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The group took a short ten-minute break. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill explained how the different strengths and weaknesses were clustered together and reviewed some of the common themes within each category. He referenced an email that was sent out to the Council earlier today which mirrors the Strategic Plan with the intent of identifying items that need further discussion, should be modified, or removed. He explained the different levels of the goals, strategies and actions of the Strategic Plan and the related timeframe in which that should cover. He reviewed the first high level strategy and confirmed the consensus of the Council to keep that statement as written and add the two action items as proposed by staff. There was discussion towards the strategy related to the pavement management program. Some members felt that item has been accomplished and should be removed, some members felt that a continued discussion should occur related to the use of franchise fees and the language should be changed to continue discussion on pavement management program funding, and some believed that the language should be changed to evaluate the pavement management program. There was not a consensus reached and it was agreed that the Council would come back to this item later in the meeting. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill moved to the next action, suggesting additional language to identify a new business practice within the organization. He noted that the previous year that focused on the implementation of the fire duty crew. He confirmed the consensus of the Council that this item could be removed as it was already covered by the new action items added during the earlier discussion. He confirmed the consensus of the Council to add an action item related to reviewing social media programs. He confirmed the consensus of the Council to leave the economic development strategy and add an action item to continue to look for opportunities to increase the library of shovel ready sites for development. He moved to the action item related to business retention and confirmed the consensus of the Council to keep that item as written. He reviewed a potential action item that could be added to complete a comprehensive City Code audit and update and confirmed the consensus of the Council to add that item. He confirmed the consensus to retain a high-level strategy to maintain a positive image for residential neighborhoods and business corridors. He confirmed the consensus of the Council to move the streetscape plan to the parking lot list at the end of the plan. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill moved to the next strategy related to the development master plan for The COR. It was the consensus of the Council to remove the multi -family housing policy language and simply leave the downtown COR master plan discussion language within that item. He moved to the multi -family property management program strategy and asked for input from the Council. Police Chief Katers provided additional details on the difference between the Crime Free Prevention Program and the Multi -Family Property Management Program. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill confirmed the consensus of the Council to leave that item in the plan. He confirmed the consensus of the Council to add a strategy related to creating volunteer City Council Special Work Session / May 18, 2021 Page 2 of 5