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Mike Balkman Council Chambers 9770 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Mayor Freddy Puza Vice Mayor Bubba Fish Member Yasmine-Imani McMorrin Member Dan O'Brien Member Albert Vera City Council Meeting Agenda Special Strategic Planning Meeting 8:30 AM Saturday, February 14, 2026 MEETING INFORMATION AND ACCOMMODATION: The Council Strategic Retreat will take place at One Culver: 10000 Washington Blvd, Culver City with an additional pedestrian entrance on Culver Blvd, west of retail. The Retreat will occur in the "Flex Space" Conference room off of the Atrium on the first floor. Paid parking is available at 10000 Washington Blvd. Free parking is available at City Hall (9770 Culver Blvd.) If you park at City Hall, please request your free exit ticket at the meeting. Signage will direct pedestrians to/from City Hall. Bike parking is available at One Culver and the City Hall Courtyard. This meeting may be attended in-person only. There is no virtual option to watch or participate in this meeting. A recording will be posted to the Culver City website, once the recording has been finalized, within one week of the meeting. Any person needing reasonable accommodation related to disabilities, is welcome to contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 253-5851 or via email at city.clerk@culvercity.org, prior to the meeting start time. PUBLIC COMMENT: There shall be an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body concerning any item that has been described in the notice for the meeting before consideration of that item. WRITTEN COMMENTS: Please provide comments via eComment at www.culvercity.org/meetings. Locate the appropriate meeting and click on the highlighted eComment link. You may need to register once. Those comments received 4 hours in advance of the start time will be provided to the body members and become part of the official public record through a motion to Page 1City of Culver City

February 14, 2026Special Strategic Planning MeetingCity Council Meeting Agenda Regular Session - 8:30 AM receive and file correspondence. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address, phone number or other private information in your comments. Please be advised, written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the meeting. ORAL COMMENTS: For this special meeting, speakers will be given an opportunity to speak on the Action Item in chronological order. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING OFFICER: Section 611 of the City Charter provides that during any public meeting, all persons shall have the right to address the City Council, subject to reasonable rules of decorum and time limits established by ordinance or the presiding officer. Therefore, the presiding officer may, from time to time, establish different time limits than those listed in this Agenda in order to effectively conduct City business. The presiding officer may also, from time to time, re-order the items on the agenda in order to effectively conduct the City Council meeting. AVAILABILITY OF AGENDA PACKETS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES: The Agenda and any staff reports and attachments are available online at www.culvercity.org/agendas. Members of the public may inspect (at no cost) and/or obtain copies (upon payment of the City’s current copying fee) of any regular session item by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall via phone at (310) 253-5851 or email at city.clerk@culvercity.org. Compliance with Government Code Section 54957.5: Any writing determined to be a public record under subdivision 54957.5(b), which relates to an agenda item for an open session of a regular meeting of the legislative body of a local agency that was distributed less than 72 hours prior to that meeting, shall be made available for public inspection at the time the writing is distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the legislative body. Such documents are available at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Culver City, City Hall, 9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 and may be inspected by members of the Public during normal business hours. Such documents may also be made available on the City’s Website: www.culvercity.org. Page 2City of Culver City

February 14, 2026Special Strategic Planning MeetingCity Council Meeting Agenda Regular Session - 8:30 AM NOTE: AT OR ABOUT 5:00 P.M., MEMBERS MAY DETERMINE WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION OF REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR TO CARRY SOME/ALL OF THE ITEMS OVER TO A FUTURE MEETING DATE. Page 3City of Culver City

February 14, 2026Special Strategic Planning MeetingCity Council Meeting Agenda Regular Session - 8:30 AM CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL REGULAR SESSION - 8:30 AM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECEIPT AND FILING OF CORRESPONDENCE Note: The City Council shall consider a motion to receive and file all written correspondence related to agenda items appearing on this evening’s agenda and for all other written documents (including e-mails sent to public.comment@culvercity.org) on subjects not appearing on the agenda that were received by the City Clerk’s Office. Comments received in writing up to four hours before the meeting's regular session start time on the meeting date will be distributed to the City Council Members and become part of the official record of the meeting. Page 4City of Culver City

February 14, 2026Special Strategic Planning MeetingCity Council Meeting Agenda Regular Session - 8:30 AM 26-529A-1. A - (1) WELCOME TO STRATEGIC RETREAT BY CITY MANAGER ODIS JONES, (2) RETREAT OVERVIEW BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LISA SOGHOR, (3) INTRODUCTION OF FACILITATORS, AND (4) COUNCIL EXPECTATIONS FOR THE RETREAT, AND B - DISCUSSION OF (1) KEY FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CULVER CITY BUDGET INCLUDING: FINANCIAL FORECAST, REVENUE ENHANCEMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) FRAMEWORK, (2) POTENTIAL CREATION OF A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY (JPA), (3) PRIORITY-BASED BUDGETING AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, AND C - (1) DISCUSSION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR 2026-2029, (2) IDENTIFICATION OF METRICS AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIS) TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO PROGRESS OF ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES, AND D - DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL RULES AND COUNCIL MEETING EFFICIENCIES, AND E - DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE. ITEMS FROM MEMBERS ADJOURN Page 5City of Culver City