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Report regarding amendments to 2026 City Council Priorities Action Plan (Rich Lee, Assistant City Manager)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Revised 2026 City Council Priorities Action Plan.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City Council held their annual priority-setting workshop on January 24, 2026. Staff created an action plan based on those priorities and presented it to the City Council on April 8, 2026. The City Council adopted that plan and identified seven additional priorities for consideration. Those seven items were:
1) Air quality (general consensus this was the highest priority of the possible additions.)
2) Vehicle License Fee (VLF) community outreach
3) Communities Facilities District (CFD) East of 101
4) Activate street spaces / outdoor dining
5) More robust communication plan - texting
6) Model reach codes - A/C electric readiness
7) Community connections/Promotores program
Below is more information about each topic and the staff recommendation about if/how to incorporate it into the 2026 City Council Priorities Action Plan.
PRIORITIES RECOMMENDED FOR ADDITION TO 2026 CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES ACTION PLAN
Staff is recommending the following specific components of how to add and incorporate #1 Air quality, #2 VLF outreach, #3 CFD, and part of #4 (activate street spaces / outdoor dining) relative to activating neighborhoods, and specific to community events into the action plan. The below is the specific detail about which existing Major Focus Area the priority would fit into, which Key Strategy the topic fits into or a recommendation of a new one, and the same for the specific Activity/Initiative.
1) Air quality
MAJOR FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
KEY STRATEGY: ADDRESS AIR QUALITY CONCERNS
ACTIVITY/INITIATIVE: REVIEW AND UNDERSTAND CALENVIROSCREEN REPORT AND OTHER SOURCES OF AIR QUALITY DATA
Staff from the Economic and Community Development Department will unpack the concerns from the San Mateo Daily Journ...
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