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C: \Documents and Settings \cewmjrm \Local Settings \Temporary Internet Files \OLKE8 \JMStrawPollExercise Apri107.x1s3 <br />TOPIC <br />PRIORITY <br />CATEGORY <br />POINTS <br />STAFF <br />STRATEGIC ISSUE - 2 -YEAR <br />Public Education <br />Educate the general public and City council that we, (in Park Ops,) are professionals in what we do and in how we <br />and Staff <br />5 <br />manage our parks. We use and implement sound management strategies, we use IPM, (Integrated Pest Management,) <br />Competency <br />we continually seek better ways to manage our parks; we are conscious of the health and safety of our environment and <br />R Hallett <br />park users. We do not just go out and apply pesticides just because we have them. <br />Consistent POS Division policies, criteria and procedures on who, how and when City staff attempt to address drainage <br />easement encroachments, dumping on public property, unauthorized storage on or use of City natural areas, planting of <br />Illicit Activites and <br />inappropriate invasive species along open waterways, etc. As it stands now, different Sections and even different work <br />Consistency <br />units in the same Section take a wide variety of approaches and are relatively inconsistent (myself included) as each <br />new issue and situation presents itself. This has led to some past complaints from property owners about arbitrary and <br />Long <br />capricious requirements and treatment by City staff. <br />Streamlining our 5 service request programs within PWM/POS and how they operate. Currently we have Cassworks, <br />ECC, PWT, Street Lighting Maintenance, and the PSO sending us a C- Tracs. It would benefit my team if we would <br />Service Request <br />streamline the many service requests they need to fill out depending on what type of service request we are taking in <br />System <br />from the public. It can be confusing to figure out which program to use, how to use the various programs (especially <br />when you are new or don't do them often), and what information to ask depending on which questions the service <br />LeGat <br />request asks for. <br />Natural Resources Section Classification and Structure: I know this is two issues, but the two are so intertwined that it <br />makes sense to me to think about them both at the same time. The nature of the Section's work has changed a great Mission /Goals and <br />deal and increased immensely since its formation. I believe it is time to do an exercise similar to the one that we did with Organization <br />the Supervisor's group. We need to ask the questions: (1) What work do we do? (2) What work should we or shouldn't Structure <br />we be doing? (3) Given that body of work, who should do it and what are the knowledge and skill sets necessary for <br />,those positions? (4) How should those positions be classified? (5) How would we be structured to best provide services <br />Jancaitis <br />to the public? <br />C: \Documents and Settings \cewmjrm \Local Settings \Temporary Internet Files \OLKE8 \JMStrawPollExercise Apri107.x1s3 <br />