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Home My Public Portal About06-16-2006CC_spTh~s Agenda contains a brief genera/ descnphon of each ~tem to be considered Cop~e$ of the Staff reports or other wntten docurnentat~on relahng to each/tern of bus/ness referred to on the Agenda are on file m the Off/ce of the C~ty Clerk and are available for pubflc /nspechon A person who has a quest/on concerning any of the agenda items may call the C~ty Manager at (310) 603-0220, ext 200 Procedures for Address/n.q the Council IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS, WE ASK THAT ALL PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FILL OUT A FORM PROVIDED AT THE DOOR, AND TO TURN IT IN TO THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING FAILURE TO FILL OUT SUCH A FORM WILL PROHIBIT YOU FROM ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL IN THE ABSENCE OF THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL ~TEMS ON F~LE FOR CONSIDERATION CITY OF LYr.~W00D AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LYNWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO BE HELD ON JUN 1 5 2006 JUNE 16, 2006 LETICIA VASQUEZ MAYOR REVEREND ALFREDDIE JOHNSON, JR MAYOR PRO-TEM FERNANDO PEDROZA COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS BYRD COUNCILMEMBER MARIA TERESA SANTILLAN COUNCILMEMBER CITY MANAGER N ENRIQUE MARTINEZ CITY ATTORNEY J ARNOLDO BELTRAN CITY CLERK ANDREAL HOOPER OPENING CEREMONIES 1 CALL TO ORDER 2 CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING BY CITY CLERK 3 ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS Lores Byrd Reverend Alfredd~e Johnson, Jr Fernando Pedroza Maria T Santdlan Lebc~a Vasquez CITY TREASURER IRIS PYGATT 4 5 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCATION PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Regarding Agenda Items Only) PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS IF AN ITEM iS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THERE SHOULD BE NO SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE BY THE COUNCIL, BUT IT IS ALL RIGHT FOR COUNCIL TO REFER THE MATTER TO THE STAFF OR SCHEDULE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION FOR A FUTURE MEETING. (The Ralph M Brown Act, Government Code Secbon 54954 2 (a)) DISCUSSION ITEMS - CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS 6 COMMUNICATION AND GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP Comments The purpose of thts ~tem is prowde tra~ntng to the City Council on commumcabons, to provide md~wduaJ~zed assistance to each councllmember as needed, and to fac~htate Goal Setbng Workshops Recommendabon Th~s item has been pieced on the agenda per the request of the C~ty Council ADJOURNMENT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 20, 2006 AT 5 00 P M IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY HALL, 11330 BULLIS ROAD, CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA AGENDA STAFF REPORT DATE TO. APPROVED BY: PREPARED BY. June 16, 2006 Honorable Mayor & City Council _M~.~. N Enr,que Ua ,nez, C,ty ManageZ'/-W"' ' Mananna Marysheva, Assistant C~ty Manager - Fmanc(~./~' Sandra Rocha, D~rector of Human Resource.~F~ SUBJECT. COMMUNICATION AND GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP Recommendation: Th~s item has been placed on the agenda per the request of the C~ty Council Background: On January 17, 2006, the C~ty Council had teambudd~ng training The C~ty Council ~nstructed staff to schedule a follow up session on commumcat~on and a Goal Sethng Workshop as soon as possible In add~bon to the team building and goal setting, on June 3, 2006, some members of the C~ty Council ws~ted a number of s~tes w~th the D~rector of Redevelopment to obtain development ideas Discussion: Due to a number of scheduhng problems w~th the C~ty Councd members planned acbvit~es, the earhest that the requested sessions could be programmed was on June 16, 2006 and June 23, 2006 (both Fndays) The C~ty entered into an agreement w~th Wdham Bowen Consulbng for an amount not to exceed $15,000, to faclhtate these sessions and provide md~v~duahzed assistance to Councd members Fiscal Impact: The cost of these workshops plus mdtwdual~zed assistance may not exceed $15,000 The funds have been appropriated m the City Council's Budget Coordinated With: City Manager's Office, C~ty Attorney's Office, F~nance & Administration. Attachment - Commun~cabon and Goal Setting Agenda AGENDA ITEM Special Council Meeting .lune 16, 2006 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. City Council Chambers Agenda City Council Communication and Goal Setting Workshop A. Introduction to Communication Improvement B. Goal Setting Exercise Goals reflect items that the person or group setting the goals should recognize are items which the person or group have NOT attained, as yet. A goal is what you want but do not have. I F~rst you must set and have a GOAL. A goal is a known objective toward which actions are directed with the purpose of achievin,q the end. 2. Then there must be a known PURPOSE. A I~Url~ose is a lesser .qoal appivin.cl to specific activities or subiects. It often expresses future intentions. 3 Then there ~s POLICY or POLICIES. Policy consists of operational rules or ,quides for the or.qanization, which are not subiect to chan.qe. 4 PLANS. A plan is a short-ran,qe broad intention thou.qht up for the handlinq of a broad area to remedy it or expand itl or to obstruct or impede an opposition to expansion. 5. PROGRAMS. A program is a series of steps in sequence to carry out a plan. 6 PROJECTS. A proiect is a sequence of steps written to carry out one step of a program. 7 ORDERS. An order is a verbal or written direction to carry out a program step or apply ~eneral ~olic¥. 8 IDEAL SCENES. An ideal scene expresses what a scene or area ought to be. If one has not envisioned an ideal scene with which to compare the existing scene, he/she will not be able to recognize departures from it. 9 STATISTICS. A statistic is a number or amount compared to an earlier number or amount of the same thing. Statistics refer to the quantity of work done or the value of it. 10. VALUABLE FINAL PRODUCT. A Valuable Final Product is a product that can be exchanged for the services or goods of the society.