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1 City Council
Goal-Setting
Special Meeting
Michael Codron, Facilitator
March 25, 2025
2 Agenda: • Overview of Goal-Setting Process
• Effective Goals and Objectives
• Recommendations
• Facilitator’s Role
• Public Testimony
• Deliberations
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2 Council Goal Setting Process Overview
• Established by Council
Resolution 83-18
• Strategic Planning Framework
• Goal Setting Process Requires
Substantial Public Input • Careful Consideration of
Financial Forecast and
Ongoing Workload
3 Public Engagement Opportunities
• Public Inputs
• Survey (+500 Responses) • Advisory Body Engagement • Community Forum (3-13) • Council Goal Setting Workshop (3-25) 4
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3 Goals and Objectives
• Goals
• Long-Term
• Inspiring
• Possible
• Future Focused
• Objectives
• Action-Oriented
• Measurable
• Time Bound
5 Economic Vitality and Fiscal Health
•Goal Statement:
A vibrant and active business
community supported by
coordinated strategies for
economic vitality and fiscal
health that create the conditions
for individual business success
and the long-term fiscal health
of the City. 6
Increase Events
General Fund Reserve
Analysis
Long-Term Financial Plan
Planning and Building
Permit Services
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4 Infrastructure Resiliency
•Goal Statement:
An infrastructure program that
includes regular maintenance to
prolong the life of existing
infrastructure (streets, buildings,
structures, equipment) while
implementing a Capital
Improvement Plan that
prioritizes new projects in
alignment with available
resources (funding and staff). 7
5-Year CIP
Infrastructure
Maintenance
Harbor
Revetments
Quality of Life
•Goal Statement:
A City that maintains a high
quality of life for its residents
through core services such as
public safety, while also
prioritizing environmental
stewardship, community
engagement, and historic
preservation. 8
Homeless Outreach
Fire Department
Improvements
Waterfront Master Plan
Historical Preservation
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5 Additional Objectives
• Additional Objectives for the
Recommended Goals
• Workforce Housing (Economic Vitality) • Maintenance Plan (Infrastructure Resiliency) • Water Supply (Infrastructure Resiliency) • Police Workforce (Quality of Life) • Emergency Response (Quality of Life) 9 Alternative Goals and Objectives • Housing
• Affordable Houising
• Accessory Dwelling Units
• Homelessness Response
• Community Partnerships
• Community Engagement • Community Academy
• Communications Plan
• Grant Policy Updates
• Public Records
• El Morro Elementary School • Acquisition Plan
• Community Engagement • Grants 10
• Revenue Enhancement • TOT Analysis
• Embarcadero Management • Embarcadero Maintenance
• Parking Program
• City-Owned Property
• Environmental Stewardship
• Climate Action Plan
• Off-Shore Wind Engagement • Power Plant Property
• Electricity Rebates
• Additional Items Identified by RPC
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6 Recreation and Parks Commission
RPC overwhelmingly supports Recreation Services proposed short-term actions, which are:
a. Collaborate with the SLCUSD to provide childcare services by supplementing their struggling Transitional Kindergarten program.
b. Develop a comprehensive community activity guide highlighting programs. PRC viewed this as a community engagement tool.
c. Partner with local agencies, service organizations to enhance the Lighted Boat Parade as well as other winter holiday events. PRC also want to highlight the success of senior programs.
RPC strongly supports city council’s continued investigation to acquire the Morro Elementary School property for the purposes of maintaining the soccer fields usages as well as preservation of the historical building.
RPC supports the maintenance efforts at city’s park facilities and the Morro Rock area. RPC also proposes city considering adding an exercise trail in one of the city parks. 11 Facilitator’s Role
• Identify Consensus or Majority
Support for Recommended Goals
• Identify Additional Goals and
Objectives that are Supported
• Track Deliberations and Share
Back Final Wording for Goals and
Objectives 12
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7 Next Up
• Public Testimony
•Deliberations 13 Additional Details
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8 Housing
•Goal Statement:
A comprehensive housing
program that facilitates
remodels and additions and
supports construction of new
Accessory Dwelling Units and
other affordable housing units
as identified in the City’s 2020-
2028 Housing Element. 15
Affordable
Housing
Accessory
Dwelling Units
Homelessness Response
•Goal Statement:
Ongoing work to provide
resources to the unhoused
population to facilitate the
transition out of homelessness
and reduce the impacts of
homelessness on the
community. 16
Community
Partnerships
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9 Community Engagement
•Goal Statement:
A City that benefits from a high
level of engagement with City
residents with a commitment to
transparency in decisionmaking and facilitating easy
access to information. 17
Community Academy
Communications Plan
Grant Policy Updates
Public Records
El Morro Elementary School
•Goal Statement:
Work with the San Luis Coastal
Unified School District to
acquire the Morro Elementary
School site for the purpose of
preserving community access,
historic preservation, and
housing development consistent
with the City’s General Plan. 18
Acquisition Plan
Community
Engagement
Grants
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10 Revenue Enhancement
•Goal Statement:
A comprehensive strategy for
increasing revenues over time
to support the provision of core
services. 19
TOT Analysis
Embarcadero Management
Embarcadero Maintenance
Environmental Stewardship
•Goal Statement:
A City that recognizes the value
of its natural environmental and
preserves its natural resources
through careful consideration of
new projects and
implementation of a Climate
Action Plan. 20
Climate Action Plan
Off-Short Wind
Engagement
Power Plant Property
Electricity Rebates
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