CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Week ending April 18, 2014

Transit Hub Location Neighborhood Meeting

Staff will be hosting a neighborhood meeting with area stakeholders regarding a possible transit hub location at the northeast corner of 21^st and Iowa Streets on Monday, April 21, 2014 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.   Staff will be updating the neighbors and stakeholders regarding a traffic study that was completed earlier this year on possible locations at 9^th and Iowa Streets and 21^st and Iowa Streets.  Staff plans a formal discussion with the City Commission on May 6, 2014 regarding the results of the neighborhood meeting and further discussions on the transit location.    

Sidewalk Inventory Update

The Public Works Department has completed the data collection portion of phase 1 of the sidewalk inventory project.  See the attached memo for more information.

Outreach Efforts to Inform Residents of Trash Collection Route Changes

Starting on May 6, 2014, the city’s Solid Waste Division will begin the new residential trash collection routes.  Half of our residential customers will be assigned a different day of the week for trash collection.  The other fifty percent (50%) will not experience a trash day change.

For two weeks, April 22, 2014 through May 2, 2014, solid waste collection crews will be placing post-it notes on trash cart lids of those residents who will be assigned a different day of the week for trash collection.  This is one of a variety of communication tools the Solid Waste Division is using to inform residential customers about the trash collection route changes.  See attached overview of the communication tools with timeline and new trash route map which indicates the days for service.