REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Strategic Session Follow-Up: Responses to Council Inquiries (Information Only)
Report
DISCUSSION
On January 19, 2018, the City Council held a Strategic Session on Policy Priorities. The City Council received a briefing on service delivery highlights, strategic areas of focus, operational priorities, and areas of opportunities and challenges. Council also received an update on recent progress and upcoming activity on the six Council Policy Priorities:
* Civic Center Campus and Main Library
* The Ability of Infrastructure to Support Development and Traffic
* Open Space Acquisition and Planning (Future of Golf Courses)
* Downtown Sunnyvale
* Improved Processes and Services through the use of Technology
* Accelerating Climate Action
The Strategic Session concluded with a discussion on community benefit funds, and fostering community participation. This informational report provides a comprehensive response to Council inquiries and follow-up items that were noted throughout the workshop.
Budgetary/Fiscal Report
Fiscal Presentation Slides- Councilmembers requested that more information be added to several of the graphs, such as percentages and subtotals. Those slides are presented as Attachment 1.
List of Grants and Donations- During the fiscal presentation, staff provided Council with a breakdown of General Fund revenues for FY 2016/17, including amounts in the Grants and Donations account. A request was made to list out the Grants and Donations category.
Private Grants and Donations is a broad category that includes Cash Donations, Contributions, Miscellaneous Private Grants, and Contributions from Property owners. Of the $122,772. A contribution from Rural Metro (County EMS provider) in the amount of $100,500 was to compensate the City for providing EMS services. The remaining amount is a grant from PG&E in support of the climate action plan and a grant from the Pacific Library Foundation for the mobile bike book mobile. Sta...
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