Building Partnerships: a Future for Morrisville. Council Member Michael Schlink District 1 September 27, 2012

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1 Building Partnerships: a Future for Morrisville Council Member Michael Schlink District 1 September 27, 2012

2 The Research Triangle Region (new signs around RDU) Embrace surrounding growth within our ability to balance traffic congestion/airport noise overlay/railroads Competitive market positioning (emerging, business & housing) Sustainability approaches bring together and often streamline functions, thrive on partnerships, focus on lasting solutions Collaboration facilitate the exchange: share/leverage investments & infrastructural as a region Old Assumptions being challenged: new approaches/creative solutions Complicated decision making process/information sharing

3 RTP- Changing Times RTP has 7,000 acres/10.9 square miles MSV has 6,400 acres/10 square miles RDU has 5,000 acres/7.8 square miles Up to date: collaboration Successful approaches Knowledge economy Centennial Campus University spinoffs Start-up businesses Increasingly diversified group of businesses Multi-national operations IBM's India plans Getting out in front Retail & housing-live/work Mutual Aid Agreements

4 Chapel Hill/NC 54 Corridor Study Moved into #1 Town road priority Partnership w/cary, DOT/NC RR Rep. Tom Murry, District 41 Hillsborough St. revitalized/bid Enhanced aesthetics More urban lifestyle Option: Capital Blvd-6 lanes

5 Connectivity More Pass- Thru traffic Key intersections Toll road East-West North South Results Expected

6 Morrisville s Transit Station Explore opportunities Leverage regions transit resources Wake Co. tax easier, faster, cost effective Atlanta voted down Attracting developers Whole Foods Effect Links RDU/14.2k MSV jobs/291 residents Parking deck Raleigh s $60m Union Station/10%

7 Town Center Business Improvement District (BID) Up to date/town Survey results Competes for Town resources Look at assumptions (oversaturation of uses) RTP, Raleigh, Durham (BID) Spark real estate investment Revitalization/collaboration Funding mechanism Planned for enhanced infrastructure/services Transit Station/Morrisville Outlet Mall

8 Morrisville Housing Stock Up to date/town Survey results Housing stock -1/3 each apartments/townhouses/ detached single family More renters than owners <50% since 2000/ State average is 66.7%/lowest Rated 7 th most affordable Studies -community involvement /increase property values Strategies Policies Land Use (Town Center/Transit Station/Evans/Aviation/ Airport Noise Overlay

9 Wake Co. Tourism Dollars (Travel Sports) Over $3 billion in development/new features Rated one of America's hottest sports destinations World-class sport venues and first-rate hotels Premier locations for sports championships and events NCAA/ USA Baseball/Table Tennis/Ironman/ Collaboration w. Wake Co./ Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance Clearing hurdles Hotel/Meal Tax Additional Funding of improvements Cedar Fork Park RTP Park Soccer/Lacrosse/ USA Cricket

10 RTP Park/Cedar Fork Park 25-acres/3 Tennis Courts 1Multi-use field/ Shelters/Restrooms Links 5 NE MSV neighborhoods /Town Hall Cedar Fork District Park is a 37-acre park Consists primarily of eight multi-use fields suitable for soccer, lacrosse, cricket etc. Links Greenways to Crabtree Lake/ N. Raleigh/ Parks/trails

11 Budget Overview Budget Expenditures by Major Category Salary & Wages FY12 Original Budget FY13 Recommended Budget Differential 9.7M 10.23M 530K Major Differential: Merit, 3 New Firefighter Positions, 1 Grants/Budget Analyst, 1 Engineer Construction Inspector, 1 Stormwater Construction Inspector, Turnover & natural attrition Operations 5M 5.8M 800K Major Differential: $348K Morrisville-Crp Rd/Progress Energy Sidewalk/Road improvement project with a 250K offsetting onetime revenue from prior year PIL Infrastructure Grace Park, 170K Stormwater Essential Package cost, 361K additional Street Maintenance Professional Services 409K 830K 421K Major Differential: 278K related to Stormwater Essential Package, 200K Bond Consulting Services Debt 1.65M 1.61M -40K Planning & management Drives spending priorities Creditability in process, fiction over tax increases Transparency in vetting needs vs. wants Bring back 5 yr look Easier to read-user friendly < 30 pages Consolidate information/ Budget Committee Major Differential: No significant differential, paying down existing debt TOTAL 21.8M 24.4M 2.6M

12 Initiatives Bond Referendum Best Place to Live Gateways NW Park Schools Citizen Survey (ICMA) Continue to Update Change will happen /plan for it Position/branding Share information

13 Best Places to Live Best Practices Pick a criteria & see how Morrisville fits in our region/usa CNN/Money Magazine criteria Live, work, raise a family & retire Heart of the Triangle Area Accolades #2 Best Places for Business & Careers Forbes #6 Top Cities for Staying Young RealAge #1 Healthiest Cities for Women (Raleigh) - Women s Health

14 Bonds Referendum 2012 Street Improvements - $14.3m Intended: NC 54 Bypass/ Transit Station Parks & Recreation - $5.7m Intended: Expand existing facilities/aquatics Authorizing not exceeding those amounts Proposed 4 cent tax increase Could be phased in over two increases Town Debt doubling to $3.2m Reaching limits-sustainability discussions Early voting starts Oct 18 thru Nov 6

15 National Citizen Survey (your voice counts in decision making) Part of the TC s decision making process Not enough participants in-house/ Last third party survey 2008 Reduces staff s workload/outside party ($15k/2yrs) Creditable agency/using National standards Benchmark services /measure progress Understand & better serve the needs of customers BUSINESS COMMUNITY SURVEY (TCC)-Wake Co. Simplify regulations & permitting Focus on quicker service & consistency Bring process on-line

16 NW Park (on hold since 2004) Connects 3 MSV NW neighborhoods/23% Links RTP & Cary s infrastructure 40 plus miles of greenways American Tobacco Trail Committee review for prioritization & funding

17 Wake Schools (in Morrisville) Only town without a Middle or High School Catalyst for Community Spirit Increased property values / branding Future Wake Tech Campus RTP partnership In Education -Charter HS Little Rd/RTP-Wake Co. locations/nw MSV

18 Gateways and Strategic Streetscape Enhanced aesthetics RDU/RTP/Raleigh updates Start of Gateway Improvements Point of Interest vs. normal Chapel Hill/NC 54 Morrisville Pkwy Grade Separation ($100k) I-40/Outlet Mall Transit Station Area Sense that you have arrived Community Spirit

19 Questions/ Comments? Council Member Michael Schlink District 1 September 27, 2012

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