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Item # 8.1. of ~~ . ~~ aver MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator DATE: July 7, 2008 SUBJECT: Status of Action Steps from January and February 2008 Council Planning Workshops It's been a few months since I've given you a written update on the action steps generated from your planning workshops so I thought a brief update was in order. Many of the action steps/tasks have been completed; of the 16 identified, all but four have been completed or addressed. The four that are yet to be completed include: marketing the City, completing the gravel mining/commercial reserve area study, conducting a community survey, and providing an update on the Parks Master Plan. A copy of the list of action steps previously approved by the Council is attached fox your review. The first of those remaining tasks, marketing the City, requires further input from the Council to determine exactly what we are marketing and to whom we want to target our marketing efforts. One of the goals the Council had for the new community development director was to market the City. I have subsequently given this direction to Community Development Director Jeff Gongoll and am providing additional background information to him so he can prepare to work with the Council on all aspects of marketing. At the next planning workshop, the Council can delve into this topic in more depth and identify the proposed target so that staff can proceed to market the City and attract development that meets the Council's goals and vision. Upcoming discussion on the Gateway Business Park will also start the discussion on marketing. The other community development related item is the gravel mining/commercial reserve area study. Planning Manager Jeremy Barnhart has been leading this project from the technical and planning perspectives. He continues to work with various staff members to keep the study moving. Although this study isn't on the agenda for action often, there is progress and work is happening at the staff level. As you know, this is a long-range project that involves planning a large area with multiple land owners who are still currently mining the property. Jeff Gongoll will be updating the Council in the near future and proposing a study timeline and process.