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SUBJECT: DATE: 2017 WORK PLAN DEVELOPMENT MEETING JANUARY 10, 2017 PAGE2OF2 includes staff's estimate of the approximate meeting time Council would devote to each issue and the proposed quarter during which Council would consider the issue. Staff would appreciate—and Ms McFarland will facilitate—Council's confirmation of (or suggested changes to) the issues on the list, the estimate of meeting time and the proposed schedule. This will confirm the issues that Council is committed to working on in 2017, the approximate meeting time that work will require, and the approximate time available to allocate to additional priority issues (or to reserve for contingencies). 4. DRAFT City Council 2017 Work Plan: Potential Additional Priorities. This document lists those items that Council Members and staff have proposed be added to the Council Work Plan in 2017. It includes an estimate of the Council meeting time required for each issue, as well as the possible schedule (quarter) and very general estimates for the staff time and potential costs (which would require additional budget appropriations) for each issue. Based on staff's estimate of the meeting time required to cover the Current Commitments, there would be almost no study session time available to cover any of these issues. The estimate suggests there would be a total of 29 hours regular meeting time to cover some of these issues. Consequently, it will be necessary for Council to decide if there is sufficient meeting time to cover any of these issues (as well as any unanticipated contingencies), and if so, which issues to focus on. Ms McFarland will facilitate this discussion and use a dot allocation exercise to quickly determine Council's top priorities among the numerous issues. FISCAL IMPACT: Dependent on new 2017 work plan items. RECOMMENDATION: Review 2016 work plan status, confirm or revise the list of issues Council is committed to working on in 2017, decide whether there is sufficient meeting time to consider any additional issues, and if so prioritize what additional issues to focus on, estimate how much time to spend on them and when during the year to consider those additional issues. ATTACHMENTS: 1. City of Louisville Programs, Goals, Sub -Programs and Objectives. 2. City Council 2016 Work Plan: Status Report on Council's Top Priority Issues. 3. City Council 2017 Work Plan: Current Commitments. 4. DRAFT City Council 2017 Work Plan: Potential Additional Priorities. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION 3