2017-01-20 City Council - Full Agenda-1822o Agenda
Edmonds City Council
InC i8y0 LIBRARY PLAZA ROOM
650 MAIN ST., EDMONDS, WA 98020
JANUARY 20, 2017, 12:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL ANNUAL RETREAT
1. Annual Retreat Agenda
Edmonds City Council Agenda
January 20, 2017
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City Council Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 01/20/2017
Annual Retreat Agenda
Staff Lead: Tom Mesaros, Council President
Department: City Clerk's Office
Preparer: Scott Passey
Background/History
Each year the City Council holds a retreat to set and discuss the Council's priorities for the City.
Staff Recommendation
N/A
Narrative
A copy of the Council Retreat agenda is attached.
Attachments:
2017-01-20 City Council Special - Retreat Agenda
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Edmonds City Council
Annual Council Retreat
Friday, January 20 at Noon
until
Saturday, January 21 at Noon
Library Plaza Room
Edmonds, Washington
Retreat Agenda
1) Welcome, Opening Comments and Lunch Tom Mesaros
(12:00 Noon)
2) Goal for the Retreat: Setting our Calendar for 2017
3) Council Operations During 2017
(12:30 pm)
a. Discuss Weekly Meeting Format
b. Discuss Potential Council Committees
c. Utilization of Legislative Assistant
d. Working Together as a Council
e. Potential Community Projects
4) Projects we need to move forward and/or resolve during 2017 (in random order).
Discussion and plan for the following topics:
(2:00 pm)
a. Crumb Rubber
b. Sign Code
c. Development Code Update
d. TBD integration into Council Activities and Agendas
e. FD1 Agreement and Potential Regional Fire Authority
f. 2018 Budget Process
g. Esperance
h. Sunset Avenue
i. Civic Field
j. SMP
k. CAO Updates
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1. Edmonds Strategic Plan
m. Hwy 99 Subarea Plan
n. Roundabout Zoning Plan
o. Parking
p. Public Disclosure and Public Access to City Council
q. Water Front Access
r. Veterans' Plaza
s. Update on SNOCOM/SNOPAC Consolidation
Social Hour with Spouses and Guests at 4:00 pm
Begin on Saturday morning at 8:30 am with a working continental breakfast
5) Other key topics for the Council:
(8:30 am)
a. Public Works — What are the key projects for 2017 and what projects will remain
unfinished due to lack of funding?
b. Parks — How are we progressing on the PROS Plan and what projects need attention
and funding?
c. Finance — What are the city's operational challenges financially? What does the next
three to five years look like and what solutions might we consider to meet any
challenges?
d. Public Safety — What are our key public safety issues?
e. Housing and Homelessness — how can improved housing options in Edmonds to
impact our homeless population? How can we partner with our neighboring
jurisdictions to help the homeless?
f. Regional approaches — How can we partner with other governmental entities to
resolve regional issues like transportation, housing, public safety, community
services, etc.?
g. Legal — 9`" Circuit Court "Culvert Decision" on fish passages
Box lunches will be served at 11:30 am for a working lunch to summarize our discussions
6) Conclusions and Next Steps
(11:30 am)
Tom Mesaros
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