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Cathedral City staff present revisions to five-year strategic plan ahead of budget adoption
Summary
Staff reviewed updates to the city’s five-year strategic plan and listed newly incorporated initiatives for council review. The plan will appear on the regular meeting consent calendar for adoption; staff said many items would be addressed through department budgets and upcoming CIP programming.
City staff presented revisions to Cathedral City’s five-year strategic plan during a study-session briefing, summarizing additions and clarifications city leaders provided at a January strategic-planning workshop and noting how the plan will guide the upcoming 2025–27 budget.
A staff presenter described the document as the city’s guiding framework and noted it is organized around stated values, a vision and mission to “move Cathedral forward with commitment, pride, and excellence.” The presenter said the plan identifies five primary goal areas and lists initiatives and action items the council discussed during the January workshop.
New or emphasized initiatives included: scheduling an annual joint meeting with commissions and committees; continuing work on septic-to-sewer grants and economic development north of I‑10 (staff said discussions continue with developers on Project Podium); completing design and seeking funding for a downtown dog park and pickleball courts; supporting SunLine transit hub improvements; conducting site and cost analysis for a Community Recreation Center (an RFP was noted as launching April 1 for that analysis); completing planned flood control projects as part of street improvements; and developing an inventory of contracts for rebidding as part of fiscal stewardship.
Under public-safety goals, staff noted initiatives to research regulation of low-speed electric bikes on sidewalks, schedule community safety meetings with mobile-home park residents and public-health partners, review animal-control contract options, and renew event-safety planning protocols. Under community-inclusion goals, staff listed work on shielding residential trash containers, reviewing cannabis ordinances tied to the current moratorium, promoting childcare accessibility and exploring façade-improvement grant programs for businesses.
Staff told council that many of these actions will be addressed through department work programs and incorporated into department budgets. The presenter described changes to the plan’s presentation — moving completed tasks to the end and making the document easier for staff to update — and said a revised plan is on the consent calendar for adoption at the regular meeting later that evening.
Councilmembers responding during the study session generally affirmed the revisions and suggested minor wordsmithing but no substantive changes. Councilmembers asked about specifics on economic development north of I‑10; staff replied that impediments such as sewer and water availability are the principal challenges and that staff continue to work with potential developers. Councilmembers also asked about neighborhood-level code-enforcement and trash-container shielding; staff said targeted enforcement, outreach and evaluation of tools and staffing levels will be considered.
The study session did not produce a formal vote on the strategic plan; staff said the revised plan would be on the council’s regular-meeting agenda under the consent calendar for adoption.
