The city planning board shall, with the approval of the common council and subject to the action thereon by the mayor, make and from time to time change the comprehensive master plan and such other plans as are provided for by section 18-47 of this charter
The four-year strategic plan shall be consistent with the comprehensive master plan as adopted or proposed to be amended. It shall articulate intermediate range objectives for the city, the strategies to achieve those objectives, and the action and steps to implement each strategy. It shall comprise environmental, land use, capital investment, regulatory and community services. It shall coordinate the planning of the city government, the planning of the various city departments and agencies, the Buffalo urban renewal agency, the Buffalo board of education, the Buffalo sewer authority, the Buffalo municipal housing authority, the local development corporations known as the Buffalo economic reissuance corporation, downtown development, inc., Buffalo neighborhood revitalization corporation, and such other local development corporations as may be hereafter created to receive and administer funds from or under the authority of the city. This shall not impair the powers of the governing bodies or officers of any of these entities, which are collectively referred to herein as "related entities."
(a) 
The four-year strategic plan shall include:
(i) 
A summary of the most significant long-term issues faced by the city.
(ii) 
The policy goals of the city.
(iii) 
Proposed strategies for meeting such goals.
(iv) 
Action steps for each strategy prescribed.
(b) 
The plan shall specifically address the opportunities, problems and objectives of the city and its related entities in respect to:
(i) 
The quality of the natural and urban environment, including historic preservation.
(ii) 
Relations among diverse racial, ethic and neighborhood communities within the city.
(iii) 
Economic development.
(iv) 
Neighborhood preservation and development.
(v) 
Capital investment programs.
(vi) 
Loan and grant criteria for economic and neighborhood development projects.
(vii) 
Fiscal policy, including projected revenues and expenditures.
(viii) 
Public employment relations and collective bargaining objectives.
(ix) 
Such consolidated or comprehensive planning as may be required for major federal or state grant purposes.
(x) 
Proposed amendments to the master plan.
(xi) 
Explanation of any substantial modification of the plan from the current year to the ensuing year.
(a) 
The office of strategic planning shall coordinate the strategic planning process of the departments of city government, the Buffalo urban renewal agency, local development corporations, the Buffalo school board, Buffalo municipal housing authority, Buffalo sewer authority and other groups or individuals as may be necessary.
(b) 
A preliminary four-year strategic plan shall be proposed by the first day of September and shall be made public and submitted on that date to the citizens' planning council and the common council for review and comment.
(c) 
The citizens' planning council shall review and assess the four-year strategic plan and prepare a report which shall:
(i) 
Evaluate the city's progress on the previous year's four-year strategic plan.
(ii) 
Identify and comment upon modifications of the four-year strategic plan from the current year to the ensuing year.
(iii) 
Recommend modifications and additional action steps for the ensuing four-year strategic plan.
(d) 
The citizens planning council's recommendations with respect to the proposed four-year strategic plan shall be submitted to the mayor and the common council not later than the seventh day of October for their respective reviews. In connection with its review, the common council shall hold a public hearing or hearings on the proposed plan after receipt of the citizens planning council's recommendations. The common council shall thereafter but no later than the fifteenth day of December forward its proposed modifications to the mayor, who shall make any such changes in the plan as he or she may deem appropriate and file the complete plan as modified before the thirty-first day of December.
The Mayor shall submit to the common council with the annual budget message, not later than the first day of May each year an annual management plan and report. The annual management plan and report shall address the objectives and accomplishments of each department of city government and shall consist of:
(a) 
A statement of the department's objectives for the last previous fiscal year, and an evaluation of each department's achievement of those objectives.
(b) 
A statement of strategic and administrative objectives for the department in the ensuing fiscal year with specific action steps to achieve the stated objectives.
(c) 
A list of the names, title and qualifications of all persons appointed to exempt positions in the department during the previous and current fiscal years, with a summary of assignment of powers and duties among them.
(d) 
A forecast of expenditures and revenues of the department for the next fiscal year and the succeeding three years. The forecast shall be updated to reflect changes made in the annual operating budget.
The city clerk shall promptly publish the master plan, the four-year strategic plan, the mayor's annual management plan and report, and the annual report of the citizens planning council in the city record and shall distribute summaries to the news media.