Minutes - Council Work Session - 04/24/2023 - Special Strategic Planning

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City Administrator Hagen said it would not but the uniqueness comes from the action plans. Councilmember Woestehoff stated that if this is just thought about from a framework standpoint that this strategy is to maintain and increase transparency and accountability if there are specific action items that can relate to this. City Administrator Hagen said that some can be identified. Councilmember Woestehoff stated that overall it is mandatory that transparency and accountability are part of the City’s strategies; however, he is not sure where they best fit. He does not want to see this dropped off. He thinks it makes a lot of sense to tag this onto communication; however, the communication could just be an action item if there are specific communication tasks. Councilmember Musgrove suggested separating them and moving on to the rest of the strategies and then can come back to address this. Mayor Kuzma stated that he likes this to be with the communication improvements as well. City Administrator Hagen moved on to discuss promoting economic growth and development. He stated that this is generally a good strategy. He discussed the next strategy of creating a positive image for residential neighborhoods, business districts and key corridors. He shared that he wonders what else this could mean beyond the crime-free multi-family housing and proactive rental housing licenses and things that are already in Code. He argued that this framework has already been created to have this positive image. He asked if this should shift to a more reactionary item from a proactive item. Councilmember Riley shared the opportunity with construction of the corridors. Councilmember Musgrove shared background of when she was first on the Council that this was discussed in the area of Highway 10 and Highway 47 and the businesses in the area and how they can improve these business areas. She stated that they discussed street signage along Highway 47. She asked how they focus on some of the areas that have been neglected. Mayor Kuzma stated that a lot of people thought that all of the City’s energy was being focused on the COR. Administrative Services Director Lasher shared that a former Councilmember wanted to look at Nowthen Boulevard and make it look nicer, which was attached to this strategy. Mayor Kuzma stated that they are big on roads right now. Councilmember Woestehoff suggested adding taking care of roads as an action item of the positive image for the City. He stated that having something like this staying in the plan is important. He noted that the Planning Commission is eager to talk about signage and the COR design framework City Council Special Work Session /April 24, 2023 Page 9 of 21