Operational Playbook

Within-authority actions City Hall can execute.

The playbook reframes policy goals into municipal actions that can be executed without immediate statutory conflict or dependence on outside agencies.

How to Read the Playbook

Goals converted into a municipal workplan.

Each entry converts a broader policy goal into actions the city can budget, permit, procure, or administer directly — before another government has to step in.

Housing

Use zoning, land disposition, and permitting to expand housing supply.

Set a dedicated adaptive reuse review lane and publish permit-time targets
Eliminate parking minimums where state law already allows it and rezone for missing-middle housing
Use CRA TIF and surplus city land to support workforce housing delivery

Audit note: the city-controlled housing response runs through zoning, land use, and city-backed financing rather than local price regulation.

Transit

Prioritize the transit assets the city directly funds and governs.

Expand LYMMO routes and hours as the downtown circulator the city operates
Tie city contributions to LYNX to measurable ridership and reliability benchmarks
Adopt a dig-once standard so major street projects add bike and pedestrian infrastructure

Audit note: SunRail remains FDOT-governed, so the clearest municipal path is to budget for local circulator service, street design, and negotiated regional benchmarks.

Public Safety

Sustain intervention and crisis-response programs the city can fund directly.

Backfill ARPA-funded Community Violence Intervention with general fund dollars before the cliff
Scale the non-police crisis response pilot into a permanent program with clear dispatch protocols
Invest in mentorship, hospital-based intervention, and youth employment alongside existing violence-reduction work

Audit note: these steps stay inside municipal authority while the city complies with state firearms preemption and focuses on measurable violence-reduction tools.

Economy

Use permitting, adaptive reuse, and employer coordination to reduce operating friction.

Set permit time standards and publish them; add concierge support for small business openings
Streamline zoning for adaptive reuse downtown through existing CRA and permitting tools
Partner with OEP and CareerSource on targeted training tied to signed employer commitments

Audit note: the clearest city role is to make approvals, reuse policy, and workforce partnerships more predictable rather than creating parallel governance bodies.

Governance

Publish authority, budgets, and delivery ownership alongside major initiatives.

Launch a public performance dashboard with budgets, timelines, and who controls each lever
Use participatory budgeting on discretionary dollars to build trust
Publish legal constraint notes alongside every major initiative so expectations stay honest

Audit note: transparency about authority, budget exposure, and delivery ownership keeps public expectations aligned with the city's actual tools.

Editorial Framing

Every item above is framed for direct city execution. Implementable local action — not symbolic promises that require another government to authorize the work. This is what a feasibility-first city agenda looks like when it starts from the office's actual tools.