HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4 - Goal SettingMeeting Date: November 7, 2018
Item Number: 4 2
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AGENDA REPORT
SUBJECT: 2019-2021 Human Relations Commission Goal Setting for the Financial Plan and Budget
Process
FROM: Cara Vereschagin, Assistant Planner
Phone Number: 781-7596; e-mail: cvereschagin@slocity.org
SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION
Review and evaluate status of 2017-2019 Human Relations Commission’s goals, take public
testimony, and identify Commission goals and work program items for the 2019-2021 Financial Plan
DISCUSSION
Situation
Every two years the City adopts a budget and financial plan. To prepare for the budget process, all City
departments and advisory bodies are asked to identify their goals and major work programs for the
next two years. The City Council then uses this information, along with public comment and other
input to set community priorities and allocate resources to accomplish the most important City goals.
Advisory body members are involved in the goal setting process to provide important input as
representatives of the community, with special expertise and experience working locally within their
specific area of representation. Below are some key points to consider as the City embarks on the goal-
setting process:
1.The Council is seeking advisory body input focused on the purview of the advisory body,
but is also interested in input on other issues important to the community.
2.Advisory body input is highly valued by the Council and the staff.
3.Goals can include completing projects from a previous work program.
4.Identifying priorities implies recommending fewer rather than more goals to the Council.
The HRC should recommend only those activities that can reasonably be accomplished in
the two years of the financial plan.
Objective
This is a public process and citizens are encouraged to contribute. Tonight’s meeting will result in two
items: 1) a list of HRC goals and implementation programs; and 2) a letter from the HRC Chair to the
City Council outlining recommended goals and programs for 2019-2021, and if necessary, requesting
resources for specific activities (staff will prepare the letter for the Chair’s signature).
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GOAL SETTING
Current Recommended Goals: 2017-2019
During the past goal-setting session for the 2017-19 budget cycle, the Commission recommended the
following projects to Council:
1.Housing
Continue to implement the Housing Element, facilitate affordable, supportive and transitional
housing options; promote creative land use and density opportunities, and modify City fees and
processes to increase housing production.
Tasks and funding priorities should focus on:
a.Explore ways to increase the affordable, alternative, and transitional housing inventory,
b.Increase both rental and ownership opportunities of the City’s housing stock,
c.Promote smaller, efficiency units, and adjust development fees accordingly,
d.Work with Cal Poly to increase housing on campus to reduce rental burdens in the City,
e.Continue work on zoning regulations to support housing using creative solutions and
greater densities,
f.Expedite the development review entitlement process to encourage new housing
development,
g.Review the City’s high occupancy regulations to accommodate shared housing options
in underutilized housing stock,
h.CDBG funding should continue to be prioritized for the production and rehabilitation of
affordable housing units.
2.Homeless Prevention
Continue to support a long-term, comprehensive, proactive, sustainable program that
addresses homelessness and focuses on transitioning children, families and individuals out of
homelessness.
Tasks and funding priorities should focus on:
a.Prevention of homelessness primarily with the most vulnerable populations,
b.Increase support and awareness for mental and physical health and wellness,
c.Continue to work with the County and other local municipalities in implementing the
San Luis Obispo Countywide 10-year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness,
d.Continue support of 40 Prado and implement the Good Neighbor Plan to require case
management enrollment,
e.Balance needs of the homeless population and neighborhood wellness e.g. expanded
safe parking program, transitional programs, meals, etc.,
f.Explore ways to increase transitional and supportive housing using creative financing
and partnerships,
g.Increase the Grants in Aid Budget and General Fund support to allow greater financial
assistance to non-profits in the community who serve these less fortunate populations.
Future Recommended Goals: 219-2021
As the City begins the 2019-2021 financial planning and budget cycle, the HRC has the opportunity to
review their current goals, update them as necessary, and identify any new goals, programs and/or
projects.
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Goal Setting Process
At the meeting, staff will provide a brief presentation introducing the budget process, advisory body
role, and status of previous recommended goals. The City last revisited its goals and work program in
October 2016, in preparation for the 2017-2019 Financial Plan and Budget. Staff, advisory bodies, and
Council members are now preparing for the next Financial Plan cycle: 2019-2021. During the past
goal-setting sessions, the HRC has generally followed the steps outlined below.
1.Review and understand the goal-setting and Financial Plan and Budget process.
2.Evaluate previous goals and work programs. Determine which goals and programs were
accomplished and can be deleted or ones that no longer reflect the aims of the HRC.
3.Determine which goals or programs that have not been completed and should be carried
forward.
4.Identify new goals or programs for possible inclusion in the work program.
5.Prioritize the goals and programs, based on the HRC’s goals, community needs and input,
opportunities, or special or urgent conditions; and
6.Identify activities which may require additional resources to accomplish, including special
funding for specific survey, tasks or consultant work (i.e. historic inventories or research),
construction or other implementation costs, additional staff time, etc. This may include
references to possible community partnerships or outside funding sources.
The Commission will establish goals for the next two years and identify three to five key tasks or
programs it intends to complete in the period. The Commission should discuss how these goals and
activities relate to important Council goals and at the same time, consider the fiscal context for the
goal-setting process, including resources needed to accomplish the task.
Next Steps
Advisory body goals are due by November 17, 2018. All advisory bodies will receive a consolidated
listing of all recommended advisory body goals by November 21, 2018. This provides an opportunity
to review what other advisory bodies see as high community priorities. It is also an opportunity to
revise goals accordingly if the Commission so chooses. Final changes are due by December 1 5, 2018.
The Council will receive the final report with all advisory body recommendations before they begin
the goal-setting process in January 2019.
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