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The following items will be accomplished by April 10, 2002, Mayor Nickels' 100^th day in office.
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• An Economic Opportunity Task Force, composed of key business, labor, civic, education and community leaders, will be appointed to develop a new strategy for strengthening Seattle's economy. The Task Force will produce an Economic Action Plan for the City that will include specific ways to:

• Assist employers, whether they are large or small, or located in the downtown core, the industrial core, or in our neighborhoods;
• Increase opportunities for women- and minority-owned businesses;
• Expand the base of living-wage jobs and increase apprenticeship opportunities for people of color and women; and
• Assist growth industries such as biotechnology and nano-technology.

• Begin to restructure the Seattle Transportation Department, under new leadership, and make it more effective.

• Deploy the first Rapid Accident & Incident Response (RAIR) teams of tow truck operators to assist or tow vehicles blocking key roads and bridges.

• Complete installation of Transit Signal Priority at 14 locations in the Aurora Avenue North corridor to support eventual implementation of Bus Rapid Transit.

• Synchronize traffic lights in key corridors so that all travelers, including buses, bicyclists, and pedestrians, can move through our transportation system more efficiently.

• Improve the City's response rate in repairing potholes within 48 hours of the time they are reported. Potholes that pose significant safety risks will be repaired within 24 hours.

• Improve the movement of freight through the City by:

• Developing a plan that will protect and improve major freight routes in Seattle.
• Installing new truck route signs throughout the City to assist drivers.
• Creating a Transportation Management Association in Seattle's industrial area to lessen bottlenecks in zones with high freight traffic.

• Initiate additional training for police officers. This includes:

• Developing and implementing a new 3-day training program for police sergeants and first-line supervisors.
• Enhancing the department's 40-hour "Street Skills" training program to build new skills in demonstration management, crowd control tactics, officer safety, and diversity awareness.

• Accelerate development of a new firefighter training center to improve and expand training opportunities for our firefighters.

• Improve Seattle's emergency preparedness plan, including the risk of bio-terrorism. The mayor will report to the City Council on the state of the City's emergency preparedness and submit a recommended action plan.

• Improve police accountability by making more information about the investigations done by the Office of Professional Accountability available to the public.

• Broaden the mission for the Department of Neighborhoods to include cultural and social issues. The Department will work with civic groups, the news media, and communities of faith to help deal with issues such as improving race relations and reaching out to young people and senior citizens who feel left out and left behind.

• Restore funding for the 28 Neighborhood Street Fund projects that were previously awarded but whose funding was cut during the last budget process.

• Make City services more accessible by working with our employees to launch a pilot program in which three Neighborhood Service Centers stay open on evenings and weekends.

• Increase access to human services, especially for refugees and immigrants. The City will increase its outreach to community organizations and provide more opportunities to learn about and apply for available public services that support self-sufficiency and promote community connectedness.

• Restore Seattle's reputation as one of the cleanest cities in the country by launching a Clean Seattle Campaign. The campaign will include:

• Coordinating citizen volunteers, City departments, business associations, media outlets and professional sports organizations to promote better stewardship of our City.
• Kick-off projects such as monthly "Clean-Sweep Days" and other neighborhood-based programs aimed at keeping our City clean and livable.