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City Council Priority Goals
Improve Quality of Life
Key Strategies
- Promote healthy and purposeful living
- Provide opportunities for youth to thrive
- Celebrate our diversity through multicultural events
- Continually reevaluate the effectiveness of programs and services
- Invest in cultural and recreational amenities
- Focus on sustainability and resiliency to climate change
Priority Initiatives
- Formalize and expand volunteer and internship programs
- Second Aquatic Complex
- Conduct comprehensive assessment of programs and services and develop
- strategies to promote engagement from all segments of community.
- Elevate sustainability and climate resiliency efforts
- Evaluate different models to deliver impactful and inclusive programming
- Create and promote additional multicultural events
Continuing Initiatives
- Adopt Youth Master Plan
- Address community child care needs
- Complete East Beamer Way Neighborhood Campus Project
- Improvements to Sports Park Fields
- Library improvements
- Neighborhood traffic calming
- Strengthened code enforcement
- Promote enhanced engagement and awareness through improved multi-lingual communications
- Improve citizen engagement
- Implement Woodland Promise Program
- Complete initial improvements to Woodland Regional Park Preserve
Focus on Economic Development & Downtown
Key Strategies
- Cultivate existing businesses
- Strengthen communications and relationships with entire business community
- Continue to develop Woodland as a visitor destination
- Expand digital and technology-based economy
- Develop workforce training initiatives in support of existing and future economy
Priority Initiatives
- Identify key workforce development needs
- Establish workforce development initiatives to support local industry
- Implement new marketing, events, and promotions that drive increased business
- activity and hotel stays
Continuing Initiatives
- Complete entitlement process and annexation for Woodland Research and Technology Park
- Support the construction of new industrial space
- Complete comprehensive Zoning Code update
- Promote Woodland as a destination
- Add lighting, landscaping, and public art enhancements
- Strengthen communications to better engage with businesses in all areas and sectors
- Expand The Lab@AgStart to foster food and agriculture innovation
- Food Front food and ag industry partnership campaign
- JAPA parking management pilot program
- Promote Shop Small, Eat Local campaign
- Outdoor dining and shopping parklets
Strengthen Public Safety & Infrastructure
Key Strategies
- Continually assess public safety service delivery models
- Invest in programs that support youth and families
- Advocate for the District Attorney's 5-point-plan on homelessness
- Communicate and educate the public on neighborhood safety
- Ensure maintained infrastructure that complies with regulations
Priority Initiatives
- Expand law enforcement patrol capacity and resources
- Educate public on flood risks and the importance of flood protection
- Expand volunteer and neighborhood watch programs
- Invest in community-based gun violence reduction programs
Continuing Initiatives
- Determine funding plan for relocation of Fire Station 3
- Advocate to State of California for maintenance of Cache Creek
- Complete outfall channel improvements and expansion
- Advocate for key legislative changes to criminal justice system
- Evaluate industry best practices in public safety delivery models and identify potential opportunities to adapt and expand capacities
- Continue to invest in projects to improve the efficiency and resiliency of the City's water system
- Continue to leverage state and outside funding for reconstruction of major roadway corridors
- Complete lower Cache Creek flood study
- Update strategic plans for Police and Fire Departments
- Redefine and reinvigorate YGRIP collaboration
- Increase traffic enforcement and strategic deployment of public safety patrols
Enhance Governance & Fiscal Responsibility
Key Strategies
- Proactive communication of factual and relevant information
- Utilize City boards and commissions to effectively engage public
- Streamline budget process while maintaining transparency
- Regularly reassess effectiveness of government services
Priority Initiatives
- Assess staff recruitment, retention, training, and data collection with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Conduct comprehensive evaluation of existing communications efforts and partner with the City Communications Manager and Policy Analyst to develop a coordinated framework to ensure timely and broad based dissemination of information
- Maintain balanced budget while strategically investing in projects and programs that yield fiscal, social, and / or environmental benefits
Continuing Initiatives
- Improve and expand access to public information and constituent services
- Invest in improved service delivery and organizational efficiencies
- Continue to work with labor groups to address budget priorities while ensuring adequate benefits
- Evaluate the City's boards, commissions, and committees and strengthen alignment with Council priorities
- Improve collaboration with partner agencies and community organizations