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Council agreed to work together to constrain new projects or ideas to this two-year process and typically did not add projects mid-cycle unless deemed essential. Over time this approach has unintentionally set up a difficult dynamic in which the public believes if an item is selected as a Council Priority it is going to be resourced and completed within the two-year time frame; however, in practice this is not the case. The current Council Priorities work plan has 78 projects that are in addition to the day-to-day operations, programs and services provided by the City. Over the years, if projects were not completed in the two-year time frame, they were often carried over to the following two-year work plan . Additionally, projects were added by the City Council in response to community and staff input, and the dynamic has continued year after year, in which items are competing for staff time and financial resources . The current process does not provide sufficient fiscal analysis and consideration of staff time needed to support or complete work plan items. Additionally, by starting with project requests, the City Council has not had the opportunity to consider request in the context of longer-term policy goals . Undertaking a citywide strategic plan will update the current Council Priorities setting process and ensure that the strategic themes and goals that guide the process represent the Pleasanton City Council, community, and staff today. DISCUSSION The City Council authorized staff to conduct an interim Council Priority setting process for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 allowing staff to use the existing Council Priorities and prepare a recommendation for consideration by the City commissions, committees, and the City Council. There are 78 projects on the current Council Priorities work plan of which 36 are completed and 16 will be fully or substantially completed by the end of the current fiscal year on June 30, 2023. To address the remaining 26 items and determine which items to recommend for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Council Priorities list staff used the following criteria: • Is it fully funded? • Can it be completed by June 30, 2024? • If additional funding is needed, is it available in the General Fund? Based upon this criteria staff developed the recommended project list outlined in Table 1. Staff recommends the following priority for the stated projects. Level 1: Proceed to complete projects in FY 2023-2024 _ The following projects are fully funded and are planned to be completed in one year. The one exception is Project 2 -Update Utility Rates and Connections fees, this is not currently funded and will be budgeted for in the upcoming two-year budget. Funding will not come from the General Fund but rather the Water/Utilities Enterprise Fund . Page 3 of 5