Format • Introductions / General Overview • Explore The Source Of The Problem • Solution: Freddy’s 5 Point Plan • Elected Official Commentary • Open Microphone / Questions / Responses • Closing Remarks & Next Steps
Introduction • Thank you to all in attendance, both citizens and elected officials. • Purpose is not about finding fault or giving examples of problems. We know the problems. This exercise should be productive in content and the comments made.
Source Of The Problem • 40 Years Of Neglect • Roads build on swampland + high water table • Apparent lack of intra-department communication in City Government
Source Of The Problem ! • Only 19 out of the 50 largest cities in each state pay higher mileage/taxes. • http://cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ocfo/publication/attachments/2012%20Tax %20Rates%20and%20Tax%20Burdens_NATIONWIDE.pdf
Source Of The Problem • Budgetary low priority as well • 1.5% of Total Adopted Budget of ~$850M • (Total budget includes grants and external funds) • 2.9% of The General Fund Budget of ~$500M • (General Fund includes property tax contributions) • (see chart on next slide)
Source Of The Problem • Lack of complete and full understanding of the problem, lots of unanswered questions: • What will it cost to really fix our streets? • Millions or billions? • Over how long of a period of time will it take? • Where will funds come from?
Solutions / Goals • Citizen Solidarity and Support • Going to require a lot of volunteer hours • Will need to support creative endeavors • Realize we might potentially have to pay more
Freddy’s 5 Point Plan 1. Town Hall Meeting 2. Organize executive and sub-committees 3. Form citizens group to survey & evaluate streets 4. Resolve committee and citizen group data into report 5. Evaluate options & disseminate full report at future Town Hall meeting
Freddy’s 5 Point Plan 1. Town Hall Meeting! • THIS MEETING TODAY IS STEP 1! • Call To Action For Citizens and Public Officials • Have Town hall meetings to get the citizens input and ideas for improvement
Freddy’s 5 Point Plan 3. Citizen Group To Survey Problem Areas! • Survey and Inspection Citizens group to gather, evaluate and report back to the Executive Committee the damage areas with detailed reporting
Freddy’s 5 Point Plan 4. Estimation and Cost Evaluation! • Estimating and Cost evaluation committee to put a price or cost estimate and prioritize the areas that are the worst to best in need of repairs
Freddy’s 5 Point Plan 5. Evaluate shortfalls and course of action! • Work with city, state and federal governments to determine what monies are available, needed and where the funds will come from. • Determine if it is possible to re-prioritize the budget to allocate more money to street repair. • Find cost saving methods. • What can the citizens do to help with additional funding, maintains taxes or paving lien programs to generate additional funding
Freddy’s 5 Point Plan • Summary • Town Hall Meeting - Have regular Town hall meeting with citizens and elected officials to explore new ideas and monitor progress. • Executive Committee - Form an executive committee to coordinate all aspects of the street recovery program • Survey and Inspect - The citizens will perform necessary surveys and inspect all streets to determine the magnitude of our problem • Cost and necessary funding - Evaluate the cost to repair our streets and what funds are available or additional needed for these improvements. • Funding Sources - Determine all available funding sources or explore new ideas for additional funding sources.
Closing Remarks • Need to stop “Kicking The Can” • This is everybody’s problem. • How much worse does this problem have to be? • Are you ready to invest your time, talent and treasures to resolve this problem?=
Closing Remarks • Let’s stop saying “can’t” and partner with the City to save the neighborhoods we love. • Tonight is the easy part. • Putting the plan in place with an implementation is going to be harder. • The plan needs commitment from everybody. • Our commitment and dedication will determine our success or failure
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