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Lemon Grove holds goal‑setting workshop; residents push to reopen rec center, fix downtown and prioritize streets
Summary
At a special April 14 workshop, Lemon Grove residents and council ranked priorities for FY 2026–27, placing the recreation center, downtown activation, street and storm‑drain repairs and pedestrian safety near the top. City staff said Measure T revenues fund many near‑term infrastructure efforts.
Lemon Grove City Council convened a special goal‑setting workshop on April 14, 2026, drawing dozens of residents to a facilitated session to identify and prioritize projects for the 2026–27 fiscal year.
Interim City Manager Tony Winnie said the session is the official kickoff to the city’s budget season and framed the work as a step toward the operating and capital improvement budgets. "This is the first step in a multi‑step process, which will bring us through the adoption of the operating budget and the CIP budget," Winnie said, adding that the city projects roughly 3 percent revenue growth through the end of the fiscal year and that about 77 percent of general‑fund revenue comes from sales tax, in‑lieu vehicle license fee replacement and property taxes.
Facilitator Richard Marks led a visioning exercise and a dot‑vote prioritization in which residents and councilors placed stickers on flip‑chart lists. Residents’ top vote getters included reopening…
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