City Council Priority Setting Workshop

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Priority Setting Workshop

The City Council seeks your input on what Menlo Park should prioritize for fiscal year 2026-27. Your input is the first step and will help the City Council understand the community’s priorities. Your feedback will be presented for City Council consideration and discussion at the Priority Setting Workshop Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please provide any written input by March 4, 2026.

Last year, the City Council identified five top priorities for fiscal year 2025-26, with the help of many community members who shared their input.

  • Climate action - mitigation, adaptation and resilience
  • Downtown vibrancy
  • Emergency and disaster preparedness
  • Housing
  • Safe routes

Identifying top priorities helps the city manager create a work plan of projects for the year. Many of the projects take multiple years to plan, fund and complete.

City Council workshop documents

Meeting Agenda material Video 
March 21, 2026 priority setting workshop When available When available

 

2025 City Council Priority Setting Workshop

Priority Setting Workshop

On March 22, 2025, the City Council held its annual priority setting workshop and identified five top priorities for fiscal year 2025-26 with the help of many community members who shared their input.

  • Climate action - mitigation, adaptation and resilience
  • Downtown vibrancy
  • Emergency and disaster preparedness
  • Housing
  • Safe routes

Top priorities provide direction to the city manager on aligning resources and work plans for the next year.

City Council work plan documents

Meeting Staff report Video 
Feb. 25, 2025 work plan update staff report Staff report(PDF, 786KB) Video
March 22, 2025 priority setting workshop Agenda packet(PDF, 131KB) Video | Vídeo en español
April 15, 2025 workshop final report Staff report(PDF, 731KB) Video
July 8, 2025 work plan update staff report Staff report(PDF, 1MB) Video
Sept. 30, 2025 work plan update staff report Staff report(PDF, 1MB) Video
Oct. 7, 2025 work plan update staff report Staff report(PDF, 744KB) Video

2024 City Council Priority Setting Workshop

Priority Setting Workshop

On March 12, 2024, the City Council held its annual priority setting workshop and identified four top for fiscal year 2024-25 with the help of many community members who shared their input.

  • Climate action - mitigation, adaptation and resilience
  • Emergency and disaster preparedness
  • Housing
  • Safe routes

Identifying top goals helps the city manager create a work plan of projects for the year. Many of the projects take multiple years to plan, fund, and complete.

City Council work plan documents

Meeting Staff report Video 
Jan. 23, 2024 work plan update staff report Staff report(PDF, 1MB) Video
Feb. 13, 2024 goal setting workshop update staff report Staff report(PDF, 692KB) Video
March 12, 2024 goal setting workshop Agenda packet(PDF, 140KB)  Video 
March 26, 2024 work plan update staff report Staff report(PDF, 705KB) Video
May 7, 2024 work plan update staff report Report(PDF, 1MB) n/a
Sept. 10, 2024 work plan update staff report Staff report(PDF, 728KB) Video

  

Contact us

Stephen Stolte
Assistant City Manager
Email

650-330-6617

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