ITEM TITLE:
Discussion Item: Moving Commission Priorities Forward
SUBMITTED BY: Elise Sorum-Birk, Deputy City Clerk
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The commission has engaged in planning and project prioritization over the last three years. The goal of this discussion is to determine how to advocate for and work toward completing the various identified priorities of the commission.
The timing and pathway forward for commission priorities was discussed in May of 2024. This topic continues to be revisited by the commission regularly, but it has proven difficult to translate ideas into action on commission priorities.
Chair McCay asked Beautification staff to put this discussion item on the agenda in hopes that some progress on projects could start to be made.
Attached is an outline of ideas put forward during the commission’s 2022 planning work session to guide discussion as well as the document compiling commission priorities from 2023.
In addition, the commission has also discussed the following:
- Designing and installation of a Snow Pole/ Snow Height Gauge
- Development of a Public Art Policy (a committee has been formed to work on this)
- Looking into possible project funding mechanisms, including opportunities like the “Our Town” grant
- Which projects need to be included in capital improvement program requests and level of detail needed to identify a future capital project