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7. A-B. I REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager February 5, 2005 Subject Council Priorities for Fiscal Year 2005/2006 Recommendation Discuss and update Council Priorities for fiscal year 2005/2006. Background On January 10, 2004 at the Council Budget Strategy Session, Council reviewed the Council Priorities and elected to keep the same priorities, but decided to no longer list specific projects under each of the priorities as had been done in the past. Given the very difficult budget situation and the uncertainty at the state at that time, a great deal of time was spent discussing actions that the State could take and the potential impacts to these actions would have on the City. Council also spent a great deal of time discussing the policy regarding the use of reserves as compared to budget reductions for future budgets. The current City Council Priorities are: Overarchinq Guidelines Priorities I. Aesthetics II. Creating Pedestrian-Friendly Public Places III. Quality of Life 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Youth and Education Transportation and Traffic Infrastructure Housing Downtown Improvement Doing Business Effectively and Efficiently Water Supply Cultural Activities The City has been making budget reductions since 2002/2003. As a result, we have reduced our level of service in many areas. We anticipate, that we must continue to make budget reductions for at least another two years, which will force us to continue to make service level reductions. We have eliminated all of the "nice to have" items and any easy budget cuts some time ago, and have been reducing direct service programs that clearly impact the community.