Bright Ideas
Laptops for employees
During the PW Manager's Meeting the idea of having portable laptops (with docking stations) in lieu of desktops was favorably discussed. The benefit of being able to bring your workstation to conferences, meetings or while traveling appeals to many of the management staff. Instead of having two pieces of equipment with a surface pro and a desktop, they only have one. |
First Wednesday Food Trucks @ Lunch
It would be a nice treat if we could get 3-4 of the First Wednesday Food Trucks to come to City Hall at lunch so those of us tired of McDonald's and Sourdough and Co. can have something a little different.
Staff Report Research Tool
A tool that quickly allows you to research City agendas and determine whether/when an item has gone before Council previously. |
Rumor Mill
Create an online anonymous submission tool for employees to submit questions about any city related topic.
Accepting Payments at 8400 Laguna Palms Way
I would like for the City to revisit a payment option to be available for the 8400 building. When we first started we had a cashier here to accept payments. The position was eliminated due to layoffs. Sending citizens across the street is an inconvenience, as half of the citizens paying for handicap placard admin fees are elderly citizens. This will also help on last minute tow releases where the citizen pays here at 455pm and then walks/drives over and the city doors close, and the citizen will accrue and additional day of storage because they did not receive the receipts. This will also help us post payments immediately rather than waiting for the receipt to route back to Records. Sometimes when the receipt is routed, a late fee is applied to parking citations or an alarm fee is charged due to non payment when in fact it was received, but we received the receipts days later.
Spirit Days
I propose we introduce Spirit Days in the office periodically to boost morale. Spirit days can be fun ways to engage in office silliness and create a positive atmosphere. A possible Spirit Day could be Silly Hat Day, where even if you had a meeting later in the day, you could still particiapte and be work appropriate. |
Bike/Ped/ADA Coordinator
The City is in need of a Bike/Ped/ADA Coordinator. The City is currently covering this role with a variety of staff from the City Manager's Office, Planning, Development Engineering, and Public Works. This creates a variety of issues as you have no one person that fully understands the needs of the community and can propose the appropriate action, or educate staff.
Shared autonomous vehicles or ride sharing services stations
The nation's transportation system is changing with the advent shared autonomous vehicles and ride sharing services. Accordingly, traditional parking lot designs, parking needs, and bus stops designs are not equipped to handle these transportation system changes.
The City should allow for a reduction in required parking spaces if a shared autonomous vehicles or ride sharing services station is included in parking lots. The City should accommodate this same approach in its own projects at the Civic Center and Old Town Plaza. A standard detail should be developed for this approach.
The City should allow for on street stations that are either separate or a part of transit bus stops. On street station design would likely need to two designs one for low stress and high stress routes. On high stress routes where vehicle speeds and traffic volume is high more separation may be required from the traveled way. Standard details should be developed for this approach. The City should allow for a reduction in required parking spaces if a shared autonomous vehicles or ride sharing services station is included
This is being looked at as part of the AV Plan and will be looked at again in the future.
Elk Grove Brand Consistency and Implementation Plan for Signage
Within the City of Elk Grove, we see the City Seal on public work projects and on business signs like the Elk Grove Auto Mall. You will also see the City Marketing Logo on public work projects. In addition, you will see elk themed signs on a variety of businesses. There is a lack of consistency in the use of the City Seal, City Marketing Logo, and Elk Themed signage. In addition, there are varieties of locations where you enter Elk Grove off SR 99 or I-5 with no signage. Having multiple people independently developing signage for a variety of uses has exasperated the problem.
Keeping open possibly unnecessary doors
Prop open the both sets of double doors by Public Works and the City Manager department, along with the unkeyed door to the bathroom hallway.
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