1. Our effort to learn through comparing Valley Benchmark Cities

4. We compare for context

8. We compare for validation

9. We compare to track our progress

10. We compare for motivation

13. We compare to understand

14. If we don’t compare, others will

15. “Residents who experienced … ‘operational transparency’ in government services – seeing the work that government is doing – expressed more positive attitudes toward government and greater support for maintaining or expanding the scale of government programs.” What’s in it for us? Harvard Business School study, 2013

16. How will you know how you are doing without context?

17. Valley Benchmark Cities

18. What have we compared? Valley Benchmark Cities  Sales Taxes  Property Taxes  Utility Bills  Permit and Development Fees  Land Use Impacts  Salaries and Benefits  Sustainability Indicators

19. “Evidence suggests that improved performance occurs at a much greater rate when performance measures are compared.” Smith and Hartung, 2004

20. Brent Stockwell | Strategic Initiatives Director City of Scottsdale | City Manager’s Office 480-312-7288 | Bstockwell@ScottsdaleAZ.gov