City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2020
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of the City Council Work Program for Calendar Year 2020.
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ISSUE: City Council Work Program for 2020.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
(1) Adopt the proposed 2020 Work Program as detailed on Attachments 3 and 4; and
(2) Direct the City Manager to docket these items generally within the timeframes noted, acknowledging that some scheduling changes may occur throughout the course of 2020.
BACKGROUND: As a pre-cursor to 2020, on November 2, 2018, The Alexandria City Council held a retreat to discuss the upcoming budget and CIP and develop the components of the annual City Council Work Program (Work Program) for 2020. The Work Program portion of the retreat was professionally facilitated by EJP Consulting Group, LLC, who conducted the inaugural year's Work Program and included a staff presentation on the implementation of the 2019 Work Program.
As part of the facilitated discussion, Council conducted a review of the previous year's work program implementation, providing staff with guidance for process improvements to develop the 2020 Work Program. EJP facilitated a series of exercises to identify goals and priorities and assist Council in prioritizing initiatives for the 2020 Work Program. As a result, City Council identified 9 new policy and priority areas/policy work sessions to include in the 2020 Work Program, as well as, identified individual member priorities. Each Councilmember was asked to rank his/her top three priorities. These exercises culminated in a prioritization based on weighted averages among the members around the various topics. The prioritization results of the retreat Work Program are shown in Attachment #1.
DISCUSSION: The City Council 2020 Work Progra...
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