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

Economic Development and Transportation

Economic Development

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

Philadelphia Land Use:

The need for a new

comprehensive plan

Economic DevelopmentEconomic Opportunity – The Arc of Development

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

Economic Development and Transportation

Department of Commerce

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

Economic DevelopmentDepartment of Commerce – 10/20/30% Scenarios

Economic Development and Transportation

City Planning Commission

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

Economic DevelopmentPhiladelphia City Planning Commission Budget Reductions Scenarios

Economic Development and Transportation

Department of Licenses and Inspections

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

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

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

Economic DevelopmentStreet Department – Sustainable Litter Baskets

Solar powered

Automatic compaction

Allows for recyclables

Reduced collection frequency

Reform Agenda

Development Process

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)

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