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June 8, 2023 Everyone Zoom Meeting Emcee Giles Clasen - Communications Coordinator for AURA ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines WELCOME - Giles Clasen ● Thank you to participants ● Mute audio; video optional ● Use chat section to ask questions to Everyone No breakout rooms ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines AGENDA ● Employee Committee Awards ○ Innovation, Passion and Opportunity ● City Manager Corner ● IT Sponsored Projects ● Live today! ArvadaCO.gov ● Work System updates ● Council Remarks ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines Employees of the Quarter (Q2) Lorie Gillis, City Manager Winner of the City’s Value of INNOVATION Carina Bueno Accounting Technician III Department of Finance ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines Employees of the Quarter (Q2) Winner of the City’s Value of PASSION Johnny Yang Housing Specialist • Department of Community and Economic Development, ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines Employees of the Quarter (Q2) Winner of the City’s Value of OPPORTUNITY Sgt Brandon Valdez Arvada PD ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines City Manager Corner Lorie Gillis ● People, projects, and strategic initiatives continue- highlights ● Budget process already started planning ● Culture of Safety ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines IT Sponsored Project Updates ● NASCAR (replacing Oracle Project) ● ArvadaCO.gov (new arvada.org) ---PAGE BREAK--- ● Top Vendor Selected ○ Met project team ○ Contract negotiations in progress ● Next Steps ○ Lean Process Improvement Training ○ Resource planning ○ Begin project planning in late July NASCAR (aka Oracle Replacement) Madeline Stephens, Sr. IT Project Manager ---PAGE BREAK--- ● Redirecting all URLs from Arvada.org ● New navigation and features ● Print materials - it’s not too late ● Email signature lines - why it matters? ● Updates now: missing or incorrect information and broken links ● In a few months: user experience changes ArvadaCO.gov Katie Patterson, Manager of Communications for Infrastructure ---PAGE BREAK--- Safe Community Work System Updates - Commander Ron Avila Two new Deputy Chiefs hired & 13 new Officers ● Edna Hendershot, supporting Operations ● Todd Reeves, supporting Field Services ● Sworn Officers, joining all sectors Thank you to the Recruiting Team, Sgt. Losey, Officer Harney, Recruiter Miller Safe Community Work System Updates Chief of Police, Ed Brady ---PAGE BREAK--- Safe Community continued, Courts Judge Katie Kurtz ● Updating Court/City Council entrance ○ Moving metal detector to building entrance ● What to expect and timeline ○ Construction will start end of summer? ○ Last approximately 9 weeks ● All court visitors will go through main City Hall entrance - metal detector ---PAGE BREAK--- Safe Community continued, Courts The Municipal Court Team ---PAGE BREAK--- Ralston House projects Jill Johnson, Lead Victim/Family Support Advocate ● Ralston House sincerely thanks the City of Arvada and all its team members for your constant support and generosity! ---PAGE BREAK--- Community & Economic Development Highlights - Rob Smetana, Acting Director for Community and Economic Development ● In-N-Out Burger approved by Planning (52nd and Wadsworth) ● Two sub-area plans approved to help guide future development: ○ New Town - South of G line tracks to I-70 along Wadsworth ○ Northwest Arvada - Along Indiana 84th to 96th, SH 72 ○ Link: advancearvada.gov > Sub-Area Planning ● HB23-1189 - Championed by AEDA signed by Governor ○ Tax Credits for businesses that help employees with home down payments ---PAGE BREAK--- Infrastructure - Jacqueline Rhoades “Connecting the World Through Public Works” ● Second Floor Remodel Complete -thank you Facilities! ● Transportation System Plan Kicks off ● Meyers Pool Groundbreaking to be held June 20 at 4 pm ● Ralston Road and W 72nd Bond Projects ---PAGE BREAK--- Infrastructure, continued - Sharon Israel “Resilience” ● Storm response ● Water Treatment Plant Projects ● Ralston Creek Improvements ● Community Rating System for Floods ● Water Supply ---PAGE BREAK--- Organizational Service & Effectiveness updates - Linda Haley Strategic Initiative to continue supporting our DEI culture Hired a consulting firm, MGT ○ Internal survey: 61% response rate, total of 430 responses ○ Internal Focus Groups: 63 participants total ○ All department heads were interviewed separately Preliminary findings suggest we have opportunities to: ● Promote our language translation services even more ● Identify and offer more in-depth training ● Explore using equity toolkits for decision making More to come! ---PAGE BREAK--- Vibrant Community and Neighborhoods - Enessa Janes ● Upcoming Happenings, Festivals and Events ○ Movies Around Town (June 16, Field of Dreams) ○ Arvada on Tap (June 26) ● July is National Parks and Recreation Month! ● “Where Community Grows” ○ Park and trail maintenance ○ Golf and restaurants ○ Camps and engagement events ---PAGE BREAK--- City Council Thank you for all you do! Marc Williams - Mayor David Jones- Mayor Pro Tem and District 4 Randy Moorman- Councilmember District 1 Lauren Simpson - Councilmember District 2 John Marriott - Councilmember District 3 Bob Fifer - Councilmember at-Large Lisa Smith - Councilmember at-Large Arvada City Council Members (from left to right) Fifer, Smith, Marriott, Williams, Simpson, Moorman, and Jones. ---PAGE BREAK--- Meeting Guidelines Your questions, closing remarks Lorie Gillis, City Manager