Public Safety

• Public Safety Improved for Citizens
  • Overall crime reduced by 8% in FY 05/06
  • Homicide reduced by 14% in FY 05/06
  • Public Safety Budgets
    • Additional $30m, 50 new DPD positions in FY 05/06
    • Additional $35m, 100 new DPD positions in FY 06/07
  • Decrease in overall response time of 11.3% in FY05/06
  • Decrease in emergency response time of .72% in FY 05/06
  • DFR reduced 911 wait times from 5.17 to 4.46 seconds
  • $265 per capita DPD spending in FY05/06 - up $2 from FY 04/05
  • $288 per capita DPD recommended spending in FY 06/07
  • Squad car replacement - 100,000 miles in FY05/06
  • City received $15m grant form W.W Caruth Jr. Foundation
  • DPD recruitment incentive - 35% increase in applicants,1 Academy class added
  • Most recent Citizens Survey – 10.5% increase in the number of people who feel safe in their neighborhoods after dark
  • Increased staff, raised professionalism and enhanced training for emergency operations and homeland security
    
• Emergency Management during Katrina/Rita

Economic Development

• City’s Infrastructure Improving
  • $1.35b bond proposition developed, recommended and scheduled for a vote on November 7th
  • Previous Bond Programs Update
    • 95 Bond Program – 99% complete or on schedule
    • 98 Bond Program – 97.5% complete or on schedule
    • 03 Bond Program – 90% complete or on schedule
• Focus on Current and Future Growth of Dallas
  • City’s first comprehensive plan completed – received Comprehensive Planning Award from the Texas Chapter of the APA
  • Sales Tax has grown 9.1% to date in FY 05/06
  • City-wide taxable value grew 8.4% in FY 05/06
    • Commercial grew 12.97%
    • Residential grew 8.95%
  • Unemployment rate fallen from 8.2 in 2004 to 5.6 in 2006
  • Gross City Product in 2005 - $93b (grown $11.2b since 2000)
  • Inland Port
    • MOUs with ports and government entities
    • $32m for infrastructure in 2006 Bond Program
    • $29m in other public sector support
    • Urban Land Institute endorsed plan
  • Southern Dallas
    • Taxable value grew 7.4% in FY 05/06
    • Taxable value has grown $5.5b in the last five years
    • In other measures Southern Dallas at times tripled city-wide growth rates
      • Total permit values grew 12.7% in FY 05/06
      • New commercial permit values grew 18.9% in FY 05/06
      • New single family permit values grew 16.1% in FY 05/06

Staff Accountability

• Sound Financial Management and Responsibility
  • Tax rate decrease in FY 06/07 (first time in 8 years)
  • City Controllers Office improvements in FY 05/06
    • Reorganized to enhance financial reporting controls
    • Adding professional level staff recommended to ensure compliance with accounting standards
    • Staff training increased
• New Processes, Plans and Ideas Initiated
  • “Budgeting for Outcomes” implemented
  • Second Dallas Citizens Survey completed - results showed zero categories decreasing in rating with 50% of categories improving
  • Strategic Plan prepared (integrated with annual budget)
  • Action Plan (3-5 years) for City activities developed – 85% either complete or on-time
  • Performance measurement for all departments implemented
  • ICMA benchmarking for 15 core city service areas completed for 2nd year
  • Joint meetings with DISD identify partnership opportunities
  • Management Development Associate program implemented
• Accountability Increased
  • Utilization of retooled performance plans for all civilian employees to focus on results, customer service and performance
  • Accountability reports for HR, Safety/Risk, Environmental and Fleet developed
  • New budget document allows for greater transparency in government
• Employee Productivity, Motivation and Communication Addressed
  • No increase in employee health care costs – FY05/06, 06/07
  • Merit raise program implemented in FY 04/05 continued in FY 05/06 and recommended to continue in FY 06/07
  • Quarterly Employee Recognition Program
    • Wall of Honor
    • Unsung City Stars
    • Great Milestones & Living Legends

Neighborhood Quality of Life

• Focus on Customer Service and Results
  • Late service requests dropped from 85,765 to below 300
  • Most recent Citizens Survey – 4.9% increase in respondents who rated the overall quality of City services as good to excellent
  • City-wide customer service initiative
    • All employees have completed Level 1 customer service training
  • 311/911 operation restructuring underway
  • Mystery Shopper Program implemented for 311 services
• New Joint Facilities Opened with DISD
  • Arcadia Park Library
  • Hampton Illinois Library
  • Fair Oaks Park/Conrad High School Fields
• Wallace Foundation Grant Awarded - only Dallas & NYC received
• Homeless Assistance Center - design to be complete in 10/06
• Service Area Coordination Team Initiated
• Recycling Tonnage Increased - 22% through August
  • Most recent Citizens Survey – 36% increase in the number of people who rated the recycling program good to excellent

Trinity River

• Progress on Floodway and Design Guidelines
  • Contract for design of lakes/urban design in negotiation
  • 100 acres acquired in FY 05/06
  • Surveys, environmental assessments and appraisals underway on additional 1,500 acres
  • Construction of chain of wetlands underway - reduced flood levels upstream by one foot
    • Cell D completed
    • Cells E, F and G to be completed in summer 2007
• Design and Construction of Recreational Amenities
  • Boat launch at Loop 12 constructed
  • Trinity Audubon Nature Center – Design complete, construction to begin in March of 2007
  • Finalizing a management contract for the equestrian center – construction to begin in November 2008
  • Design and land acquisition continues for Elm Fork Soccer Complex