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Cotati council refines strategic plan priorities; asks staff to split finance and livability goals
Summary
At a special meeting on strategic planning, Cotati council directed staff to split the draft’s first goal into separate financial‑stewardship and livability/infrastructure goals, finalize a short mission statement and return with a one‑page strategic plan and associated department workplans for the two‑year budget.
The Cotati City Council on Wednesday advanced a revised strategic planning framework and directed staff to return with a condensed, one‑page strategic plan and updated departmental workplans for the next two fiscal years.
City Manager Damien (first name only in the record) walked councilmembers through a draft vision, a proposed mission — “building a vibrant and sustainable city for current and future residents, businesses and visitors” — and a set of goals and prioritized department projects. Council members agreed the mission is a useful, staff‑level guide but asked staff to tweak the vision wording from “become” to a future tense such as “will be.”
The council focused most of its edits on the draft’s first goal. Council members described the current wording as trying to cover too many subjects at once and asked staff to split it into two distinct goals: one focused on fiscal stewardship and…
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