City Council

H. Proposed 2025 State and Federal Legislative Platform In recent years, a Legislative Platform (" Platform") was developed to provide a streamlined process for responding to legislative proposals that may impact the City. The proposed Platform identifies the fundamental legislative issues deemed critical to the City, and upon Council approval, would allow Staff to efficiently respond to legislative items. Staff will utilize the Platform as a guideline for requests in support, against, or neutral positions of a legislative proposal. However, legislative support requiring Resolutions or important and unique issues would continue to be taken to the Council for formal consideration and adoption. At the Legislative Committee meeting held on Monday, November 18, 2024, Staff received direction to prepare and present a 2025 Platform to the City Council. The content in the proposed Platform has significant revisions from previous years. The changes are based on efforts from the legislative committee and the City' s Strategic Plan. The City Council may add, remove, or modify items within the adopted Platform throughout the year. The Legislative Platform will also provide staff with the ability to proactively manage the City' s legislative positions and respond to issues that may significantly impact the City and are within the City' s purview. Recommendation: That the City Council adopt the proposed 2025 State and Federal Legislative Platform.