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MEMORANDUM TO: Lori Johnson, City Administrator FROM: Scott Clark, Community Development Director DATE: April 2, 2007 SUBJECT: Retreat Frameworl< Questions Attached are a series of frameworlt questions that could be used for a Council/Community Development Department retreat. Our Department is of the opinion that it is critical that the City pauses, from time to time, to reflect upon our development progress, i.e., what have we built to date, where are we today, and what issues are in front of us that need to be addressed. These framework questions can serve many purposes, including: 1~ Creating an environment where Council and staff/Commissions can have a common understanding of our development wants and needs. 2.. Enabling staff/Commissions to better support the Council. 3. Enabling staff to more accurately communicate to the public the objectives of the City.. 4~ Assisting in establishing Council/Community Development Department organizational values and priorities. 5~ Better defming the future provides a greater chance to secure opportunities that could greatly benefit the community. 6.. Assisting the City in establishing priorities, phasing, etc. to ensure that we can afford desired future endeavors. The last question to answer is how could the City use these questions to advance our community? Community Development staff)s perspective is that these questions have been constructed to generate a structured discussion.. The result of these questions, if affirmative, would direct staff to generate a short term/long term worlt plan to address specific issues~ An example from the questions: If the Council affirmed Question #A-2, that Highway 10 should be redefined, staff could present a ;rork J;>lan illustrating the following types of solutions, with varying levels of mtenslty: