In January of each year, City staff and the City Council review progress on key initiatives and identify priority tasks for the coming year. The following reports provide results at year-end on the City’s priorities for 2017, as well as departmental workplans for the coming year (2018).

The results presented in the 2017 Year End Report indicate that many of the City's highest priority projects are either completed or in progress. However, a significant number of activities will continue into 2018. City staff and City Council continue to demonstrate significant progress on priority tasks, some of which include the finalization of the Comprehensive Plan Update, the completion of several capital projects, and the implementation of new programs and legislation. Many of these items involve multi-year timeframes for planning and execution, and next steps will be ongoing into 2018 and beyond.

The City’s goals for 2018 will focus on implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, continued planning and construction of important capital projects, process improvements within the Planning Department, increasing inter-departmental coordination, utilization of technological resources, and citywide development of 2019-2020 biennial workplans and budgets. More detail on these planned initiatives can be found in the report on 2018 Workplan Priorities.

These department priorities were reviewed and refined at the City Council's annual retreat on January 24, 2018.

The annual process to identify workplan priorities helps to improve accountability in City operations, to organize the use of limited resources, and to highlight areas for improvement. As we move ahead with plans for the coming year, this review of prior year efforts and upcoming goals provides a useful reference for City staff, City Council, and the community as a whole.