Building Partnerships: a Future for Morrisville Council Member Michael Schlink District 1 September 27, 2012
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
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
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
Connectivity More Pass- Thru traffic Key intersections Toll road East-West North South Results Expected
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%
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Questions/ Comments? Council Member Michael Schlink District 1 September 27, 2012