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Community<br />

Increase in gang violence<br />

Downtown development<br />

Young community<br />

Job creation<br />

Agricultural workers needed – Who will harvest?<br />

Brain drain – college graduates don’t return to City<br />

Educational attainment not high enough for some jobs<br />

More cohesiveness in community and other agencies<br />

How to make downtown more vibrant<br />

Home overcrowding<br />

Infrastructure<br />

Graffiti abatement – still a challenge<br />

Levy<br />

Levy improvements not coming soon enough and disagreement with<br />

Monterey and Santa Cruz County<br />

How to make the rest <strong>of</strong> levy safe for walking/bike<br />

Meeting our required park acreage<br />

Public transportation access – How do we maintain it?<br />

Highway 152<br />

Falling behind on technology – Finance s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

Deliver more library services to people in the City (not at library)<br />

Adequate code enforcement<br />

Traffic<br />

Parking <strong>city</strong>-wide. Too many cars<br />

Funding/continuing technology<br />

Implementation <strong>of</strong> fluoride<br />

Maintain public safety<br />

Landfill capa<strong>city</strong><br />

Maintain infrastructure water/sewer/Fire Station 3<br />

Other<br />

Vacant homes<br />

Vast difference with North County about the needs <strong>of</strong> South County<br />

Board <strong>of</strong> supervisors not having <strong>meeting</strong>s in South County<br />

Opportunities<br />

Fiscal<br />

Tap into funding for jail realignment<br />

Another round <strong>of</strong> incentives (Federal funds – type ARRA)<br />

Increase tourist dollars. Marketing <strong>of</strong> events<br />

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