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Cotati council reviews draft strategic plan; members debate mission wording and project priorities
Summary
City staff presented a draft strategic planning summary and two-year project tables for Cotati; council members requested edits to the mission statement and suggested reprioritizing several projects, including dog-park rules, library options and business-license audits.
Cotati City Council reviewed a draft strategic planning summary and accompanying two-year project and program tables during a special meeting, discussing wording for the mission statement and priorities for projects such as the Putnam dog park, library options, business-license audits and a potential tobacco-retailer license.
City staff told the council the documents reflect prior facilitated sessions and the Feb. 18 strategic meeting and that the draft splits projects into items expected to be completed in fiscal year 2024–25 and items proposed for 2025–26 and 2026–27. Staff said they added objectives to fill perceived gaps and proposed a rewritten mission to be more operationally focused rather than duplicative of the vision.
The council discussed the mission’s tone and scope, with several members saying the draft mission felt either too short or too different in wording…
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