philly stat economic development and transportation 21709
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Economic Development and Transportation Department of Commerce, Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Department of Licenses & Inspections, Department of StreetsTRANSCRIPT
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City of Philadelphiaphilly.stat
Department of Commerce, Philadelphia City Planning Commission,
Department of Licenses and Inspections, Department of Streets
Date: February 17, 2009
Economic Development & Transportation
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Economic Development and Transportation
Economic Development
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Economic DevelopmentMain Components of the City’s Economic Development Strategy
1. Fix the basics
2. Spur targeted industry sector and small business growth
3. Create a strong, skilled workforce
4. Build sustainable neighborhoods and stimulate housing markets
5. Improve key regional assets
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Philadelphia Land Use:
The need for a new
comprehensive plan
Economic DevelopmentEconomic Opportunity – The Arc of Development
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Economic DevelopmentEconomic Opportunity – The Arc of Development
1. Productively reuse abandoned
industrial land
2. Strengthen and grow already
healthy commercial and
industrial areas
3. Create better connections
between neighborhoods and
city amenities
4. Practice environmental
stewardship
5. Remove obsolete and derelict
structures
Principles
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Economic Development and Transportation
Department of Commerce
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Economic DevelopmentDepartment of Commerce Organization
Deputy Mayor and
Director of
Commerce
Chief of Staff’s
Office
Office of
Development
Initiatives
Office of
Neighborhoods &
Business Services
Business Services
Neighborhood
Business Services
Office of Economic
Opportunity
Policy
Real Estate
Development
Business
Attraction
Contract Management
& Program
Monitoring
Office
Management/HR
Accounting
Operations &
Administration
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Economic DevelopmentDepartment of Commerce – 10/20/30% Scenarios
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Economic Development and Transportation
City Planning Commission
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Economic DevelopmentPhiladelphia City Planning Commission Mandates
City Planning Commission Charter-Mandated Responsibilities:
Prepare, adopt and modify a comprehensive plan of the city
Prepare and annual capital program and budget
Prepare proposed zoning ordinances, maps, and amendments
Prepare regulations concerning the subdivision of land
Make recommendations to City Council on the foregoing, in addition to the
acquisition or sale of City real estate
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Economic DevelopmentPhiladelphia City Planning Commission Budget Reductions Scenarios
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Economic Development and Transportation
Department of Licenses and Inspections
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Economic DevelopmentLicenses and Inspections – Mission & Vision
One Vision: L&I is the nation’s leading code enforcement agency
At it’s core, the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) exists to enforce the Philadelphia
code and through education and enforcement of the code thereby protect the citizens of the City
of Philadelphia.
To fulfill the core mission, the following core services should be preserved.
Core Services of L&I – Life Safety Services
Core services and services that we should strive to preserve include:
Identification and enforcement of unsafe, vacant and imminently dangerous buildings
Emergency duty response
Enforcement of the Fire Code
Inspection of construction activities and enforcement of building Code
Clean and seal unsafe buildings
Identification and enforcement of Property Maintenance Code
Issue building permits
Issue zoning/use permits
Review building plans
Review zoning plans
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Economic DevelopmentLicenses and Inspections – Budget Baseline
Operations Division $6,736,621 28%
Development Division $7,371,341 30%
Administrative Division $2,880,073 12%
Demolition $7,200,000 30%
Total FY10 Budget $24,188,035
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Economic DevelopmentLicenses and Inspections – 10/20/30% Scenarios
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Economic DevelopmentLicenses and Inspections – Performance Scorecard
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Economic DevelopmentLicenses and Inspections – Best Practices Research
Illinois
Consolidate of departments
Increased certification training for existing inspectors
San Diego
Conducting a fee study to determine fee increases
Considering a reduction-in-force process
Not filling vacant positions
Minnesota
4 day work weeks
Limiting use of city-vehicles
Cross-training
Not filling position vacancies
Removal of non-critical cell phones
Arizona
Appear to be “ok” for this fiscal year
Spending needs to be justified
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Economic DevelopmentLicenses and Inspections – Overtime Costs (FY08 & 09)
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Economic Development and Transportation
Department of Streets
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Economic DevelopmentStreet Department – Reduction Scenarios Fiscal 2010
$113,960,573 $101,298,286
$88,636,001
$12,662,285 $25,324,572
$37,986,857
10% 20% 30%
Target Reduction Target Budget
FY 2009 Plan
Estimate
$126,622,858
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Economic DevelopmentStreet Department – Sustainable Litter Baskets
Solar powered
Automatic compaction
Allows for recyclables
Reduced collection frequency
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Reform Agenda
Development Process
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Reform AgendaDevelopment Process Review
Scope: to create a simple, efficient and cost effective business process
for issuing development permits
Project timeline:
Task 1: Review of existing development permitting process
(11/20/08 – 9/1/09)
Task 2: Process re-engineering and implementation
(9/1/09 – 12/31/09)
Task 3: Software acquisition and implementation
(1/1/10 – 6/1/10)
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Reform Agenda Civic Engagement Dialog Sessions
Wednesday, February 18th
Mastery Charter School, Pickett Campus,
Wayne and W. Chelten Avenues, Germantown
Thursday, February 19th
St. Monica's Catholic School,
16th and Porter Streets, South Philadelphia
Monday, February 23rd
Pinn Memorial Baptist Church
54th Street near Woodcrest Avenue, Overbrook