Birmingham Mayor-elect Randall Woodfin on Monday announced the creation of three citizen-led committees to address neighborhood revitalization and public safety, social justice and transparency and efficient government.

"It is time to take those priorities we heard from the people and put together a process to fully understand and address them in a way that will improve the lives of our citizens in all 23 communities and all 99 neighborhoods," Woodfin said.

Over the next 100 days, these committees are charged with evaluating current city services within their respective areas, identifying world-class best practices and opportunities for the city and develop accountability measures and budget metrics to help achieve success, said Ed Fields, Woodfin's transition coordinator.

Woodfin will take office on Nov. 28.

Woodfin said he made a pledge during his campaign to be committed and focus every day on neighborhood revitalization.

"To me there is nothing more important than helping to improve all 99 neighborhoods in our city," he said. "We want our neighborhoods to be safer and for our residents to have afforded opportunity for educational ... gains. We must demand that city services that are needed to improve the quality of life for every Birmingham family be non-negotiable."

The mayor-elect said he is working to make city finances transparent. He said the city's checkbook and monthly financial statements will be posted online.

"What we want to do is overcommunicate," Woodfin told AL.com. "Transparency is not hard. We have nothing to hide. These are public dollars. These are tax dollars. The public deserves to know how it is spent at all times. Whatever it is."

Here are the committees:

The Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Safety Committee will focus on blight, affordable housing, public safety, small business development and transportation.

Co-chairs are Herschell Hamilton and Birmingham police Detective Ralph Patterson.

Hamilton is the managing partner of BLOC Global Group, a commercial real estate development and consulting services firm. Patterson performs investigations for the city's business compliance unit, City Council public safety committee and other city departments.

The Social Justice Committee will focus on expanding access to quality healthcare, addressing poverty, human and civil rights, environmental concerns, homelessness, equality and other issues that plague Birmingham.

"We can be a social justice hub for the nation," she said.

Co-chairs are Dr. Nancy Dunlap and human rights attorney Richard Rice.

Dunlap has practiced medicine for more than 25 years. She is professor emerita of medicine and scholar for the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy at UAB. She is the former dean of the School of Medicine for the University of Virginia.

The Transparency and Efficient Government Committee will lead the implementation of Operation Restore Trust to increase transparency and accountability at City Hall. The committee will also lead the effort to reform city regulations and processes to make sure Birmingham is open for business expansion.

Co-chairs are Daniel Coleman and Annie Allen.

Coleman is the former CEO of KCG Holdings. He is currently a lecturer at Birmingham-Southern College. Allen is owner of iSeek Solutions, a management consulting firm.

Fields said the committee co-chairs will immediately work to appoint residents to their committees. The committees will present an initial report on their findings by mid-December and an updated report in mid-February. Final reports are due in early March, he said.

Anyone interested in being involved is asked to send an email to transition@randallwoodfin.com.

Other committees will be announced in the coming weeks.

Woodfin said these other committees will address education, workforce development and training, economic development and entrepreneurship.

Addressing violent crime

Patterson said residents will be able to see a difference in their police department on the first day Woodfin is in office. "They will see a visibility they have not seen before. They will see a presence they have not seen before," he said.

This will happen utilizing personnel that the police department already has, Patterson said. There will be overt and covert operations. "We will have to use our resources to get them on the streets with additional hours," he added.

Patterson said making more visible police presence will help reduce violent crime in public places.

"All crime occurs because of opportunity," he said, "and we have to be able to work to remove those opportunities."

Patterson said the police department has to start recruiting area students. He said there's room to add more in the police academy.

"There are approximately 850 members of the Birmingham Police Department," Patterson said. "We are going to be very resourceful in the utilization of each and every individual that is a part of the Birmingham Police Department. In doing so, we will provide greater visibility. We will provide a presence in each and every neighborhood. We will be effective. We will be efficient. We will be very professional in our approach."

Earlier this month, Woodfin announced that retired Gen. Charles Krulak - credited for saving Birmingham-Southern College and a decorated Marine - and Bobbie Knight, a former Alabama Power vice president, would lead his transition team.