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City Council NfinUtes <br />April 26, 2004 <br /> <br /> 2. In general, what are the basic social and political needs we e,,dst to <br /> <br />Page 6 <br /> <br /> kX/'hat are the <br />basic social and political problems we need to address? <br />What do we want to do to recognize or anticipate and respond to these needs or <br />problems? <br />What should our responses be to our stakeholders? <br />What is our philosophy and what are our core values? <br />What makes us distinctive or unique? <br /> <br />MISSION STATENIENT CHECICLIST: <br />Ends, not means <br />Effort <br />Verbs-no action, use end statements <br />Brevity-very short put on letterhead <br />Accuracy, not cosmetics <br />Too broad or too narrow-one sentence <br />Net value added <br />Reladon to other Boards <br /> <br />1. WHO ARE WE? <br /> <br />*Fully developed city <br />*Destination for the area/region <br /> -Recreation <br /> -Schools <br /> -Commercial/regional <br />*Greenspace development <br />*Affordable housing (older, smaller, core area) <br />*Downtown connection (need to exploit) <br />*Historic <br />*Rivertown (need to exploit) <br />*Role as County Seat <br /> <br />Councilmember Motin asked how far should we go with the EDA strategy; need to have <br />council do their process f, rst. Mr. Bdmeyer stated that we might need this other group to <br />slow down. <br /> <br />2. BASIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL NEEDS? <br /> <br />*Job creation development <br />*Public Safety <br />*Infrastructure <br />*Parks/Recreation Opportunities <br />*Environmental Issues <br /> <br />Stakeholders (Those individuals/clients/customers having a vested interest in the policies, services, <br /> and actions of the organization. Criteria to evaluate performance.) <br />*Residents <br />*Non-resident users <br />*Future residents <br />*Owners-absentee <br />*Business owners <br />*Commuters <br /> <br /> <br />