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COUNCIL GOALS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

COUNCIL GOAL :

QUALITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT &

REVITALIZATION

Strive to plan for the development of remaining vacant
property and improve the quality of older areas and
infrastructure.

Objectives:

 Create a development plan for main commercial corridors

 Revitalize residential neighborhoods

 Ensure compliance with quality property standards

 Identify and implement potential incentives to redevelop commercial properties in specific
areas of the community.

Accomplishments:

 The Neighborhood Initiative Program (NIP) has made major strides in helping low income
elderly, disabled, single parent and veterans complete exterior repairs to their homes. COVID-
19 continued to have an effect on the NIP Program in FY 21, however with the help of 219
volunteers we were able to complete over 40 projects of various sizes. So far in FY 22, we are
at over 400 volunteers and almost 50 projects completed. We have been able to take on larger
projects with big groups of volunteers that had been put on hold during COVID.

 Code Compliance continues its focus on property maintenance standards throughout the city.
76% of the cases closed in FY21 were through voluntarily compliance. This is significantly
less than the past years when we would typically see over 90% voluntary compliance. Code
Compliance has a focus on education; however, the primary focus is safety and welfare. Code
Compliance no longer issues several notices for repeat violations, and instead moves to
contract out the abatement as soon as possible. This has caused the slight decrease in
voluntary compliance, but results in a more expeditious abatement.

 The Development Review Committee facilitated the final approval of the plats, subdivision
plans, and first set of single family residential permits for City Point, a major development goal
for City Council. City Point includes 365 single family residential lots, 60,000 square feet of
commercial, 352 multi-family units, and an additional pad site for a future hotel, grocer, or
other commercial.

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