TO:                      Mayor and City Council    
THROUGH:                          
FROM:                      Keith Stahley, City Manager 
                                          
SUBJECT: 
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2024 Community Report.    
 
Ward(s): All Wards     
Councilor(s): All Councilors     
Neighborhood(s):  All Neighborhoods     
Result Area(s): Result Areas - Good Governance; Natural Environment Stewardship; Safe and Healthy Community; Safe, Reliable and Efficient Infrastructure; Strong and Diverse Economy; Welcoming and Livable Community.
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SUMMARY:
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Through its annual Policy Agenda, or work plan, City Council makes its priorities for action clear to staff and the community and provides direction on aligning resources towards the Strategic Plan Policy areas through the City’s budgeting process. The 2024 City Council Policy Agenda was adopted early in 2024. In addition to furthering objectives of the 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, the City Council’s policy priorities for 2024 are concentrated in four areas:
1.                     sustaining infrastructure and services;
2.                     engaging our community;
3.                     planning for our future; and
4.                     responding to our sheltering crisis.
 
Each fall, as the City Council begins to consider its policy priorities for the coming year, staff prepare an update on major initiatives in an annual Community Report (Attachment 1).  
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ISSUE:
 
Receive final progress report on progress for City Council and community priorities from the 2024 Policy Agenda. 
 
 
RECOMMENDATION:
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Information only.     
 
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FACTS AND FINDINGS:
 
This is the final progress report on City Council and community priorities from the 2024 Policy Agenda.
 
Through its annual Policy Agenda, City Council makes its priorities for action clear to staff and the community and provides direction on aligning resources towards the Strategic Plan Policy areas through the City’s budgeting process.  The 2024 City Council Policy Agenda was adopted in early 2024. 
 
In addition to furthering objectives of the 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, the City Council’s policy priorities for 2024 are concentrated in four areas:
1.                     sustaining infrastructure and services;
2.                     engaging our community;
3.                     planning for our future; and
4.                     responding to our sheltering crisis.
 
Staff recommends City Council initiate an update to the Strategic Plan in the summer of 2025.  
 
BACKGROUND:
 
Through its annual Policy Agenda, City Council makes its priorities for action clear to staff and the community and provides direction on aligning resources towards the Strategic Plan Policy areas through the City’s budgeting process.  Each fall, City Council begins to develop a framework for its policy priorities in the coming year and receives an update on major initiatives in an annual Community Report.   
                     Courtney Knox Busch   
                     Chief Strategy Officer     
 
Attachments:
1. 2024 Community Report.