TO: Mayor and City Council
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FROM: Keith Stahley, City Manager
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Annual community report, summarizing progress on Council and community policy priorities identified in the City Council work plan, the annual policy agenda.
Ward(s): All Wards
Councilor(s): All Councilors
Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods
Result Area(s): All 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, 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 2023 City Council Policy Agenda was adopted on February 13, 2023. In addition to furthering objectives of the 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, the City Council’s policy priorities for 2023 are concentrated in four areas:
1. responding to our sheltering crisis;
2. planning for our future;
3. engaging our community; and
4. sustaining infrastructure and services.
Each fall, as the City Council begins to develop a framework for its policy priorities for the coming year, staff prepare an update on major initiatives in an annual Community Report.
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ISSUE:
Receive final progress report on progress for City Council and community priorities from the 2023 Policy Agenda.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Information only.
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FACTS AND FINDINGS:
This is the final progress report on progress for City Council and community priorities from the 2023 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 2023 City Council Policy Agenda was adopted on February 13, 2023.
In addition to furthering objectives of the 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, the City Council’s policy priorities for 2023 are concentrated in four areas:
1. responding to our sheltering crisis;
2. planning for our future;
3. engaging our community; and
4. sustaining infrastructure and services.
Most activities are underway and several major initiatives have been completed including opening of Salem Housing Authority’s 52-unit affordable housing at Yaquina Hall, the 75-Bed Navigation Center, and the one-stop Customer Service Center at Salem’s Civic Center. In June 2023, City Council adopted the Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan. At a July 2023 Work Session, Council received a briefing on the Strategic Engagement and Communications Plan findings and recommendations. More detailed and specific reports on key initiatives are presented to the City Council and community, as key decisions are brought forward throughout the year.
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 updates on major initiatives in an annual Community Report.
Courtney Knox Busch
Strategic Initiatives Manager
Attachments:
1. 2023 Community Report