HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/15/2011 Council Work Session
August 15, 2011
4:20 p.m.
Council Chambers
Roll Call.
Approval of Agenda, as proposed or amended.
1. Update on Cedar Valley Alliance's Economic Development—Presented by
Cedar Valley Alliance.
ADJOURNMENT
Suzy Schares
City Clerk
Council Work Session
August 15, 2011
4:40 p.m.
Council Chambers
Roll Call.
Approval of Agenda, as proposed or amended.
1. Discussion of Community Service Officer Program—Submitted by Daniel J.
Trelka, Director of Safety Services.
ADJOURNMENT
Suzy Schares
City Clerk
GREATER
CED P
VALLEY
ALLIANCE & CHAMBER
BE PART OF SOMETHING GREATER
THE CEDAR VALLEY OF IOWA
Waterloo City Council Work Session —August 15, 2011
Hugh Field
Chair of the Board
Steve Dust
CEO
Lisa Skubal
Director of Marketing
Linda Laylin
Director—Business Services
Cary Darrah
General Manager Cedar Valley TechWorks
Agenda
1. Introduction &Overview S. Dust
2. Economic Development Activity
a. Marketing Activity; observations about economic conditions L.Skubal
b. Existing Business Update L. Laylin
3. TechWorks Campus Update C. Darrah
10 West Fourth Street,Suite 310,Waterloo, IA 50701 • Ph:(319)232-1156♦ Fax:(319) 233-4580
10 Main Street,Cedar Falls,IA 50613 • Ph:(319)266-3593 • Fax:(319)277-4325
www.cedarvalleyalliance.com
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New Projects
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1 Pilot Aseptic-Food All Food TBD $5M New 17 Stow Early stages of project
2.IT Customer Support All IT 200 TBD New IDED
3.Site Selection Group Wloo Service 300 TBD New Direct
4,Call Center 500 All Service 500 TBD New Local Lead
5.Renais LLC All Bio/Wind TBD TBD New Direct
6.Mfg/Distribution Wloo Mfg TBD TBD Expansion Laylin
7.Mfg CF Mfg 15 $3.2M Expansion Laylin
8.Mfg Wloo Mfg TBD TBD Expansion Laylin
9.Distribution/Service Wloo Other 45 N/A Retention Laylin
"Decision expected wirNn 60 days
Existing Hot Projects(Decision Expected wi%thi..nn,66ii0yDays) ��§§ o-o-33
1.The Green @ TechWorks Wloo Services 250 $49M New Private
2.Cleanfield Energy Wloo Mfg 20 $1.3M New Private
TOTAL PROJECTS(NEW&EXISTING)CURRENTLY BEING MANAGED=31
TOTAL"HOT"PROJECTS(NEW&EXISTING)CURRENTLY BEING MANAGED=2
YTD STATS& MONTH TOTALS OTHER DATA
#x{sting:Business Issues :'
Total P-ycas 43 48
>10 iobs 22
Jobs at>C S t nvg.A^Jaga 830
iplta.Ir'eslmcot $630M Slag 2M 44
N w Lccat _ 24 32
Exs ng 6u-n..ss xpa nsiasit S -3
Pro �= I.European Animal Vaccine-no building
Slack Hawk County 0 o \'3S .�C\C�\ &also neetled praxlmlry of l5Ll Vet School.
Cedar Falls 22
Cedar Valley Marketing Region 5 1] �� 1.iMO Global-not returning calls.Likely
Evansdale 9 16 not suitable site found.
Hudson 7 15
Tech Works 2
Waterloo 34 33
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Services 5 3
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Tech Works Prospect Visits 3 i '
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Existing Business Vis[s 10 ' ����� ,� 3rd Quaner Visits Qan-Mar)
4th Quarter Visits(Apr-June)
l�DAd'wibYutt ® i� TOTAL VISITS YEAR-TO-DATE
'' '`c " ` 30;Cr2+' �® �-. Prospett Inquiries from Web
Note:Fisral Years are Jrom July I-June 30;FY2010/11 is cumulative including current month
SUMMARY OF COMPLETED PROJECTS FY11
FY11 Projects Completed•
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1.Performance&olubes CF 20 $318,600 New
2.Black Hawk Engineering CF 21 2 Tarket Corpera:icn
$SM Existing L PfG
3.Schumacher Elevator
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TOTALS FOR COMPLETED FBQJECTS FY11-:.:` ;p41 iQ L: 'i'ao '�;<i �� 5.Ferguson Enterprises
"Alliance scoff was the lead or hod significant role in the project
RESULTS-TO-DATE
FOR COMPLETED PROJECTS
1996-Current 2006-Current
New Locations: 21 8
Existing Business Expansions: 44 17
#Jobs: 4,573 777
Capital Investment: $534,630.730 $259,398,600
Square Footage: 5.519.241 1.451,516
Printed:8/10/2011
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Council Work Session
August 15, 2011
4:20 p.m.
Council Chambers
Roll Call.
Approval of Agenda, as proposed or amended.
1. Update on Cedar Valley Alliance's Economic Development Presented by
Cedar Valley Alliance.
ADJOURNMENT
Suzy Schares
City Clerk
Council Work Session
August 15, 2011
4:40 p.m.
Council Chambers
Roll Call.
Approval of Agenda, as proposed or amended.
1. Discussion of Community Service Officer Program—Submitted by Daniel J.
Trelka, Director of Safety Services.
ADJOURNMENT
Suzy Schares
City Clerk
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MARIA ARMSTRONG
From: SUZY SCHARES
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 6:24 PM
To: MARIA ARMSTRONG
Subject: FW: Community Service Officers
Please schedule a work session for Dan. Thanks,
Suzy Schares,CMC
City Clerk
City of Waterloo
715 Mulberry Street
Waterloo IA 50703
319-291-4522#3008
From: Trelka, Daniel [mailto:trelkad@waterloopolice.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 3:33 PM
To: SUZY SCHARES
Subject: Community Service Officers
Suzy,
This is for your info and can I get a council work session (15 minutes) scheduled for this matter?The 15,
22, 29, etc. are all good for me.
Dan
From: Trelka,Daniel
Sent: Monday,August 08,2011 3:29 PM
To: 'Chris Wendland' •
Subject: Community Service Officers
A patrol sergeant approached me with a request to start a community service officer program. These
would be unpaid volunteers. They would be clearly distinguishable from police officers by the wearing of a
light blue or yellow polo shirts with "Community Service Officer" across the back. The Mayor supports this
program and asked that I run it by you. The police officers are receptive to the utilization of these
individuals. They would probably number about 4 persons. Below are the duties they would engage in:
Duties of a non-sworn, volunteer Community Service Officer could include many of the following activities:
1. Reports requiring no follow-up or police action such as lost/found property, simple vandalisms, and
stolen bicycles.
2. Administrative duties such as assisting the Watch Commander with processing reports and
answering phones.
3. Maintenance of patrol cars by restocking equipment such as crime scene tape, road flares,
evidence bags, etc.
4. Assisting SRO officers with alcohol compliance checks (as many college age students are under the
age of 21).
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5. Community patrols in conjunction with citizen's patrol activities already being implemented by the city.
6. Assist Code Enforcement Officers with reports of violations they observe while on patrol.
7. Vacation watches and business checks as well as checks of locations requesting extra attention.
8. Park/Nature trail patrols utilizing department bicycles and Segways.
Would the Neighborhood Watch Patrol waiver we are going to use (edited with the terminology "Community Service
Officer program") suffice for this program?
Dan
Daniel J. Trelka
City of Waterloo Director of Safety Services
Waterloo Fire Rescue and Police;leading the way in service to the community.
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