CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET 5-5-26

Page 2 of 7 fiscal resources. As the City enters the final two years of the Strategic Plan (FY 2026/27 – FY 2027/28), implementation structures are in place, with defined implementation actions, assigned department leads, and priority projects aligned with departmental work plans. In July 2025, the City Council adopted a Project Prioritization Framework, categorizing all active City projects as Priority 1 (Must-Do), Priority 2 (Committed), Priority 3 (Strategic Pipeline), or Priority 4 (Deferred) to ensure fiscal capacity and staffing resources are directed toward the City’s highest priorities. The framework was adopted at a Project Prioritization Workshop on July 15, 2025. The Strategic Plan Dashboard is the City’s formal quarterly reporting tool. The dashboard integrates all five goals, 47 strategies, and associated Priority Projects into a unified reporting framework that provides transparency to the City Council, staff, and the community. The FY 2025/26 Q2 (October–December 2025) dashboard was presented to the City Council at the March 17, 2026, workshop. The March 17, 2026, workshop represents the first annual strategic review under this framework and was intentionally aligned with the budget development cycle so that City Council direction can inform FY 2026/27 work plans and resource allocation. DISCUSSION Workshop Overview The March 17, 2026, workshop provided an opportunity for the City Council to: • Review implementation progress through the Strategic Plan Dashboard; • Confirm or refine priority strategies for the upcoming fiscal year; and • Provide feedback on the full Priority Project List (approximately 82 projects). City Council direction on priorities is reflected in this report. Feedback on projects reflects City Council input and interest; final prioritization will be brought back following staff evaluation of feasibility, resource capacity, and alignment with strategic priorities. Exercise 1 – City Council Priority Strategies City Council reviewed the seven existing FY 2025/26 City Council Priority Strategies and provided direction on whether to reaffirm, remove, or add to the list for FY 2026/27. The target range was four to seven priority strategies. Removal of Emergency Preparedness as a City Council priority For the emergency preparedness strategy (Goal D, Strategy 1 – Assess the City’s overall emergency preparedness capabilities, resources, and tools and implement changes as needed), the City Council noted that key milestones have been achieved, including completion of two Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activation exercises in 2025. The work will continue through departmental work plans and no longer requires elevated, City Council-level prioritization, as it is ongoing. Reaffirmation and refinements to remaining priorities All remaining six strategies were reaffirmed with the following noted refinements: Page 10 of 248