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Albany City Council adopts 2025–27 strategic plan after edits on climate and tax language
Summary
On March 17, 2025, the Albany City Council unanimously approved a refreshed 2025–27 strategic plan that emphasizes climate action, refines urban-forest and transportation language and directs staff to consider amending property taxes to apply to unsecured property; staff will return with final language and implementation steps.
The Albany City Council on March 17, 2025, unanimously adopted its 2025–27 strategic plan after modest wording changes that sharpened the city's approach to climate action, urban-forest management and property-tax policy. The motion carried on a roll-call vote with Mayor Lopez, Vice Mayor McQuaid, Councilmembers Hansa Romero, Jordan and Mickey voting yes.
The adopted plan keeps the two-year term and most prior goals but modifies several objectives. Council agreed to clarify language on reducing greenhouse-gas pollution and adapting to climate change, simplify the objective on urban-forest management, adjust wording in the transportation goal to read 'support safety, transportation and mobility options,' and direct staff to 'consider amending property taxes and fees so that they apply to unsecured property.' The council framed the changes as technical refinements and directed staff to…
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