TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Kim Summers, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Justin Clifton, Assistant City Manager
Kristen M. Crane, Assistant City Manager
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Recap of July 31, 2024, City Council Priority Setting Workshop
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
The City Council held a priority-setting workshop on July 31, 2024, as a follow-up to the workshop held on January 11, 2024.
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Coordinate and deliver responsive, effective community services.
BACKGROUND
The City Council has numerous priorities competing for limited time and resources. Periodically reviewing and refining priorities helps ensure the work of staff is aligned with the most important projects and programs that the City Council wants to complete. Without clear priorities, resources may be inadvertently spent on lower-priority programs/projects. Similarly, a lack of clear priorities and/or frequently shifting priorities contributes to organizational thrash, negatively impacts productivity, and confuses stakeholders and residents.
The January 11, 2024, workshop focused on outlining two to four high-level strategies tied to each of the six City Council goals. From there, the City Council engaged in a prioritization exercise to identify a handful of top priorities from among those strategies. Those priorities, in rank order, were:
* Construct new Fire Station 6;
* Amphitheater Parking Lot;
* Expand Los Alamos Soccer Complex;
* 215/Keller Interchange;
* Complete the Library Expansion;
* Build additional Pickleball Courts; and
* Plan, program, and create Infrastructure Development.
The July 31, 2024, workshop was an opportunity to review and refine top priorities, as well as to create a framework that addresses projects and programs beyond the top two to four strategies under each of the six City Council goals.
Review, refinement, and expansion of the January priority...
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