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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 19,2012 Page 18 City Manager Malinen, referencing page 4 as an example, advised that existing work plan items from 2011 were included, and some faced challenges based on the 2012 budget and were not as far along as anticipated. Mr. Malinen advised that the short- and long-term items were all new items coming out of the 2012 strategic planning discussions. Mr. Malinen suggested that those short- and long- term items, for a more realistic look at actual resources, be brought forward with the 2013 budget for ranking for 2013 and beyond as part of the 2013 preliminary framework budget already in place, but these new items part of the ongoing budg- et process and allocation of dollars and resources to rank and accomplish the highest priority items based on a more realistic approach. Councilmember McGehee opined that without supplying proper funding, it was difficult to differentiate short- or long-term items for ranking, using multi-family properties as an example (page 4). Councilmember Johnson noted that, specific to multi-family housing, the HRA was doing a lot of work on this issue right now, specific to apartment complexes, slum lord apartment complexes and review of applicable City and State ordinanc- es. Councilmember Johnson anticipated that a report and/or recommendation from the HRA was forthcoming in the near future; and noted that the HRA also had their own budget to finance that study, and that it might not have as much of an impact on the City's budget as thought. Councilmember Pust, as a member of the HRA, concurred with Councilmember Johnson. Councilmember Pust advised that the HRA was currently in their own strategic planning process with ongoing discussions, and the project well under- way and receiving significant focus from the HRA. Councilmember Johnson noted that it had been under discussion by the HRA for several years, and was now coming to fruition. Mayor Roe advised that it was his expectation that staff would be providing the City Council with a time frame for each of the items listed, at least in a prelimi- nary way, with a date and specific work identified toward implementation, wheth- er short- or long-term; as well as budgetary items to provide the whole picture, with a continually updated status report. Councilmember Johnson concurred with Mayor Roe's expectations. Mayor Roe provided several grammatical corrections for clarification: • Page 3 (Safe and Law Abiding); insert"develop" • Page 9 (Mission Statement); under short-term, under "actively pursuing a lo- cal sale tax option,"include "pursue,"but"implementation" should come later