council will work together to finalize the goals developed in the two previous sessions. These goals will be used to set priorities for the City. They will serve as a foundation for future decision making and as guidelines for the budget process. � ARp�� O O � 7l7 't0 ' -�.!� . tip• G^'pED MISSION STATEMENT City of San Bernardino It is the mission of the City of San Bernardino to govern with professional leadership, vision, and compassion to endeavor to: provide safe neighborhoods for the preservation of life and property; improve and maintain a diversified and successful economic base; foster a well-maintained and progressively designed infrastructure; promote an understanding of the diversity of our .cultures; enhance opportunities for quality education and leisure pursuits; advance regional cooperation and the city's leadership role within the Inland Empire. This is accomplished by ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of services; nurturing communications between the community and the city; allocating resources in a manner responsive to the needs of the community; and building a strong financial foundation. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO FISCAL YEAR 96/97 MISSION STATEMENT The Economic Development Agency is a focused diversified organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for the citizens of San Bernardino by creating and retaining jobs, eliminating physical and social blight, supporting culture and the arts, developing a balanced mix of quality housing, along with attracting and assisting businesses both independently and through public- private partnerships. In fulfilling this mission, the Agency is guided by the following principles: • The provision of leadership through innovation linked with willingness to take prudent risk for worthy results that are beneficial to the City. • The involvement of affected citizens in all activities to assure and maintain citizens participation and Agency accountability. • Professionalism and objectivity in the pursuit of quality that goes beyond individual preferences designed to turn controversy into consensus. • Effective use and management of Agency human and financial resources. • Commitment of staff to function in a team capacity to develop multi-disciplinary skills and establish inter-governmental and private sector solutions to community-wide concerns. Pa U C I T Y OF S A N B E R N A R D I N O INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM CITY CLERK' S OFFICE DATE : April 20, 1998 TO: Fred Wilson, City Administrator and Lori Sassoon, Sr. Administrative Analyst FROM: Rachel Clark, City Clerk SUBJECT: Mayor and Council Study Session I held April 15, 1998 COPIES : Suzanna Cordova, Deputy City Clerk ------------------------------------------------------------------- Attached in somewhat "raw" form are the notes taken from last Wednesday' s Study Session. Very little editing was done to the notes taken from the Mayor and Council' s input . I have saved it on diskette and am sending the diskette to Lori as she has requested. If you have any questions, please let me know. Rachel G. Clark City Clerk Attachment VISION TODAY ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS • Create spirit of unity, • Have examples of change • See San Bernardino as a cooperation, trust& respect • Clean San Bernardino in all different place with new among all(including neighborhoods—no more image so that children will community) complaints want to stay here—walking • Restore pride and beauty of and running paths • Strengthen fundamental valley; real sense of • Give parks and recreation values community and care priority • Restore hope& opportunity • Strengthen communication • Focus on future of children for citizens between Council, • During Mayor's tenure: departments, and community strengthen crime prevention • Job Base;good paying jobs efforts so that people will for people who are here want to move to San • Youth educated in a superior Bernardino school system • Bustling economy • Openness between government agencies • Accountability—established goals with benchmarks • Gangs are a thing of the past • Collaborative efforts—avoid duplication of services between City, schools, County • Eliminate fear between organizations going after same $$$ • Points of light • Reduction in resistance to change and innovation • Restore sense of a safe neighborhood so that people are not afraid to sit out in front yard, kids can go outside to play and walk home from school • Utilize past to make building blocks for future • A city that's coming together as a unit—strong—think as One vs my • Seek designation as All- America City • Regain control of city blocks RESOURCES 1. Water-abundant;geothermal; soft 2. Supply and Cost of Land; large number of undeveloped land in Southeast and Western part of City 3. City owns a lot of property 4. International Airport Runway 5. Climate 6. Retirees with vast experience 7. Volunteer organizations 8. Educational System: City School, Valley College, University 9. Proximity of recreational facilities 10. Little League Western Regional Facility and strong little league organization 11. Rail Access-intermodal facility-Metrolink 12. Excellent medical facilities locally and nearby - VA Hospital, Loma Linda, St. Bernardine's, County Medical Center's burn Center, etc. 13. Strong sister cities programs with 12 cities throughout the world 14. Diverse ethnic groups 15. Our children 16. Labor pool 17. High tech industry 18. Recreation opportunities-soccer complex, baseball stadium,parks 19. Symphony Orchestra 20. National Orange Show 21. Center for Individuals with Disabilities 22. Two major law enforcement agencies-Sheriff's Department and Police Department 23. Alameda Corridor 24. Churches-262 25. County Seat 26. "Restaurant Row"on Hospitality Lane 27. Downtown cinema 28. Courthouse 29. Neighborhood Associations 30. Excellent Freeway system 31. San Manuel Casino 32, NAFTA Corridor 33. Pacific Rim 34. Increase in new businesses 35. Best disaster preparedness program in Country 36 Excellent grant writers at Police Dept. and in City ISSUES INDIVIDUAL WARDS: FIRST WARD: 1. Mt. Vernon Corridor needs updating, infrastructure and revitalization 2. Houses owned by Santa Fe workers—50+years old—need to tear down/fix thru ARR 3. Keep homes viable for today's families 4. Make SBL4A viable 5. Bring Ward up to code SECOND WARD: 1. Revitalize Baseline Corridor 2. Blighted Areas—involve Neighborhood Associations in solutions 3. Find viable use for vacant County Medical Center 4. EnhanceBeautify Perris Hill Park and Fiscalini Field(pools, recreation areas) THIRD WARD: 1. Off-ramps to Westside 2. Keep San Bernardino Valley College in San Bernardino; help relocate if necessary 3. Revitalization of Santa Fe Station (Metrolink) 4. Consider establishing railroad museum at Santa Fe station 5. Update old houses using$15M 6. Realign ward boundaries FOURTH WARD: 1. 40'h Street Shopping Centers 2. Annex unincorporated land 3. Replace deteriorated housing on Lynwood FIFTH WARD: 1. Need Fire Station 2. Rebuild pockets of old homes (Arrowhead Suburban Farms) 3. Homes near Little League Western Regional Headquarters need revitalization SIXTH WARD: 1. New commercial shopping (markets, bank,gas station) 2. Need to tie to rest of the City 3. Housing is old; needs rehab 4. Opportunities to develop vacant land SEVENTH WARD: 1. Full golf course 2. Arden-Guthrie problems 3. Highland Avenue Commercial Corridor • Needs preservation improvement • Plan for dealing with land and building uses • Requires health/safety/aestltetic improvements 4. Between Highland Avenue and I-30 Freeway— Transition area—need to stop transition and move back to owner-occupied homes S. County pockets—consider contracting services (fire, code,police) to provide continuity of Service WHOLE CITY 1. All need to know each other's Wards 2. Need more assistance for small businesses—character loans 3. Cohesiveness among business associations to provide city-wide solutions 4. Bring churches together S. Need long-range plan inter-dependent among whole community — stop arguing over resources 6. More partnering to maximize resources 7. Address infrastructure—streets, sewers, water 8. Do what would benefit largest number of residents—i.e., reduce sewer rates 9. Prioritize use of dollars based on Mayor and Council criteria and stick to it! 10.Avoid bad business decisions—scrutinize them carefully;stop giving$away 11. Need good, accurate, truthful information 12. Provide better training for elected officials • Basic training • Analysis of legislative role 13. More cooperation in funneling things thru the Mayor's Office—not 7 mayors 14. Flow through to the Council—know what's going on before the meetings 15. Feed information back to the Council from the Mayor 16.Appoint independent board as Community Development Commission; keep Mayor as Chair 17. Get agenda packets earlier, have earlier cut-off dates to allow time to study agenda issues 18. CITY CHARTER 19. Council Agendas are too small—not enough info 20. Create Council Analyst position for professional analysis of agenda items 21. There is no established communication between Mayor and Council, offices need to be in close proximity to each other 22. Lack good constituent complaint tracking system which shows resolution/status of complaints 23. Watch micromanagement GOALS 1. Regional goals • People can earn a good living • Create synergy—like Ontario • Partner with Orange Show for a Convention Center • Build a riverwalk through riverbeds on Orange Show property • Potential to be a regional attraction 2. Link our assets to make them more successful—strengthen the whole 3. Water project -- Use water resources to partner with Rialto to create Lytle Creek riverwalk— study all options 4. Look at vacant County Hospital land 5. Overall signage 6 Target major manufacturers to locate here 7. Downtown movie theater—monitor contract performance 8. Seek funding to keep Courthouse in San Bernardino 9. Re-survey entire City street lighting—never works completely 10. Address low water pressure in Third Ward 11. Bring Inland Center Mall into City (??? —it already is in City) 12. Start Route 66 Marathon 13. Celebrate diversity of 100 different cultural groups 14. Streamline bureaucracy 15. Extend bike lanes into Westside 16. Do away with or reduce utility tax and Mello Roos Districts 17. Decrease absentee landlords; increase owner-occupied homes tenfold 18. Install cut away on Hospitality lane to alleviate traffic congestion 19. Listen to community 20. Establish another little league/girls softball league 21. Increase employment tenfold 22. Reputation 23. GLUE INDIVIDUAL GOALS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL Manor Valles: • Provide leadership needed to develop strategic plan that will address goals Council sets — internally/externally • Aggressively pursue outside funding for City—whatever it takes Councilwoman Estrada: • Be realistic—no pie in sky projects • Straighten out EDA —open avenues; make things better • Off-ramps • Better utilization of EDA • Mt. Vernon Corridor Councilwoman Lien: • Get economic engine going • Provide job training Councilwoman Arias: • Rebuild southeast end—need curbs and gutters on Caroline Street • Address issue of the homeless; explore providing homeless shelter using City-owned building on Waterman Avenue; utilize existing resources, such as Grace Chapel • Frazee Center — currently using mobile units to provide health care (Loma Linda); explore how City can assist in establishing permanent health units such as was done with Casa Ramona • Establish more boxing programs at Ruben Campos Center; help reduce high mortality rates among Latino youth Councilman Schnetz: • Rebuild 40`h Street Shopping Center • Stop decline of commercial corridor which could spread to neighborhoods Councilman Devlin: • Realign city government to make more cost effective; i.e., combining departments • Get City Council out of Redevelopment • Widen "E"Street • Install on and off ramps for Little League Drive Councilwoman Anderson: • Bring a bank, supermarket, and gas station to Westside • Expanded bus service—residents currently walk 10-12 blocks to catch bus • Address problem of idle sewer system connections on Arizona—citizens can't afford to hookup