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Recommendation to Approve the City Council's Priorities Established at the February 17, 2017 Priority Setting Workshop, the Referral Tracking Table, the Revised Form for Submitting City Council Referrals and a Process for Ranking/Addressing New Referrals. (City Manager 2110)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Approve the City Council's Priorities Established at the February 17, 2017 Priority Setting Workshop, the Referral Tracking Table, the Revised Form for Submitting City Council Referrals and a Process for Ranking/Addressing New Referrals
BACKGROUND
On February 17, 2017, the City Council held a priority setting workshop. The City's executive management team attended the workshop and it was open to the public. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Bill Chiat, former Napa County Chief Executive Officer and current President of Alta Mesa Group. The first half of the workshop focused on effective governance strategies and the importance of a long-term vision when setting policy direction. As part of developing that long-term vision, the facilitator led a Council discussion on the City's strengths and opportunities and then asked the Council where it would like the City to be in 5 to 10 years.
The Council's vision included a well maintained and engaged City where Site A at Alameda Point was a neighborhood with new infrastructure, homes, jobs and recreational opportunities; social responsibility was articulated with outside partners and progress was made to provide a safe community; employment and housing needs were met with high quality jobs and homes; and more residents and employees were using public transit, walking and riding bicycles.
With an articulated Council vision, the City Council then identified key issues to focus its efforts on how to achieve that vision. The key issues were:
* Housing/Homelessness
* Transportation
* Fiscal Solvency
* Quality of Life/Enviro...
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