AGENDA DATE: 6/7/2017
TITLE:
Title
City/County MOU Update
BODY
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Discussion focusing on the long-term opportunities identified for the four City/County Memorandums of Understanding
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Letteri, Catlin
PRESENTER (S): Lee Catlin
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council agreed on a set of four Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) at a joint meeting on March 1, 2016; adopted by the Board of Supervisors on May 11, 2016, dealing with collaborative efforts in the areas of environment, education, transportation, and redevelopment and affordable housing. These MOUs are provided as Attachment A. Current activities and opportunities for future collaboration for each MOU topic area were presented to the Board and Council at a joint meeting on October 4, 2016. At the joint meeting, the Board and City Council directed staff to implement the short-term opportunities. The two bodies also agreed to review the long-term opportunities individually in preparation for another discussion about collaboration at a joint meeting this fall, which has been scheduled for September 19, 2017.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations: Ensure County government’s capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities.
DISCUSSION: This agenda item will focus on the initiatives identified in the attached implementation matrices that outline short and long-term opportunities for each of the four MOU topic areas.
Short Term Opportunities - as was discussed with the Board during the joint meeting with City Council on October 4, 2016, these initiatives can be implemented in the next 12 to 18 months with no significant resource needs or policy changes. Based on direction provided at that meeting, work on these short term opportunities (Attachment B) is currently underway, so no further discussion is needed about these items at the current time.
Long Term Opportunities - as was discussed with the Board during the joint meeting with City Council on October 4, 2016, these initiatives need additional resources or policy direction before they can be implemented. Staff will provide an overview of the long-term opportunities (Attachment C) in the following two categories:
- Opportunities that clearly align with the Board’s FY17 - 19 strategic plan that are either already underway or that could be incorporated into the ongoing strategic plan work.
- Opportunities that do not clearly align with the Board’s FY17 - 19 strategic plan that could be considered for inclusion when the next two-year strategic plan is developed.
Focus on Expansion of GO Program The Education MOU identified a long term opportunity related to expansion of the successful Charlottesville Growing Opportunity (GO) Program into Albemarle County. The Board indicated support for this initiative during its FY18 budget development process, and the economic development fund was identified as a potential funding source to support this initiative once more details were available. Staff will provide options for implementing a pilot project to expand the GO program focusing on bus driver training for the Board’s direction.
BUDGET IMPACT: If the Board decides to proceed with expansion of the GO program, funding will need to be provided from the Economic Development Fund created in the FY18 budget. Funding is estimated at approximately $75,000 for a pilot program, with the specific amount to depend on the option selected by the Board.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff is asking for confirmation that certain of the long-term MOU initiatives align with the strategic objectives as indicated.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A: City-County MOUs
Attachment B: Short-Term Initiatives
Attachment C: Long-Term Initiatives