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Discuss Agenda Items for the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Planning Session (CM)
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MEETING DATE:
December 16, 2025
PREPARED BY:
James Lindsay, Interim City Manager
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Provide Staff direction on agenda items to include for the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Planning Session scheduled for January 28, 2026.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City Council will be kicking-off the development of the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget with an all-day Planning Session to discuss priorities and initiatives for the upcoming fiscal year. Provided below, is a possible list of topics based on items raised during the Interim City Manager’s one-on-one meetings with individual Council Members and Executive Staff .
Possible Planning Session Agenda Topics for Consideration:
• Review of the City Council’s 2023 Strategic Vision (Attachments A-C)
• New Short-Term Initiatives (achievable in twelve months or less)
• Pension Stabilization Policy
• Deferred Maintenance - Parks & Streets
• Implementation of the Downtown Specific Plan and the Economic Strategic Plan
The last quarterly update the City Council received on the implementation of the Strategic Vision was in 2024 for the first quarter January - March 2024 (Attachment C). Therefore, staff seeks Council direction on its preferred agenda items to include for the first Fiscal Year 2026-27 Planning Session that is currently scheduled for January 28, 2026.
STRATEGIC VISION:
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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FUNDING AVAILABLE:
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