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• Community Development- Enhance community involvement and public participation • Beautification- Have attractive welcoming streetscapes at city entrances and primary corridors (enforce zoning ordinance) • Opportunities- Foster a pro-growth atmosphere that provides incentives and other opportunities for new and existing business City staff worked on the creation of a plan, comprised of action steps and tasks to be completed to assist in meeting the goals. On May 16, 2011, the City Council approved the 2011 goals, action steps,and tasks which staff continues to work on. On August 13,2012,the City Council authorized staff to develop additional action steps and tasks intended to satisfy the goals. In addition to the 2009-2012 EDA and HRA Strategic Plan and City Vision and Goals,the following processes, studies and surveys have been or will be completed by the end of 2012: • 171st Focused Area Study (completed June of 2010) • Citizen Satisfaction Survey (completed in July of 2011) • Branding Implementation Plan (approved in September of 2011) • Energy City Commission SWOT Analysis (completed February of 2012) • Comprehensive Housing Market Study (completed July 2012) • Mississippi Connections Redevelopment Framework (anticipated to be complete late 2012) All items listed above include various forms of SWOT analyses,recommendations, and conclusions. In the past, the EDA and HRA have hired a consultant to facilitate the strategic planning process. Staff feels the plans listed above provide sufficient information and recommendations to move forward internally with the 2013-2016 EDA and HRA Strategic Plan. The plans listed above were created by a variety of stakeholders (Planning Commission,Energy City Commission,HRA, EDA, City Council, community members,business owners and city staff) and contain information pertinent to economic development. The goals of the approved strategic plan, city vision and goals above are ongoing and the existing plans provide guidance towards the creation of new tasks and action steps to assist in achieving these goals. Staff plans to develop additional tasks and action items to meet the four goals of the 2009-2012 strategic plan and will update and modify the goals as applicable (i.e.: because a community image has been identified,the goal can be modified to reflect strategies which supports the community brand implementation). Once complete, staff anticipates bringing the proposed plan in front of the HRA and EDA for discussion at a future work session. FINANCIAL IMPACT None. ATTACHMENTS • 2009-2012 Economic Development Strategic Plan