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City Council Strategic Planning Meeting Monday,January 30,2012 Page 4 Councilmember McGehee suggested that Mayor Roe's overview be considered at the end of tonight's discussion to see if it met with the strategic plans discussed here. Mayor Roe suggested that when discussing broad goals, they be concise, but also broad: Not how,but what. Mayor Roe opined that the process itself, as well as a final document or plan would be informed by tonight's discussion. City Manager Malinen advised that, in the process of developing a mission and value statement, it may take an entire afternoon of Council and staff time to set that tone and develop an understanding of that perspective. In sharing collective values that are shared, City Manager Malinen noted the importance of keeping them in mind as staff pursued their daily work. 6. Cobalt Presentation of Survey Data The meeting agenda was amended as attempts were made to contact the Cobalt repre- sentative via phone. 7. 2011-2012 Work Plan Mayor Roe noted that staff had presented its initial City Council Work Plan Report at the January 23, 2012, regular meeting; with Councilmembers seeking additional refinement of the report to include a status of each item, completion date of each item already com- pleted, or an anticipated completion date. City Manager Malinen advised that staff had yet to make those revisions since being re- quested by the City Council; but had included the original draft in tonight's meeting ma- terials as requested by the City Council. Councilmember Pust asked that City Manager Malinen, provide an overview of work plan the document created from last year's strategic and work plan meetings of the City Council and staff. City Manager Malinen provided that overview, noting that each project or focus had a lead department, and each Department Head was charged with providing the latest status reports, with some items completed and others continuing. At the request of Coun- cilmember Pust, Mr. Malinen advised that the work plan was used by Department Heads to review their various assignments and provide emphasis, some specific and others broad, and to continue refining that on a periodic basis to the City Council, as part of their day-to-day assignments. Mayor Roe asked that staff revise the work plan and return it to the City Council in the near future for further discussion.