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Template Updated 4/14 <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Item Number <br />10.1 <br />Agenda Section <br />Work Session <br />Meeting Date <br />February 1, 2016 <br />Prepared by <br />Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Item Description <br />Visioning Update <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Receive 2013-2014 Goals update, begin discussion of 2016-2018 Goals <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />In 2010, staff leaders and the City Council developed a comprehensive community vision: Abounding in <br />natural beauty, Elk River is a vibrant, historic rivertown that promotes an active lifestyle in an innovative and involved <br />community offering unlimited opportunities. <br /> <br />During the formation of the vision, four goals were created to either protect or enhance the vision and a <br />fifth goal was added in 2013: <br /> <br />1. Innovation - Develop new programs and services to meet the needs of the community. <br />2. Community Development - Enhance and expand community involvement and public participation <br />through a variety of innovative outlets. <br />3. Beautification - Have attractive, welcoming streetscapes at city entrances and primary corridors. <br />Enforce Zoning Ordinances. <br />4. Opportunities - Foster a pro-business atmosphere that provides incentives and other opportunities <br />for new and existing business growth. <br />5. Planning and Positioning - Employ resources toward long-range benefit to the community. <br /> <br />From the goals, Action Steps were identified to focus resources toward the achievement of a broader goal. <br />Each department developed tasks that satisfies Action Steps and achieve the stated goals. Collectively, the <br />Goal, Action Step, and Task process is called the VAST process and the spreadsheet, the VAST plan. <br /> <br />The attached VAST plan has been reviewed by all department heads and reflects the current status identified <br />action steps. Some items are ongoing, and others are complete. Completed items will be removed, and new <br />goals will be added for 2016-2018. The intent is to develop cultural changes at all levels, and in future VAST <br />plans, goals will rotate out as they are completed with new ones added as identified. <br /> <br />Staff requests that the Council evaluate the current Vision and the Goals, identify actionable items which <br />may no longer be appropriate, and provide direction on new action steps for the updated VAST plan. <br /> <br /> <br />