Complete Document - City of Auburn

Office of the City ManagerDouglas J. Watson, City ManagerThe mission of the Office of the City Manager is towork with the City Council and the department headsto ensure the ability of the City of Auburn governmentto provide services desired and needed by thecommunity in an efficient, effective, and responsivemanner both presently and in the future. This will beachieved by the following actions:• Submitting policy proposals to the City Council andproviding the Council with facts and advice on matters ofpolicy as a basis for making decisions and settingcommunity goals• Implementing the policy choices of the City Councilthrough enforcement of ordinances, resolutions, policies,other directives, and budget• Providing administrative leadership in the coordinationand direction of the work of the various departments ofthe City government• Preparing for the future of the community and the Citygovernment through long-range planning/ programmingand economic development• Ensuring that City government is conducted inaccordance with all federal , State, and local laws and inaccordance with high ethical standards• Providing courteous and timely responses to citizens’calls for services and determining the attitudes andopinions of the citizenry toward the City governmentbased on a recognition that the City’s reason for being isto serve its citizensFY 03 Goals1. Complete the construction of the Soccer Complex onWire Road by September 30, 2003.2. Complete the development of Town Creek Park, Phase1 and open it for community use by September 30, 2003.3. Build the new cemetery on South Gay Street bySeptember 30, 2003.4. Finish the construction of the clay court Tennis Centeron Richland Road by August 31, 2003.5. Assist the consultant to complete the Land Use Plan,present it to the Planning Commission and City Council,and adopt it by May 31, 2003.6. Open the Auburn Workforce Training AllianceTraining Center in Industrial Park #1 in cooperation witharea industry and the Industrial Development Board bySeptember 30, 2003.7. Participate with the State of Alabama to complete thepurchase of necessary right of way for the improvementsto Donahue Drive from Magnolia Avenue to BraggAvenue by December 31, 2003 and place out to bid theimprovement project by April 30, 2003.8. Purchase a new ladder truck for the Public SafetyDepartment-Fire Division by July 31, 2003.9. Extend the downtown street lighting project on TichenorAvenue between North College Street and Gay Street byJune 30, 2003.10. Complete the renovations to the Boykin Community Centerby May 31, 2003.11. Implement the paperless City Council agenda by March 31,2003.12. Purchase the property needed for the Auburn TechnologyPark West by September 30, 2003.13. Complete the renovations to the Frank Brown RecreationCenter and construct the addition of the teen center to themain building by September 30, 2003.14. Finalize agreements with the Sheriff, the Lee CountyCommission, and the City of Opelika to build additional jailspace at the Lee County Detention Center by June 30,2003.FY 04 Goals1. Upgrade the treatment capacity at the H. C. Morganwastewater treatment facility to 9 MGD by February 29,2004.2. Install the major sewer line extensions and replacementsapproved in FY 02 by August 31, 2004.3. Complete the construction of a new headquarters facility forthe Water and Sewer Department on Shug Jordan Parkwayby April 30, 2004.4. Work to ensure that the State of Alabama widens the bridgeover the Interstate on South College Street and extends theroad improvements from Shell Toomer Parkway to BeehiveRoad by September 30, 2004.5. Participate with the State of Alabama to complete theconstruction of the street, drainage, and sidewalkimprovements to Donahue Drive from Magnolia Avenue toBragg Avenue by August 31, 2004.6. Place out to bid the construction of Fire Station #5 in thevicinity of the Auburn Technology Park on South CollegeStreet by December 31, 2003.7. Identify property for a future park in North Auburn that canbe acquired by July 31, 2004.8. Install new pedestrian crossings in the downtown area bySeptember 30, 2004.9. Complete the construction of a senior center/therapeuticsthat will also serve as the headquarters for the Parks andRecreation Department by June 30, 2004.10. Cooperate with developers to extend Samford Avenue toEast Glenn Avenue and Longleaf Drive to Cox Road bySeptember 30, 2004.118