Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38.431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that the City Council will hold a meeting open to the public on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at 2:00 P.M. located in the City Council Chambers, 200 West Jefferson, Phoenix, Arizona. Council members may participate by telephone. As indicated in the Agenda, the City Council may vote to go into Executive Session, which will not be open to the public, for the purpose of discussing those matters listed on the Agenda.

1:00 P.M. -

AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS CALLED FOR THIS TIME AT THE POLICY MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2008.

THE TIMES LISTED FOR AGENDA ITEMS ARE ESTIMATED. ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED EARLIER OR IN A DIFFERENT SEQUENCE.

ESTIMATED

1. 2:00 P.M.-

COUNCIL INFORMATION AND FOLLOW-UP REQUESTS.

This item is scheduled to give City Council members an opportunity to publicly request information or follow-up on issues of interest to the community. If the information is available, staff will immediately provide it to the City Council member. No decisions will be made or action taken.

CONSENT AGENDA.

There is no Consent Agenda for consideration this week.

CALL FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

A vote to call an Executive Session may be held.

REPORTS BY THE CITY MANAGER.

This item is scheduled to allow the City Manager to report on changes in the City Council Agenda and provide brief informational reports on urgent issues. The City Council may discuss these reports but no action will be taken.

ESTIMATED

2. 2:30 P.M.-

VALLEY FORWARD ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS (NO REPORT)

Staff: Seelhammer
(Presentation 10 min.)

This item is for information only. No City Council action is required.

ESTIMATED

3. 2:40 P.M.-

SPECIAL REVENUE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff: Fairbanks, Krietor, Zuercher,
(Presentation 10 min.)

The purpose of this report is to provide recommendations from the Special Revenue Task Force and request authorization to further study and develop implementation plans for the revenue generation concepts.

With Council approval, the goal is to begin implementation by March 1, 2009, and generate a target of $7.5 million in new revenue by June 30, 2010.

This item is for information, discussion and action.

Back-up included in Council packet/City Clerk's Office.

ESTIMATED

4. 2:50 P.M.-

ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE

Staff: Fairbanks, Gleason
(Presentation 10 min.)

Major construction projects stimulate the economy by putting people to work. The construction workers spend their income in local businesses. This report conveys the results of our review of planned capital projects to advance as many projects as possible to stimulate the local economy.

Our bond committee process requires that departments obtain approval to move projects forward from their individual Bond Committee Chairs. To assist them in this, staff requests that the Mayor and Council endorse the outlined schedule for advancing capital projects.

This item is for information, discussion and action.

Back-up included in Council packet/City Clerk's Office.

ESTIMATED

3:30 P.M.- ADJOURNMENT

For further information, please call the Management Intern, City Manager's Office, at 602-262-4449.

For reasonable accommodations, call the Management Intern at Voice/602-262-4449 or TTY/602-534-5500 as early as possible to coordinate needed arrangements.

Si necesita traducción en español, por favor llame a la oficina del gerente de la Ciudad de Phoenix, 602-262-4449 tres días antes de la fecha de la junta.

PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

Councilwoman Baier

Councilman Johnson

Councilman Mattox

Councilwoman Nowakowski

Councilman Simplot

Councilman Stanton

Councilwoman Williams

Vice Mayor Neely

Mayor Gordon

CITY COUNCIL REPORT
POLICY AGENDA
TO:	Frank Fairbanks City Manager	AGENDA DATE:		September 23, 2008
FROM:	David Krietor, Deputy City Manager Ed Zuercher, Deputy City Manager	ITEM:	3
SUBJECT:	SPECIAL REVENUE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

THE ISSUE

The City budget has been under extraordinary financial pressure as revenues have declined. These declines have forced cuts in services to balance the budget. The current outlook for ongoing revenues remains poor. Additional cuts are projected for next year. In this environment, it is important to explore creative financial solutions and new revenue opportunities.

In response to these issues, the Mayor and City Council asked the City Manager to form a Special Revenue Task Force in July to study opportunities for raising revenues outside of tax increases. The Task Force, co-chaired by Deputy City Managers David Krietor and Ed Zuercher, was comprised of 25 staff representing various City departments. The task force was charged to:

1. Identify creative ideas for raising non-tax revenue for City operations;

2. Examine these ideas for feasibility and implementation; and

3. Recommend a package of specific practical actions for raising non-tax revenue.

OTHER INFORMATION

After generating, reviewing and prioritizing over 300 ideas from citizens and every department in the city, the Task Force identified the following nine revenue generation concepts as the most promising for immediate City Council consideration:

· Developing an on-line component to normal City surplus auctions to generate more bids;

· Seeking naming rights opportunities for City-owned facilities, new advertising opportunities on City property, including the Web site, selling or licensing City logo merchandise, and securing sponsorships for Phoenix 11 and know99 television;

· Creating a City of Phoenix affinity credit card similar to cards used by university alumni clubs to generate revenue;

· Reviewing unused or underused city-owned land and buildings for lease or sale;

· Establishing new parking meter rates and hours, and consolidating parking management functions;

· Reviewing new cost-recovery opportunities in the Police and Fire Departments;

· Fully charging for use of the City’s rights-of-way;

· Advancing the reimbursement of Federal grant draws;

· Lowering the threshold for referring past due accounts receivable to collection agencies.

A tenth idea has been found to have promise since the last Task Force meeting:

· Reviewing opportunities to lease City-owned property for cell tower use.

Staff is seeking City Council authorization to fully research and identify issues for each of these ten items. Staff will return to the City Council for review and approval of specific action steps needed to implement these ideas. This could include issuing requests for proposals, proposing fee changes, or other implementation steps. After these ideas are researched and implemented, the Task Force will reconvene to work through further ideas on the list, or other ideas that arise, for Council review next year.

RECOMMENDATION

Staff requests City Council authorization to further study and develop implementation plans for the ten concepts presented by the Special Revenue Task. Ongoing work will be overseen by an Executive Committee to include:

· Deputy City Manager David Krietor

· Deputy City Manager Ed Zuercher

· Budget & Research Director Cathleen Gleason

· Finance Director Bob Wingenroth

With Council approval, the goal is to begin implementation by March 1, 2009, and generate a target of $7.5 million in new revenue by June 30, 2010.

Attachment

Special Revenue Task Force Members

Annie Alvarado	Neighborhood Services
Robert Ashton	Phoenix Convention Center
Libby Bissa	Family Advocacy Center
Marie Chapple Camacho	Public Transit
Jill Celaya	Police
Deborah Sedillo Dugan	Public Information Office
Jennifer Emerson	City Manager’s Office
Cathleen Gleason	Budget & Research
Jennifer Harper	Neighborhood Services
Maria Hyatt	City Manager’s Office
Brandie Ishcomer	Parks and Recreation
Jackie Johnson	Finance
David Krietor	City Manager’s Office
Scott Krushak	Fire
Mary Magewick	Community & Economic Development
Karl Matzinger	Human Services
Stephanie Miller	Public Works
Tom Remes	Government Relations
Tammy Ryan	Water Services
Shane Silsby	Development Services
Tim Tilton	Planning
Joel Waggener	Street Transportation
Kathey Wenger	Phoenix Convention Center
Bob Wingenroth	Finance
Sharyn Zlotnick	City Council
Ed Zuercher	City Manager’s Office

CITY COUNCIL REPORT
POLICY AGENDA
TO:	Frank Fairbanks BR 09-04 City Manager	AGENDA DATE:		September 23, 2008
FROM:	Cathleen Gleason Budget and Research Director	ITEM:	4
SUBJECT:	ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE

THE ISSUE

The Budget and Research Department has reviewed planned capital projects with little or no operating costs to determine whether any could be advanced. The City’s capital budget remains strong despite ongoing pressures on the operating budget.

OTHER INFORMATION

We worked closely with operating departments to determine which projects they have the staff capacity to advance, and with the Finance Department to ensure the City has adequate fiscal capacity. We also had to consider whether there was room in our 2008-09 legal appropriation to advance any projects. State law requires that our spending for this year be at or below the amount adopted by the Mayor and Council last June.

We are in the third year of the five-year 2006 Bond Program. We originally programmed projects with little or no operating costs in the first two years and many projects with significant operating costs in the last three years, so most of the current remaining projects have operating costs. This narrowed the number of projects available to review.

In addition, since we are already one-quarter through fiscal year 2008-09, the type and number of projects that can be advanced to this year is somewhat limited. However, the results of our review indicate that we could advance a total of $14.9 million in capital projects to this year. Examples of these projects include the Downtown Wayfinding project, the Ahwatukee State Land Acquisition and Street Transportation’s Pavement Rehabilitation program.

Our review also indicated that we could advance a total of $23.9 million in projects to 2009-10. These projects include ADA modifications to the Herberger Theatre, Neighborhood Revitalization and Blight Elimination, Affordable Housing Development and the Rio Salado Oeste land acquisition. A schedule of projects proposed for advancement is shown below.

Projects Proposed for Advancing to 2008-09
Downtown Development Office (DDO)
Downtown Land Acquisition - Housing/Mixed Use	$ 1,500,000
DDO/Street Transportation and Drainage
Downtown Streetscapes, Trails & Connections	$ 150,000
Downtown Gateways and Oasis	149,000
Downtown Wayfinding System	690,000
HOPE VI & Rio Salado Connectors to Downtown	256,000
Parks Recreation and Mountain Preserves
Ahwatukee State Land Acquisition	$ 8,260,000
Trail Construction	265,000
Neighborhood Mini Park Land Acquisition	514,000
Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Modifications	822,000
Street Transportation and Drainage
32^nd St Pedestrian and Roadway Improvements	$ 500,000
ADA Compliance Improvements	800,000
Pavement Rehabilitation Projects	675,000
Elevation Certificate Program - Floodplain Survey Assistance	337,000
2008-09 Total


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1.	Council Information and Follow-up Requests/Consent Agenda/Call for E-Session
2.	Valley Forward Environmental Excellence Awards (NO REPORT)
3.	Special Revenue Task Force Recommendations
4.	Economic Stimulus Package