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May 13, 2022
To: City of Port Townsend Advisory Board Chairs
From: Mayor David Faber
CC: City Manager John Mauro
RE: Invitation for Advisory Board Input on High-Level 2023 Workplan Priorities
Dear City of Port Townsend Advisory Board Chairs:
As we keep moving forward on delivering our 2022 workplan and the services that our community counts on,
Directors will be holding a workplan retreat on July 18, 2022, to begin our conversation about those priorities,
and, later in the year, to craft and decide on an accompanying 2023 budget.
As a valued community leader and volunteer, I invite you and your advisory board to help us understand your
thoughts on what you believe our most important priorities should be for 2023. Ultimately, we will all be
working together to deliver on that workplan so we are eager to include your perspectives. For instance, brief
input (e.g., a page) on the following questions would be useful:
What 2-3 priorities do you and your board believe are most important to consider as part of the overall
City workplan and related to your purpose and role as an advisory body? How do such priories align
with our 3-year Strategic Plan, Comprehensive Plan and/or functional plans?
What Advisory Board work from this or previous years is incomplete and should be considered in 2023?
Are there things we should stop doing or do differently, both at strategic and operational levels?
What else should we be considering?
The City is committed to reading and considering your thoughts in advance of our July 18 th workplan retreat.
It is not a promise that we will advance each suggestion, but given the important and valued role you play, we
will weigh your ideas very seriously and with sincere appreciation. For a current overview and status update
on the 2022 workplan, please see the April 11 City Council workshop meeting, including the presentation here:
https://cityofpt.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=2395&meta_id=200351.
Finally, like to thank you for your continued service to our City Council, the City and our broader community
in your role as an Advisory Board chair. Especially during the past few years, we have all faced tremendous
challenges to keep moving forward and serving our community. Thank you for your dedicated, thoughtful, and
agile work and for the critical role you play in helping to steward productive and civil public dialogue. I and my
Council colleagues appreciate you and look forward to our continued work together.
Sincerely,
David Faber, Mayor