Goals Tracking Document

Goal 1. Working well together

• Promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for a safer, more inclusive community and municipal organization
• Maintain a strong emphasis on beautification of our community

Goal 2. Working with Key Partners

Maintain focus on regionalism in our efforts to address a range of issues and opportunities

• Facilitate collaboration with and between local governmental partners to include but not limited to the Coquille Indian Tribe, Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, Coos Bay School District, SWOCC, City of North Bend, Coos County, Port of Coos Bay, Coos Bay – North Bend Water Board, Coos Bay – North Bend – Charleston Visitors Convention Bureau, etc.
• Encourage and support the Coos Bay Downtown Association, Community Coalition of Empire, South Coast Economic Development Council, and Bay Area Chamber of Commerce in an effort to support businesses and strengthen the local economy.

Goal 3. Maintain and Improve Public Infrastructure

Water Quality Utility (Wastewater / Storm Water)

• Upon securing a development agreement, initiate the design process for Pump Station 27 (Timber Cove Housing Project)
• Initiate Phase 1 capital improvements to Wastewater Treatment Plant 1
• Undertake systematic upgrades and or replacements of the City’s pump station infrastructure
• Undertake infiltration and inflow (I&I) reduction projects on the city owned infrastructure
• Continue to research and evaluate current and potential policies aimed at improving and maintaining privately-owned business and residential sewer laterals which connect to the wastewater utility

City Streets

• Stabilize the slope east of Koosbay Boulevard between Nutwood Avenue and Pine Drive, including securing project funding and necessary engineering/design plans
• Stabilize Coos River Highway, through S-Curves in Eastside, including securing project funding and engineering/design plans
• Complete the engineering design plans to improve the Newmark Avenue/Empire Boulevard intersection. After securing a funding source, implement the improvements
• Explore options and funding sources for making Coos Bay more bike friendly
• Provide the Council with an annual report listing street maintenance and improvement projects completed, accounting for funds received / used, and list of planned projects for the upcoming fiscal year

Parking Lots

• Develop a parking lot on the vacant property located at S 3rd Street and Central Avenue
• Develop a parking lot on the vacant property on Front Street between Cedar Avenue and Date Avenue
• Demolish the blighted buildings and develop a parking lot on the property formerly known as Franko’s Gas Station located at Newmark Avenue and S Wasson Street
• Redevelop the City’s parking lot at the northwest corner of S 2nd Street and Curtis Avenue, including efforts to install EV charging stations
• Explore updating or replacing the shared trash enclosure in the parking lot at the 200 block of Broadway Avenue
• Explore opportunities to install a shared trash enclosure in the parking lot at the 100 block of N 2nd Street
• Explore funding options for maintenance and capital improvements for City owned parking lots
• Work with the Coos Bay Downtown Association to evaluate possible changes to established parking restrictions and additional signage opportunities

Sidewalks

• Using URA funds, continue to replace sections of sidewalks damaged by street trees

Parks

• Seek funding opportunities for identified improvement needs listed within the 2023 Parks Master Plan
• Establish a Boardwalk improvement and implementation plan

Facilities

• Work to Realize a New Library Facility
  • Explore possible location options and related costs
  • Conduct a scientific survey of Coos Bay citizens to gauge support for a new Library and for potential locations and costs
• Begin a long-range planning process, needs assessment and identify possible funding sources to relocate the City Shops to a new location outside the FEMA floodplain and the tsunami inundation zone
• Begin a long-range planning process and needs assessment and possible funding sources to replace the Empire Fire Station
• Expand and update the City’s 9-1-1 / Public Safety Dispatch Center

Goal 4. Addressing Housing and Homelessness

Housing

• Consider accepting the draft preliminary 2022 Urban Growth Boundary expansion memo and Comprehensive Plan draft Urban Growth Management section 7.9 amendments as informational/advisory for further evaluation. Work to confirm status of the City’s Urban Growth Areas (UGA) with Coos County and DLCD.
• Implementation of the multi-unit property tax (MUPTE) incentive program
• Undertake an audit of the of the City’s Development Code in an effort to identify conflicts and to identify opportunities to reduce barriers to housing production
• Explore creation of a rental housing code

Homelessness

• Seek funding opportunities to create additional emergency and transitional shelters in the community
• Working with Coos County and North Bend, to complete the necessary requirements of HB 4123, the Coordinated Homeless Response Pilot
• Continue to explore opportunities to reduce homelessness and the impacts of homelessness in our community
• Develop options to address the growing issue of abandoned shopping carts on streets, sidewalks and natural areas

Goal 5. Economic Development

• Evaluate existing zoning, design standards, parking districts,& existing Hollering Place Master Plan, etc., as applied to the core Empire business district area and consider possible changes to encourage and incentivize investment, development, and redevelopment
• Continue to fund and implement public infrastructure improvements identified in the Front Street Blueprint
• Work with the Coos Bay Downtown Association and prepare for the City’s 150th Anniversary Celebration (September 2024)

Goal 6. Public Safety

• Explore creation of a fire safety inspection program for businesses and public areas in multi-family complexes
• Promote the goal of 1,200 homes in Coos Bay becoming “two weeks ready” in preparation for disaster
• Conduct a “tabletop” exercise to test and improve the City’s emergency preparedness
• Promote the opportunity for reserve officers and volunteer fire fighters

Goal 7. Communication Between the City and Citizens

• Consider adoption of a smart phone app and/or enhancements to the City website to let citizens report concerns
• Implement improvements in the Council Chambers to enhance live streaming of city meetings and virtual attendance
• Increase the use of social media and the City’s digital newsletter as a method of communicating city and community related news

Goal 8. City Manager Transition Plan

• Provide the Council with a proposed transition plan for review and consideration by the end of May 2023

Goal 9. Council Goal Tracking

• Include applicable goal(s) in Council / URA staff agenda reports
• Present quarterly progress updates on adopted Council goals
• Post the adopted Council Goals and quarterly updates on the City’s website