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· the city must plan, manage, and deal with growth factors <br /> <br />· the city can, to the fullest extent possible, attempt to assure orderly <br /> growth <br /> <br />· the city can establish appropriate management strategies and <br /> procedures for dealing with growth-related issues. <br /> <br />The other alternative is to assume essentially a reactive no-growth stance. <br />Council members after discussion, concluded that the only real option to <br />the city and the council was to approach growth from a proactive and <br />deliberate perspective. <br /> <br />This framing of council's posture relative to growth then carded over into <br />the items discussed below. <br /> <br />Strategic Challenges and Issues the City Must Address and Resolve to <br />Position the City of Becker for the Future. <br /> <br />The strategic issues listed below are seen as ones that are of critical, <br />strategic, and predominant proportions in shaping the future of the City of <br />Becker. These items, commonly referred to as "destiny shapers" must be <br />addressed and managed by the governing body and administration because <br />of their extreme importance and in disproportionate contribution toward <br />shaping the future of the community. Participants identified the following <br />strategic issues: <br /> <br />· Growth <br /> <br />· Regional Transportation <br /> <br />· Northstar Corridor <br /> <br />· Environmental Issues with particular emphasis on water, storm water, <br /> and wastewater/septic issues <br /> <br />· Preserving and expanding city's tax base. <br /> <br />· Commercial and industrial development <br /> <br />· Vision for Pebble Creek <br /> <br />· Addressing present and future service needs of Becker citizens. <br /> <br /> <br />