The City Council met last week to discuss upcoming goals for 2016-17.  The following issues and trends were hot button topics.

• increased regulations ie. stormwater
• military budget cuts
• economic impact on small business
• government dependency on jobs
• sales tax – urban/rural divide
• state legislation – can be bad for cities
• ready & prepared for growth
• poverty
• degrading of neighborhoods
• needs vs. resources
• big industry – been a few years
• growing our tax base
• seeing urban flight
• deployments
• collaboration within the city
• providing water and sewer countywide
• customer service – permits
• Ft. Bragg – becoming more self sufficient
• race relations
• increased apartments and rentals
• impacts on single family housing from too many rentals
• out of state owners
• seasoned commercial property – problems selling, UDO complications, competition with other properties
• cleanliness of city
• youth and economic opportunity
• digital media opportunities
• more franchises to the city

On day 2 the council condensed their top priorities.

• economic development
• public safety
• beautification and maintenance
• infrastructure investment
• intergovernmental and stakeholder collaboration
• parks & recreation

(city memo)

The City of Fayetteville’s Environmental Services Department is still in the process of collecting limbs and branches from the recent ice storm that occurred January 22nd . Residents do not need to call in to schedule a pickup and are asked to leave debris at the curb. It is not known at this time how much debris will be curbside, so the department is not currently able to predict how long it will take to complete this round of limb collection. Crews will continue with the systematic collection plan that has been effective to date. The storm caused widespread areas to sustain heavy tree damages, leading to the slowed collection rate. All available equipment and staff have been assigned to expedite cleanup. Since Jan. 25, the city has collected 3,023.29 tons of debris.

We’re excited to help you improve your community