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9 <br /> <br />STAFF REPORT: LONG STREET HOUSES <br /> <br /> Mr. Huja stated that the neighbors would like to see the <br />houses on Long Street removed and staff recommended <br />encouraging private relocation of the houses and that the <br />Department of Transportation deed the land to the City at no <br />cost. <br /> <br /> Ms. Waters endorsed the approach suggested, adding that <br />she did not feel it was appropriate to keep the houses in <br />their current location. Ms. Waters made a motion to <br />recommend by letter to the Department of Transportation <br />that the houses be privately moved within a reasonable <br />period of time or demolished and that the land be conveyed to <br />the City at no cost for the benefit of the City and school. <br />Mr. Vandever seconded the motion. <br /> <br /> Ms. Waters stated that she felt January 1, 1991 could be <br />made as the deadline to move the houses. <br /> <br /> Mr. Hendrix stated that he had spoken with a <br />representative of English Construction Company, owner of the <br />houses, who had indicated that he thought the houses could be <br />moved within a six month time frame. <br /> <br /> Mr. Toscano stated that he felt the houses should be <br />moved as soon as possible since they cannot be kept <br />affordable. <br /> <br /> Ms. Waters and Mr. Vandever accepted January 1, 1991 as <br />the deadline to remove the houses and the resolution, as <br />amended~ was approved by Council, with Ms. Slaughter absent <br />from the vote. <br /> <br />STAFF REPORT: "RIGHTSIZING" PLAN <br /> <br /> Mr. O'Connell presented the City Manager's "rightsizing,, <br />plan, noting that the term "rightsizing', is being used rather <br />than "downsizing" since not all City services or programs are <br />recommended to be reduced. In addition to the 30 positions <br />previously eliminated in the FY 91-92 budget, 37 position are <br />proposed to be eliminated. <br /> <br /> Mr. O'Connell listed the following as examples of the <br />impacts of service or personnel reductions: once a week <br />trash collection~ longer leaf collection schedule; longer <br />time for special trash collection; reduction of street litter <br />pickup, hand cleaning of streets and weed cutting; reduction <br />in responsiveness to citizen's request for service; longer <br />lines in Treasurer's office; fewer staff to deal with busy <br />seasons or peak workload periods (snow removal, tax season); <br />slower response to building inspection requests; possible <br />impact in quality of real estate assessment; delays in <br />response to employment applications; more contracting for <br />capital projects~ concentration on maintenance activities; <br />loss of efficiency and productivity given reduction of <br />supervisor positions; reduction of beautification efforts in <br />parks, with emphasis put on safety issues; combining of <br />McIntire golf course with Pen Park (maintenance costs paid <br />through golf fees); privatization of grave digging (paid by <br />cemetery revenues); reduction of mowing; and reduced ability <br />to respond to policy reports and requests in City Manager's <br />office and reduced personnel to create budget document. <br /> <br /> Mr. O~Connell stated that a major piece of the <br />rightsizing plan has been reorganization, development of <br />job sharing arrangements, and learning to do things in <br />different ways. Mr. O'Connell added that the proposed plan <br />has responded to Council's interest in looking at levels of <br />management and as a result, fourteen administrative/ <br />supervisory positions are proposed to be eliminated. Mr. <br />O~Connell stated that staff,s strategy in developing the plan <br />has been to relook, rethink, re-evaluate, reduce, and <br /> <br /> <br />