TO: HARBOR COMMISSION
FROM: GREG KAPOVICH, WATERFRONT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN
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BACKGROUND
City staff takes direction on projects, assignments, and priorities from our City Council. To that end, City Council holds a meeting every six months (twice a year) to produce a "Strategic Plan", which is a list of projects that City Council wants staff to complete over the next six months. Once a list is established, City Council then assigns each project to a specific city department and establishes a deadline to complete the task. The process to create the Strategic Plan list is collaborative. It is common for City Council to solicit project ideas from staff. In addition, City Council is amenable to accepting letters of recommendation from various City Commissions, inclusive of the Harbor Commission. The intent of this discussion is to form a list of agreed upon priority projects for the next twelve months to better inform staff and City Council when deliberating on the next list of Strategic Plan items.
The following projects are likely to be included in the next Strategic Plan.
1. Waterfront Education Center - Continue outreach to non-profit and education-based organizations to solicit partnerships for ultimate construction of an education facility. The City entered into a contract with Gensler Architects to perform a site analysis of the former Joe's Crab Shack site. The firm examined site conditions, zoning restrictions, and any development standards that would limit the scale of construction. The firm then created conceptual plans to illustrate what "can" be built on the site. The plans can be used to show potential partners what can realistically be constructed at the site.
2. Seaside Lagoon - Complete the entitlement process for the Seaside Lagoon redesign. The City entered into a contract with Nuvis Landscape Architecture ...
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