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Council reviews 2025–27 strategic-plan updates; staff to tighten language, evaluate transportation committee and study Spanish-language access
Summary
Staff presented proposed edits to the draft 2025–27 strategic plan and a five-year financial outlook; council gave direction to refine objectives, to have staff analyze a possible transportation/circulation committee and to evaluate Spanish-language broadcast/translation options and AI policy guidance.
City staff presented updates and proposed edits to the City of Goleta’s 2025–27 strategic plan at a workshop-style council meeting. The discussion covered completed objectives to be removed from the plan, a five-year financial outlook and proposed new or revised objectives.
Finance Director Luke Riel provided a high-level five-year forecast that, under a status-quo service level, shows moderate revenue growth but limited ongoing new funding capacity; staff emphasized that any program expansions would need offsetting reductions or new revenue sources. Staff also noted the city’s capital and project pipeline and recommended…
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