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In addition to the recommendations from commissions and committees, staff included a priority ranking (A — D) for each project, representing the following designations: A. Recommended to be fully/partially completed within first year of work plan B. Recommended to be fully/partially completed within second year of work plan C. Recommended to be scheduled for completion as capacity permits D. Not recommended at this time Including both staff and board/commission recommendations, the draft work plan was presented to the Mayor and members of the City Council to prepare their priority designations in advance of the work plan priority workshop. On March 12, 2019, the City Council conducted a workshop to review the work plan and receive community feedback on any items being considered for prioritization and to make recommendations for additional projects that should be considered for prioritization. The workshop was broken into three phases: • Public Comment: Members of the public were encouraged to provide input about various community projects and initiatives and were provided an opportunity to recommend new priority projects to be considered by the Council. • Review of Draft Work Plan: The Council reviewed the draft work plan and had an opportunity to comment on specific priority projects, their descriptions and staff ranking. During this phase, each priority was discussed, allowing the Council to respond to community input, justify their priority designations, and adjust their recommendation if desired. • Councilmember Suggested Priority Discussion: Individual Councilmembers were given an opportunity to discuss their own personally suggested priorities with the rest of the Council, in addition to the several items that were added to the draft work plan through the public process. The results of the Council's direction from that workshop are reflected in the draft 2019/2020 Council Work Plan, which is being presented for the City Council's consideration and adoption. DISCUSSION When reviewing the Council Work Plan, it should be noted that many of its elements can be described generally as "special projects," meaning that they have a definite start and completion date and are not part of the City's regular ongoing service effort. Notwithstanding the impact of these special projects, the City Manager regularly takes steps necessary to ensure that ongoing services are consistent with providing quality customer service that meets community expectations. To that end, staff continually reviews workloads and makes changes where appropriate. These changes may involve efficiency improvements, reorganization of workload and in particular instances, such as significant planning or engineering projects, utilization of various types of consultants/contract services to ensure established timelines are met and as indicated previously, to assure that these modifications do not affect our continued effort to provide quality customer service. Page 3 of 4