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City Council Meeting Minutes January 28,2016 <br /> • Staff will have a redundancy in assignments—to anticipate staff changes and <br /> will solicit feedback on reporting from Council. <br /> • Staff will utilize Council meeting video (when not present) to get full <br /> understanding of Council discussion on various topics. <br /> • Be more deliberate in implementation of all city plans. <br /> • Management Report will provide links to Project Status Reports and will be <br /> used to provide more "meat". <br /> Goal#7 - Maintain Fiscal Responsibility. (Renamed and new bullet items <br /> added) <br /> • Maintain City's investment in infrastructure and facilities. <br /> • Manage our assets in a manner that gains a positive return on our assets. <br /> • Prudent investment of public funds while addressing the needs of our <br /> growing city. <br /> • Maintain a conservative approach for financing decisions. <br /> • Evaluate funding strategies related to accomplishing Council objectives. <br /> • Recognize our fiscal constraints as a result of flood events and costs <br /> associated with it. <br /> • Implement "pay-as-you-go" where appropriate. <br /> • Endeavor to limit tax rate increases to defined projects, and expenses. <br /> • Anticipate the long-term costs of new infrastructure, services, and <br /> developments (cost of service). <br /> Addition of Goal #8 - Provide for the efficient and effective delivery of services <br /> • Provide effective delivery of city services. <br /> • Enhance the city's ability to respond to large scale emergencies. <br /> • Provide facilities to ensure high quality services. <br /> • Provide a high level of customer service consistent with the city's high work <br /> ethic and culture. <br /> Council took a recess from 3:39 p.m. to 3:52 p.m. <br /> The following Policy Initiatives were also discussed and are listed in no <br /> particular order: <br /> •Code Amendments (no particular order) <br /> • Council focus Code Enforcement on providing proper resources and defining <br /> proper enforcement <br /> • Develop downtown business incentives for non-franchised restaurants <br /> including grants. <br /> City of San Marcos Page 4 <br />