HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-08-2025 Agenda - Special Meeting (Goal-Setting Workshop)
City Council
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Saturday, February 8, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
The Council Goal Setting workshop will be available to view on the City's website, YouTube Channel,
or Channel 20. Attendees of City Council or Advisory Body meetings are eligible to receive one hour
of complimentary parking; restrictions apply, visit Parking for Public Meetings for more details.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:
Public Comment prior to the meeting (must be received 3 hours in advance of the meeting):
Mail - Delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Address letters to the City Clerk’s Office at 990
Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401.
Email - Submit Public Comments via email to emailcouncil@slocity.org. In the body of your
email, please include the date of the meeting and the item number (if applicable). Emails will not
be read aloud during the meeting.
Voicemail - Call (805) 781-7164 and leave a voicemail. Please state and spell your name, the
agenda item number you are calling about, and leave your comment. Verbal comments must be
limited to 3 minutes. Voicemails will not be played during the meeting.
*All correspondence will be archived and distributed to councilmembers, however, submissions
received after the deadline may not be processed until the following day.
Public Comment during the meeting:
Meetings are held in-person. To provide public comment during the meeting, you must be
present at the meeting location. Verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes and may only
address items listed on the agenda.
1.CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Erica A. Stewart will call the Special Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council to
order.
2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Council Member Jan Marx will lead the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
3.PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ONLY
Public Comment will be taken at approximately 2:00 PM after the Council's discussion of the
Goals. As this is a Special Meeting, comments are limited to addressing items listed on the
agenda and must be kept to 3 minutes.
4.CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
*All times are estimates
9:00 AM Welcome
Mayor Erica A. Stewart
9:05 AM Introduction and Budget Context
Whitney McDonald, City Manager
9:20 AM Process and Guidelines
Sommer Kehrli, Facilitator
9:30 AM Discuss Goals for 2025-27 and Review Prioritization from the Survey, Forum, and
other public input
Council
12:00 PM Break
12:30 PM Continued Discussion of Goals
Council
2:00 PM Public Comment for items on the agenda
Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
2:30 PM Discuss Next Steps
Council / Staff
4.a 2025-27 FINANCIAL PLAN PROCESS: COUNCIL GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP
Recommendation:
1.Consider information and community feedback (to-date) for deliberation
during the goal-setting process in order to develop Major City Goals and
define associated desired outcomes for the 2025-27 Financial Plan; and
2.Direct Staff to return to the City Council with recommended preliminary work
programs, a draft Capital Improvement Plan, and proposed budget
appropriations in April 2025 to support core departmental services and
advance Major City Goals.
5.ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on February 18. 2023 with Closed
Session at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, and the Regular Meeting at 5:30 p.m. in
the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.
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public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to
persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or
accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City
Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7114 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible.
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (805) 781-7410.
City Council meetings are televised live on Charter Channel 20 and the City's YouTube
Channel: www.youtube.com/CityofSanLuisObispo. Agenda related writings or documents
provided to the City Council are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office
located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California during normal business hours, and
on the City’s website https://www.slocity.org/government/mayor-and-city-council/agendas-
and-minutes. Persons with questions concerning any agenda item may call the City Clerk’s
Office at (805) 781-7114.