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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Council Worksession <br />March 14, 2023 <br />5:00 pm <br /> <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas <br /> Councilmember Abdullahi Abdulle <br />Councilmember Graeme Allen <br /> Councilmember Pam Axberg <br /> <br />Absent: Councilmember Emily Dunsworth <br /> <br />Staff in Attendance: Devin Massopust, Craig Schlichting, Jennifer Fink, Gina Foschi, Hue Schlieu <br /> <br />Guests in Attendance: <br /> <br />Strategic Planning Recap <br /> <br />Massopust stated on January 21, 2023, Council, staff, and a consultant met to affirm the five Strategic Priority <br />categories as: <br /> <br /> • Sustainable and Reliable Infrastructure • Operational Effectiveness <br /> • Environment and Sustainability • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion <br /> • Livable Community <br /> <br />Massopust reported nested under each priority are initiatives, the finite and tactical activities that are pursued to <br />accomplish each priority. Staff have refined the initiatives based on the capacity, timelines, and budget <br />impacts. Staff’s presentation reviewed the recommended initiatives. Council feedback is specifically requested <br />regarding: <br /> <br />• Vision for Old Highway 8 (Sustainable & Reliable Infrastructure) as a proposed new initiative. This <br />project would put staff overcapacity and require a tradeoff by delaying the existing Living Streets Plan <br />initiative (Sustainable & Reliable Infrastructure). <br />• What are the expectations, goals, and programs included in earned revenue strategy existing initiative <br />(Operational Effectiveness)? <br />• Contributed revenue plan (Operational Effectiveness) was a proposed new initiative; Council to <br />confirm interest. <br />• Incentives to attract developers (Livable Community) was a proposed initiative; Council to confirm <br />interest. <br /> <br />Massopust explained based on January 2023 conversations, activities that are complete or have annual/ongoing <br />efforts have been removed from Strategic Priority tracking and will continue under regular programming <br />within each department. This includes annual street projects, EV charging, DEI resource needs, Phase 1 Parks <br />Comp Plan, next phase of community oriented policing, etc. <br /> <br />Councilmember Abdulle supported the City completing the visioning study for Old Highway 8.