MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor John Marchione
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Community Strategic Plan
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Review and discuss the Community Strategic Plan and an update to the 2019-2024 Financial Forecast
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Maxine Whattam, Chief Operating Officer 425-556-2310
Malisa Files, Finance Director 425-556-2166
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
At the Study Session, staff will be presenting the Community Strategic Plan (plan), community outcomes, and the financial forecast. Council has requested that the plan and forecast be presented together on a quarterly basis.
Council went through a process from November 2018 through April 2019 to develop the Community Strategic Plan. The draft plan has been shared with the community for feedback collected between July 8, 2019, and August 6, 2019. It was promoted via eNews, Social Media, Derby Days, Redmond.gov, and Let'sConnectRedmond (online community feedback platform). There were 488 unique visits to the project page on Let'sConnectRedmond, 153 visitors downloaded the document and 33 completed the survey. Staff will also discuss the progress to date on the 2019-2020 key deliverables identified in the plan for each the five focus areas: Housing Choices, Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure (TIS & Capital), and Cultural Inclusion.
As outlined in previous touches with Council, based on the outcome of the community involvement and outreach, Council will be asked to adopt the Community Strategic Plan at an upcoming business meeting.
Also included in the update, is information on the 2019-2024 Financial Forecast, specifically what has changed in the forecast since budget adoption and any future issues and challenges that will need to be addressed.
At the Study Session, staff will review with Council progress to date, including:
* Community Strategic Plan outreach and progress
* 2019-2024 Financial Forecast update
o General Fund
o Capital Inv...
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