Description
Primary responsibilities of the city are to provide safe, clean and reliable drinking water and to remove and treat wastewater in an environmentally responsible manner. A critical function of the city’s Public Works and Utilities Department is to plan, prioritize and implement capital improvement projects to sustain the quality services that support public health and safety, as well as the city’s Strategic Plan Goals of Financially Sustainable Government Providing Excellence in city Services.
Components
- Incorporate best practices and principles from Envision to establish and pilot sustainability guidelines for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of city infrastructure projects.
- Develop a Stormwater Utility Condition Index and identify Index targets.
- Use the Utilities Condition Index targets (water and sewer) to measure the impact on Level of Service and describe the consequences of less funding on Levels of Service.
- Develop a long-term plan for infrastructure replacement and upgrades based on known aging issues and predictive maintenance considerations.
- Develop a robust education campaign to increase visibility of utilities, recognize their importance to quality of life and improve understanding of the value of their services.
- Evaluate adding code requirements that identify the degree to which a developer is responsible to identify and pay for growth-driven offsite improvements to utilities.