City Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes

CITY COUNCIL & EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER 5000 WHITEWATER CENTER PARKWAY, CONF. ROOM B CHARLOTTE, NC 28214 Friday, March 3, 2023 – 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. Invocation Friday, March 3, 2023 2:00 – 2:20 Welcome and Introduction: Collectively, Can we become “S.M.A.R.T.E.R?” 2:20 – 3:00 Traditions of Strategic Planning The Building Blocks ➢ Vision ➢ Mission ➢ Core Values ➢ Strategic Priorities & Objectives Prioritized Areas of Focus ➢ Organizational Culture and Structure ➢ Incrementalism & Reaction vs. Policy-based Model ➢ Financial Transparency 3:00 – 3:45 A Proposal for Reorganization ➢ Span of Control ➢ Cultivating Leadership ➢ Meeting the Demands of Growth ➢ Flexibility and Adaptation ➢ Creating the TEAM 3:45 – 4:00 Break 4:00 – 5:15 Financial Stewardship ➢ Capital Reinvestment & Debt Service ➢ The Generation of Revenues ➢ Revenue Equity: “Pay for what you use” ➢ Electric Rate Structure and Transfers  ➢ Gas Rate Structure and Transfers ➢ User Fees • Solid Waste • Stormwater • Building & Permitting • Water & Wastewater ➢ Events • Who is our customer? • Why do we hold events? • Party for region vs. ROI for Downtown Businesses? • What level of subsidy? 5:15 – 5:45 Self-serve dinner available for return to seat and presentation 5:45 – 6:45 System Development Fees ➢ Overview ➢ Legal Basis ➢ Statutory Tie to Long-Term Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) ➢ Water C.I.P. ➢ Sanitary Sewer C.I.P. ➢ Proposal for Enactment & Implementation 6:45 – 7:00 Wrap Up and Adjourn Invocation Saturday, March 4, 2023 8:30 – 9:00 Self-serve Coffee, Juice and Light Breakfast 9:00 – 10:15 Natural Gas Utility ➢ Historical Overview and Context ➢ Capacity: • What is it? • Why is it important? • How does it affect our future? ➢ Approach for the Future 10:15 – 11:00 Our Place In the County ➢ County Functions vs. City ➢ Who Pays and Why ➢ Context for Understanding Service Cost and Delivery • Library • Senior Services • Sales Tax Distribution • P.I.L.O.T. with Catawba  ➢ Future Opportunities and Approach • Central Dispatch • P.I.L.O.T. with Catawba • Contributions and/or Cost Sharing 11:00 – 11:15 Break 11:15 – 11:45 Economic Development ➢ Warehousing, Logistics ➢ Manufacturing ➢ Entertainment, Sports and Recreation ➢ City lakes: Ownership, Divestiture, or Equity Stake? ➢ Overall Approach – “But For” • Identify “gap” & work to close 11:45 – 12:15 Support for Central Business District ➢ Streetscape • Build It and They Will Come? • Build It Because They Are Here? o Project Based Financing • Budget and Financing ➢ Organization, Structure and Level of Support • City Run vs. 501c3 Non-Profit • Contract for Services with Deliverables • M.S.D.? • Yearly Budgeted Contract • Social Districts 12:15 – 12:45 Self-serve lunch available for return to seat and presentation 12:45 – 1:45 Development and Land Use Planning Issues ➢ Unified Development Ordinance • Special or Conditional Uses • Apartments • Accessory Dwellings • Planned Unit Developments • Communication Towers ➢ Central Business District • First Floor Uses • Height Restrictions • Parking ➢ Developer Roundtable to Prioritize Areas for Amendment 1:45 – 2:00 Epilogue and Adjourn