PURPOSE

The purpose of this report is threefold:

1. To provide the City Council with an opportunity to discuss each Council Member�s Fiscal Year 2007-08 individual goals, provide clarification as needed, and create a single list of consensus Council goals.

2. To provide the City Council with an opportunity to fund those goal items which have received a majority consensus for implementation, but are not currently included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2007-08 budget.

3. To provide the City Council with an opportunity to discuss the remaining, unfunded budget discussion papers added during the budget study sessions and provide final funding direction.

BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS

Prior to the start of each fiscal year, the City Council holds a Goal Setting Workshop.  The purpose of the workshop is to 1) review the Council�s expectations of staff; 2) review its expectations of how its members will work together; 3) appoint Council/Redevelopment Agency liaisons to Council/Board committees; and 4) give each Council Member an opportunity to list his or her top goals for the upcoming fiscal year. 

The Council held its annual Goal Setting Workshop for FY 2007-08 on May 5, 2007.  During the workshop, each Council Member provided his or her top ten goals for the upcoming fiscal year, which are included with this report as Attachment 1: Individual Council Member Goals.  Staff is providing this information to give the City Council an opportunity to discuss individual goals and work together to combine them into a consensus list.  

As part of this discussion, the City Council will also have an opportunity to consider appropriating additional funds into the Fiscal Year 2007-2008 budget to implement those goals which have received a majority consensus by Council, but require funds that are not currently included in the Fiscal Year 2007-08 budget. 

In an effort to assist Council reach consensus, Attachment 2: Council Combined Goals is staff�s attempt to combine Council�s individual goals into topics.   This document is again, only an attempt by staff to provide the Council with a tool to utilize during the process of reaching consensus.  It is not an official representation of Council direction.  Also included in this document (in blue) is information that provides the Council with some clarification on:

• Goal items which are currently proposed to receive funding through the Fiscal Year 2007-08 budget process. 

• Goal items which are not currently included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2007-08 budget, but may have potential costs associated with them.  In this case, staff has also attempted to provide rough cost estimates for those items in an effort to assist Council during the decision-making process.

• Other pertinent information relating to goal items.

During the May 29, 2007 Council Meeting, department staff will be available to provide further clarification relating to goal item implementation and funding, should the Council require additional information.  Staff would also like to remind the Council that they may also consider exercising the option of deferring funding for certain consensus-reached goal items until Mid-Year Appropriations.

Finally, at the Council meeting of May 22, 2007, the Council requested that staff bring back for consideration; in conjunction with the Council Goals, the remaining discussion papers added during the budget study sessions.   The following discussion papers items require final funding direction by the Council:

• Free Parkway Plant-A-Tree Program (PRCS) - $15,500, one-time

• Tuttle Adult Center Shade Structures (PRCS) - $63,550, one-time

• Fuel System Infrastructure for E85 (PW) - TBD

• Portable Audio System for Meetings (CM) - $3,593, one-time

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that the Council discuss the individual Council Members� goals for the upcoming fiscal year, provide staff with clarification if needed, and work together to combine these individual goals into a consensus list of Council goals.   

Staff further recommends that the Council provide funding direction relating to goal items that have received majority support for implementation, but do not have associated budgeted dollars appropriated.

Finally, staff recommends the City Council provide direction relating to the remaining, unfunded budget discussion papers added during the budget study sessions.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 � FY 2007-2008 Individual Council Member Goals  

Attachment 2 � FY 2007-2008 Council Combined Goals

Attachment 3 � FY 2007-2008 Discussion Paper Summary

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