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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 15, 2010 Page 12 Police Department Councilmember Pust suggested measurements on proactive or prevention initia- tives of staff; as well as steps taken in building relationships with the communi- ty's youth; and evaluation of prevention efforts realized through community pres- entations. Related to the Police Department's work with the City's Housing and Redeve- lopment Authority (HRA), Councilmember Pust expressed interest in measuring whether recent enactment of the nuisance ordinance was reducing the number of police calls to problem buildings; and if the goal was being met to work with resi- dents, managers, and owners of those buildings to ensure the safety of their resi- dents while addressing problem or nuisance properties. Fire Department Councilmember Pust questioned the phrasing or purpose of the EMS calls for ser- vice per 1,000 residents, and the goal trying to be accomplished, whether it was for more or less than a certain number. Public Works Department Councilmember Pust noted that most of their measures were related to cost, such as gallons of water pumped per day, however, those were not items controllable by employees; and she suggested that more emphasis be included for measuring efforts to make the community more environmentally sustainable. Parks Recreation Department Councilmember Pust expressed surprise that their measurements were related to costs per acre for park system maintenance that addressed annual expenditures that were somewhat controllable, but opined that it seemed there should be some measurement of the number of households using the park systems /facilities; and if and how the volunteer based was increasing, thereby reducing maintenance costs accordingly. Councilmember Pust also suggested a measurement on participant fees, and whether they were increasing or decreasing. Councilmember Roe concurred with the general comments of Councilmember Pust in attempting to tie benchmarks to something that the City Council and/or staff could actively improve upon for the benefit of its citizens to measure impacts of actions, not just quantify measurements. Councilmember Roe had several ad- ditional comments: Public Works Department Councilmember Roe suggested that measurements include the number of water main breaks annually, not just the gallons of water pumped, similar to the City's Pavement Management Program (PMP) to determine the percentage of utilities above or below standards or goals of the community.