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City of San Leandro City Council Workshop <br />Discussion of Council Goals Management Partners <br />Revising Council Goals for 2015 <br />Due to insufficient time, workshop participants were not able to establish <br />consensus over how the existing Council goals should be revised for 2015. <br />Nevertheless, a number of suggestions were made regarding how to <br />adjust the existing set of goals. <br />Table 2. Suggested Changes to Council Goals <br />2014 Council <br />.. l <br />Suggested Changes <br />Goal A. Place San Leandro on a firm <br />Possibly swap Goal A and Goal B (with the acknowledgement <br />foundation for long-term fiscal sustainability <br />that the goals are not ordered according to their importance) <br />Goal B. Advance projects and programs <br />promoting sustainable economic <br />No specific changes mentioned <br />development, including transforming San <br />Leandro into a center for innovation <br />Goal C. Provide quality public safety service <br />Add "communication" to the goal, as in "Provide quality <br />and grow our partnership with the <br />public safety service and communication" <br />community to keep San Leandro safe <br />Goal D. Maintain and enhance San Leandro's <br />No specific changes mentioned <br />infrastructure <br />Goal D. Support and implement programs, <br />. Call out "social service programs" somehow <br />activities and strengthen communication <br />that enhances the quality of life and <br />This goal may incorporate too many items; there was <br />wellness, celebrates the arts and diversity <br />discussion (but no consensus) about breaking this up into <br />and promotes civic pride <br />two separate goals or keeping it as one <br />Goal F. Maintain and support a strong <br />• Instead of saying "schools," the Goal should specify both <br />positive relationship between the City, <br />school districts <br />schools and the education community <br />During the Council conversation about future goals, a few additional <br />comments were expressed that relate to the way in which the City <br />develops and uses its Council goals. Comments include: <br />• Each goal is fairly broad; we might choose to have more specific <br />goals (although that may increase the number of goals, making <br />them unmanageable) <br />• We should measure the impacts we have on each of these goals by <br />establishing quantifiable objectives <br />• We should have a follow-up workshop where participants can <br />more closely review and refine the goals <br />15 <br />