FY 2017 Budget Highlights

Priority # 4 Community Needs - Ensuring Quality of Life, Safety, and Well Being Goals: 1. Develop four year plan for Public Safety Infrastructure. Increase capacity of fire and rescue, enforcement and emergency planning divisions. Ensure that first response personnel have adequate and quality resources to fulfill public safety community needs. Due Date: 2015 - Develop Fire and Rescue staffing plan; Stand-up ALS training program; Design/Plan for Back-up 9-1-1 Center (complete) 2016 - Integrate Firefighters/Medics; Additional staffing in both Fire and Rescue and Sheriff's Office; Accept grant award for new radios for communication; 9-1-1 back-up center under construction; Plans for replacement burn building; Lease/Purchase new fire equipment (Complete/In Progress) law 2017 - Fund additional positions in Fire and Rescue and Law Enforcement; Adopt and fund new pay scale for law enforcement and corrections; 9-1-1 back-up center to open (Complete) 2018 Continue to implement staffing plan - 2. Engage in innovative community development and land use planning. Implement Livable Frederick including a broad public participation process to establish a sustainable and resilient future. Due Date: 2015 - Livable Frederick Steering Committee appointed Plan Kicked- Off (Complete) 2016 - Initiate Livable Frederick Community Survey and Outreach Plan (Complete) Trends and Issues Report (In Progress) 2017 – Planning Commission and County Council to review Livable Frederick Plan 3. Initiate Community Partnership Grants program to restore human service non-profit partnership to leverage improved outcomes for people. Due Date: 2015 - Developed program and awarded first round of grants (Complete) 2016/2017 Enhance program to meet targeted goals (In Progress) 4. Create Workforce and Affordable Housing. Utilize county-owned building to provide workforce housing in partnership with local affordable housing developer. Expand and retain affordable housing in and around municipalities. Revise MPDU Ordinance. Due Date: 2015 - Identify county-owned building (520 N. Market St.) for workforce housing (Complete) 2015 - Secure sales agreement with Interfaith Housing Alliance for Workforce Housing project (Complete) 2015 - Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit Ordinance revised through legislation to make program more flexible (Complete) 2016 - Tax Credits secured for 520 Project/ Construction and renovation to begin (In Progress) 2016 - Housing Study in progress to assess needs, gaps, and best way to leverage dollars (In Progress) 6

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