TO: City Council
FROM: Andrew P. Powers, City Manager
DATE: March 18, 2025
SUBJECT: Citywide FY 2025-26 Top Ten Priorities and Goal Setting Study Session
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Receive broad organizational updates from City staff.
2. Establish Citywide FY 2025-26 Top Ten Priorities.
3. Review and, if necessary, revise Citywide Goals and City Council Norms.
4. Find that this action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
LEVINE ACT ITEM: No
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Financial Impact to be Determined. If necessary, funding for new specific priorities and/or projects arising from this study session will be considered during this year’s biennial budget process.
BACKGROUND:
Each year, City Council establishes the City’s Top Ten P riorities, and reviews progress on prior year priorities. The priorities clearly articulate City Council’s objectives and are used to promote accountability . Previous years’ goals have aligned with the principles established during the Visioning 2064 exercise and will continue to be incorporated in future reviews.
DISCUSSION:
Citywide Top Ten Priorities
At this year’s Priority and Goal Setting Study Session, the City Manager and other staff members will present organizational updates on Housing and Homelessness, Public Citywide FY 2025-26 Top Ten Priorities & Goal Setting Study Session March 18, 2025
Safety, Downtown Master Plan, Environmental Sustainability, Public Works, General Plan Update, Technology, Economic Development, and Cultural and Community Services.
City Council will then discuss top priority focus areas for establishing new priorities for FY 2025-26 (Attachment #1). Specific action items may be linked to each priority to aid staff in monitoring progress. The top ten priorities and related action items will be presented to City Council at a future meeting for approval.
Citywide Goals
The current broad Citywide Goals are included as Attachment #2 . These goals are reviewed and reaffirmed on a two-year basis in conjunction with the City’s budget cycle.
City Council Norms
The current City Council Norms (Attachment # 3) serve to augment City Council’s Standards of Operation (Resolution No. 2023-008), Municipal Code Ethics Chapter, and related policy documents to provide a more specific “Code of Conduct.” City Council may elect to review and if necessary, amend the City Council Norms.
CITY COUNCIL GOALS COMPLIANCE:
Meets the following City Council goals:
B. Provide municipal government leadership which is open and responsive to residents, and is characterized by ethical behavior, stability, promoting public trust, transparency, confidence in the future, and cooperative interaction among civic leaders, resi dents, business representatives, and staff, while recognizing and respecting legitimate differences of opinion on critical issues facing the City.
C. Operate City government in a fiscally and managerially responsible and prudent manner to ensure that the City of Thousand Oaks remains one of California's most desirable places to live, work, visit, recreate, and raise a family.
PREPARED BY: Katie Morris, Administrative Support Supervisor
Attachments:
Attachment #1 – Proposed Citywide FY 2025-26 Top Priorities Attachment #2 – Citywide Goals for FY 2023-24 & FY 2024-25 Attachment #3 – City Council Norms
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