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i 6.4 Section - Claims and Warrants A. Approve warrants dated through February 22, 2010 and usual and necessary payments through March 8, 2010. (303) Minute Order 10-040 .................................................................................� 7. STUDY SESSION A. Annual Review of Strategic Initiatives (background information available at the City Clerk's Office) — session facilitated by Dr. Marilyn Manning. City Manager Ingram made some opening remarks. He then explained the agenda for the evening. Dr. Manning led the session and explained that her job is to facilitate an in-depth discussion about what the Council's views are on different issues related to the annual review of strategic initiatives. She provided some guidelines for the session. There was Council consensus on the Strategic Initiatives. Then the Council looked at the goals one by one (see presentation on file). Under government operations one Council Member suggested that the last bullet be placed first. There was general concurrence that the community under initiatives is broad and it crosses from local to regional. One Council Member would like to suggest perFormance measures and objectives. Peter Ingram, City Manager, said that such inputs are welcomed. One Council Member mentioned that infrastructure needs to be included and considered under government operations. Dr. Manning then explained the results of a survey taken by Council on the issue of core service areas. One Council Member changed his rating on the highly skilled workforce. Council went over each of the areas and the ratings. One Council Member asked that in the future there be some description of each area and another Council Member would like more consistency on the vocabulary used. Mayor Ira asked that more information about public infrastructure be shared with the Council so the community is aware of what the city is up against. One Council Member spoke about the levy in Redwood Shores and how the Mayor is getting emails on this issue. She explained that the tone of the emails was uncalled for and she thanked the Mayor and the City Manager for their professionalism. Dr. Manning asked for specific direction on core services especially in light of the budget cuts. Council reaffirmed its ratings provided via the survey and how the top rated items are still what is most important to them, especially the first four to five items (Public Safety/Fiscal Stability/Legal and Regulatory Compliance/Public Infrastructure/Policy Governance). Mayor Ira supports the first four items on the list as the top focus for the city, and he explained that certain things are mandated by law such as the Attorneys and the Clerk's Departments. It was mentioned that some of the omitted core service areas may fit under others as subsets. Another Council Member agreed that the first five are key core services. One JOINT CITY COUNCIL/ FEBRUARY 22, 2010 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING MINUTES PAGE 5 MINUTE BOOK NO. 63 Page No. 041