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Mayor convenes council retreat exercise; big‑ideas list forms for city follow‑up
Summary
At a council work session retreat, members and staff compiled a short list of 'big ideas'—transformational projects and themes such as regional rail, a stadium, stormwater/‘sponge city’ resilience, and cultural‑arts coordination—that staff will further study for feasibility and sequencing.
Council members used a retreat format to propose and prioritize “big ideas” for the city. Mayor Janet Callaghan and the city manager led a facilitated exercise that collected council priorities, grouped them into five themes and asked staff to return with feasibility and funding sketches.
What happened: After presentations on grants, the legislative agenda, the comprehensive plan, housing and finance, staff asked councilors to place three ranked priorities on a shared board. Ideas clustered around five themes: environment/resilience, transportation and regional…
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