City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 21, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, ACTING CITY MANAGER
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Consideration of the Draft 2016 Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program.
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ISSUE: What planning work priorities should be established for FY 2016?
RECOMMENDATION: (1) Indicate concurrence with staff listed planning priorities for FY 2016, or (2) Indicate where changes to staff recommended planning priorities should be considered.
BACKGROUND: The Planning Commission and City Council are asked to provide preliminary input on a Draft FY 2016 Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program. The input from the Planning Commission and City Council will help inform development of the FY 2016 City Manager's Proposed Operating Budget, scheduled to be released in the first week of March 2015. A final Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program will be docketed for City Council approval in May 2015, after the adoption of the FY 2016 Budget.
As in previous years, the City departments and agencies that are engaged in long range planning and plan implementation have jointly prepared a draft Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program for the upcoming fiscal year (see Attachments 1 (arranged chronologically) & 2 (arranged by program areas). The draft long range planning work program includes new plans scheduled to begin in FY 2016, the completion of plans and studies now under way, and implementation of previously approved plans. In order to provide a more complete view of the interdepartmental planning work to be undertaken in FY 2016, this memo also includes a summary of major development cases (pages 16 to 18) anticipated in FY 2016.
The Planning Commission considered this item on January 6, 2015 and was in general agreement with the draft work program....
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