DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
SOLID WASTE DIVISION
URBAN OPERATIONS INITIATIVE PROGRAM
PROGRAM MISSION: To maintain and enhance the appearance of Columbia Pike as part
of the County's effort to promote major commercial districts as premier urban
localities for business investment.
The Urban Operations Initiative
Program (UOI) is a collaborative effort between the Departments of Economic
Development (DED), Environmental Services (DES), and Parks, Recreation and
Community Resources (PRCR). The program
started as a pilot in FY 1998 to provide a level of service in the
County's major commercial districts that is congruent with Economic Development
efforts to market these areas as premier urban locations for business
investment. Enhancing the appearance
and cleanliness of the public environment is a key component of DED's marketing
effort. The SmartScape program
redirects service delivery from individual line agencies to a single operating
unit that coordinates and manages all maintenance operations within these
corridors. The PRCR portion of the
program is detailed in its corresponding section of the budget. In addition, the UOI program, in conjunction
with the Street Sweeping program, serves as a central component of the County's
watershed management programs by removing sediment and associated pollutants
that accumulate on streets before they wash into streams. Together, the Street Sweeping and UOI
programs help ensure compliance with the County's Municipal Separate Storm
Sewer System Permit and Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Act regulations and support the
goals and pending mandates of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement.
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Urban Operations
Initiative Program
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FY 2002
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FY 2003
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FY 2004
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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'03 to '04
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Personnel
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$138,744
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$160,971
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$59,768
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-63%
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Non-Personnel
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75,353
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78,362
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17,256
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-78%
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Total Expenditures
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214,097
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239,333
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77,024
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-68%
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Revenues
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Net Tax Support
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214,097
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239,333
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77,024
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-68%
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Authorized FTEs
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4.7
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4.7
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1.7
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Funded FTEs
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4.7
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4.7
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1.7
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS: The budget
for the Urban Operations Initiative Program reflects:
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The portion of this program that focused on the
Rosslyn, Clarendon and Ballston area (RCB Corridor) is being transferred to the
Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources. This will align staff
and equipment to a more appropriate division function and mission. The portion
remaining in DES will focus solely on the Columbia Pike area.
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The decrease in personnel and non-personnel costs is
due to the transfer of three FTEs and associated program non-personnel costs to
the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources, a total of
$177,240.
The Performance Measures that follow reflect the
maintenance efforts of DES in the Columbia Pike area.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY
2001
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FY
2002
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FY
2003
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FY
2004
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FY
2004
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Actual
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Actual
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Estimate
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Estimate
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Target
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Percent of litter cans serviced in 24 hours
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75%
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80%
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90%
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90%
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90%
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Percent of streets swept to standard in
commercial corridors
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75%
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85%
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90%
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90%
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90%
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Percent of landscaped areas maintained to
standard
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75%
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85%
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90%
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90%
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90%
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Objective:
To enhance the appearance and cleanliness of the public environment by
providing a higher standard of service delivery to the Columbia Pike Corridor
in congruence with Economic Development goals. Also, to remove sediment and
associated pollutants, such as metals, petroleum products and bacteria that
accumulate on streets before they wash into streams.
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FY
2001
Actual
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FY 2002
Actual
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FY
2003
Estimate
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FY
2004
Estimate
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FY
2004
Target
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Workload Measures
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Litter cans serviced
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40 hrs/wk
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52 hrs/wk
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52 hrs/wk
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52 hrs/wk
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52 hrs/wk
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Sweeping streets
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32 hrs/wk
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32 hrs/wk
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38 hrs/wk
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38 hrs/wk
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38 hrs/wk
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Street tree grates maintenance
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12 hrs/wk
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12 hrs/wk
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15 hrs/wk
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15 hrs/wk
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15 hrs/wk
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