City Council Retreat #2
Cristelle Blackford, Project Director
Mike King, Project Manager
City of Alameda Strategic Planning 2023
April 24, 2023
2 Agenda
Agenda & Meeting Purpose
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #2
1 Public Comment (15 mins) 5:00 - 5:15 p.m.
2 Welcome and Review Agenda (5 mins) 5:15 - 5:20 p.m.
3 Review and Confirm Draft Final Vision & Priorities (20) 5:20 - 5:50 p.m. 4 Projects Discussion: Priority Areas 1 - 2 (60 mins) 5:50 - 6:50 p.m.
Break 10 minutes
5 Projects Discussion: Priority Areas 3 - 5 (80 mins) 7:00 - 8:20 p.m. 6 Wrap Up & Next Steps (10 mins) 8:20 - 8:30 p.m.
Welcome
3 Purpose & Outcomes
4 ● Review revised drafts of the vision statement and priority areas ○ Finalize vision and priorities
● Discuss staff-proposed project lists for each priority area ○ Begin to align around project lists
Agenda & Meeting Purpose
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Meeting Purpose & Desired Outcomes
Our Approach
Strategic Roadmap Overview
6 Vision & Priorities
● Council
Retreat #1
● Staff Focus
Groups /
Interviews
Projects
● Staff Draft
Project Lists;
Council Survey
● Council Retreat
#2
Discover & Assess
● Council
Interviews
● EMT Focus
Group
Work Plans
● Council
Retreat #3
● Work plans
● Budget
integration
✎
Review of Strategic Planning Process and Timeline
January - February
→ Draft Vision and
Priorities
March March - April
→ Revised Draft Vision
and Priorities
→ Draft Project Lists
Validate Roadmap
● Staff Gallery
Walks
● Community
Pop-ups
April - May May - June
→ Revised Vision,
Priorities & Projects
→ Strategic Roadmap
● Practice civility and decorum in discussions and debate Remember to treat each other with courtesy and integrity that respects the abilities, experience, and dignity of each individual.
● Demonstrate effective problem-solving approaches
Embrace the moments for critical and creative problem solving. Even when presented with a diverging viewpoint, view it as an opportunity for open and explorative dialogue.
● Maintain an open mind
Remain open to hearing other’s opinions/perspectives when they give comment.
CivicMakers will serve as neutral facilitators to keep us on time and on topic.
Agenda & Meeting Purpose
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Meeting Agreements
Review and Confirm Draft Final Vision & Priorities
8 Draft Vision
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Draft Vision from March 6
Alamedans of all ages, cultures and backgrounds feel supported and engaged in community and civic opportunities to continually make Alameda a better and safer place to live.
Alameda Point is becoming a fully activated community, contributing to the economic, cultural and recreational landscape of the entire city. Residents walk, bike and take public transit to more destinations on the island and across the Bay Area, reducing local traffic congestion and accidents.
Alameda is more resilient to climate change and sea level rise, external factors that uniquely impact its island community.
Alameda residents and businesses feel prepared and trust in local agencies to keep them safe during future natural disasters, including earthquakes and flooding.
New and existing households feel welcomed and can afford housing that meets their needs. Housing is available for homeless individuals and families who have access to ongoing social service support. Residents are proud to have beautiful, clean green and blue spaces for play and recreation, and businesses, restaurants, and public events and art that reflect the vibrancy of their neighborhoods.
Overall, there is a collective feeling of pride and hope for the island, especially for the wellbeing of its youth. Alameda celebrates its many assets - in housing, business, transportation, recreation, and infrastructure – that contribute to the long-term betterment of Alameda’s residents and environment.
Draft Vision
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● Want more emphasis on meaningful public participation (ensuring that it is ADA accessible, and potentially includes virtual options or even child care considerations)
● New and existing households prioritized and welcomed into the community ● 5th paragraph - flip 1st + 2nd sentence and add “architecture” — “youth and aged” ● Reference to schools is missing — they are a neighborhood asset, community space like parks ● Remove “safe” from first paragraph —address more in following paragraphs ● Start with our people - move up 4th paragraph
● Move Alameda Point paragraph to 4th
● Include Schools after “recreation”
● Prioritize housing (move up)
● Combine transportation, infrastructure + climate change items ● Safety is broad — include mental health , parks and rec —adequate amount of capital resources + safety personnel ● Last paragraph — last sentence is weak. “Our most important asset is our people, not brick + mortar (secondary).” Highlight infrastructure in middle sections
● Need more continuity in paragraphs —1st + 2nd sentences don’t feel connected ● Remove/change “celebrates’ —”leverages”
● Have pillars (transportation/safety/ housing, sustainability, DEI principles, accountability, governance) underscored by fiscal/infrastructure
● Do not want to overlook the fire dept and roads in safety outlook ● I like the climate change + resilience paragraph
City Council Comments
Draft Vision
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Alamedans of all ages, cultures and backgrounds feel supported and engaged in meaningful community and civic opportunities to continually make Alameda a better place to live. We celebrate and embrace our most important asset - our people - in everything we do.
New and existing households feel prioritized and welcomed into our community. Alameda is known as a low-crime community thanks to our well-resourced public safety services. Residents are proud to have safe, beautiful, clean green and blue spaces for play and recreation, as well as high quality schools, businesses, restaurants, and public events and art that reflect the vibrancy of their neighborhoods. All Alamedans can afford housing that meets their needs, including homeless individuals. People seeking assistance have access to ongoing social service support.
Residents and visitors have a variety of accessible transportation options, including walking, biking, public transit, and cars, to get them safely to more destinations on the island and across the Bay Area, reducing local traffic congestion and accidents.
Alameda is more resilient to climate change and rising water levels, external factors that uniquely impact its island community. Alameda residents and businesses feel prepared and trust in local agencies to keep them safe during future natural disasters, including earthquakes and flooding.
Through fiscal responsibility and good governance, Alameda leverages its many assets - in housing, business, transportation, architecture, recreation, and natural resources – that contribute to the long-term betterment of its residents and environment. One of its biggest infrastructure projects, Alameda Point, is becoming a fully activated community, contributing to the economic, cultural and recreational landscape of the entire city. Overall, Alamedans are proud and hopeful for the island.
Revised Draft Vision
What We Heard from Staff Focus Groups
● [Review City staff focus group results]
Vision
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What We Heard from the City Council + EMT Survey
● [Review survey results]
Vision
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Raise Your Hand to Share
What, if anything, is critical to change?
Strategic Vision
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Priorities Exercise
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Draft Priorities
1. Enhance Community Safety & Services
2. Invest in Transportation & Infrastructure
3. Build Resilience to Climate Change & Water Level Rise
4. House All Alamedans
5. Practice Fiscally Responsible & Inclusive Governance Raise Your Hand to Share
What, if anything, is critical to change?
Strategic Vision
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17 Projects Discussion:
● Enhance Community Safety and Services
● Invest in Transportation & Infrastructure
Projects Discussion
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Draft Projects for Enhance Community Safety &
Services
Forthcoming
What We Heard from Staff Focus Groups
● [Review City staff focus group results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #219
Projects Discussion
What We Heard from the City Council + EMT Survey
● [Review survey results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #220
Projects Discussion
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #221
Projects Discussion
Raise Your Hand to Share
● Are there any projects you would like to add or
remove?
● Should we make any other changes to the projects or
timelines?
● What projects are your top priorities?
Draft Projects for Invest in Transportation &
Infrastructure
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Projects Discussion
Forthcoming
What We Heard from Staff Focus Groups
● [Review City staff focus group results]
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Projects Discussion
What We Heard from the City Council + EMT Survey
● [Review survey results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #224
Projects Discussion
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #225
Projects Discussion
Raise Your Hand to Share
● Are there any projects you would like to add or
remove?
● Should we make any other changes to the projects or
timelines?
● What projects are your top priorities?
Break (10 mins)
26 Projects Discussion:
● Build Resilience to Climate Change & Water Level Rise● House All Alamedans● Practice Fiscally Responsible & Inclusive Governance 27 Draft Projects for Build Resilience to Climate Change & Water Level Rise
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Projects Discussion
Forthcoming
What We Heard from Staff Focus Groups
● [Review City staff focus group results]
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Projects Discussion
What We Heard from the City Council + EMT Survey
● [Review survey results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #230
Projects Discussion
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Projects Discussion
Raise Your Hand to Share
● Are there any projects you would like to add or
remove?
● Should we make any other changes to the projects or
timelines?
● What projects are your top priorities?
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #232
Draft Projects for House All Alamedans
Projects Discussion
Forthcoming
What We Heard from Staff Focus Groups
● [Review City staff focus group results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #233
Projects Discussion
What We Heard from the City Council + EMT Survey
● [Review survey results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #234
Projects Discussion
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Projects Discussion
Raise Your Hand to Share
● Are there any projects you would like to add or
remove?
● Should we make any other changes to the projects or
timelines?
● What projects are your top priorities?
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #236
Draft Projects for Practice Fiscally Responsible &
Inclusive Governance
Projects Discussion
Forthcoming
What We Heard from Staff Focus Groups
● [Review City staff focus group results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #237
Projects Discussion
What We Heard from the City Council + EMT Survey
● [Review survey results]
City of Alameda Strategic Planning Retreat #238
Projects Discussion
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Projects Discussion
Raise Your Hand to Share
● Are there any projects you would like to add or
remove?
● Should we make any other changes to the projects or
timelines?
● What projects are your top priorities?
Next Steps
40 Our Approach
Strategic Roadmap Process & Timeline
41 Vision & Priorities
● Council
Retreat #1
● Staff Focus
Groups /
Interviews
Projects
● Staff Draft
Project Lists;
Council Survey
● Council Retreat
#2/3
Discover & Assess
● Council
Interviews
● EMT Focus
Group
Work Plans
● Depts develop
work plans
● Budget
integration
✎
Strategic Planning Process and Timeline
January - February
→ Draft Vision and
Priorities
March March - April
→ Revised Draft Vision
and Priorities
→ Draft Project Lists
Validate Roadmap
● Staff Gallery
Walks
● Community
Pop-ups
April - May May - June
→ Revised Vision,
Priorities & Projects
→ Strategic Roadmap