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Communication from the City Manager to Undertake a STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP with the City Council.
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BACKGROUND: The City Council has begun to update their Strategic Plan for 2018-2033. The City Council met in June of 2017 and August of 2017 to update the 15-year Strategic Plan adopted in November of 2015. The strategic plan process was initiated to ensure that the Council, staff, and the public clearly understand the Council's vision for the future and have a shared policy and management roadmap to achieve it.
The strategic plan includes the following key elements:
? A long-term Vision Statement with defined, value-based principles that describe the preferred future in 15 years for the City of Peoria;
? Four mid-range Goals with measurable objectives that become the major focus areas for the City of Peoria over the next 5 years;
? A plan to realize the Vision and achieve the Goals with an analysis of major challenges and opportunities and specific actions over the next 5 years;
? A Policy Agenda for 2014 that includes a list of top, high and moderate priority actions for the Mayor and Council to address during the next year;
? A Management Agenda for 2014 that includes a list of top, high and moderate priority management and administrative actions for the next year;
? A list of key projects or current management actions to be completed or requiring significant work for the next year;
? A Mission Statement that defines the responsibilities of the City of Peoria; and
? A set of Core Values that establishes how the City of Peoria will operate.
On August 9 and 10, the City Council met in an informal session for the Mayor and Councilmembers to share their ideas on Peoria today and their ideas for Peoria's future, to provide time for clarification and discussion of each individual's ideas to provide input for revising the Leader's Guide 2017 - Working Document. On August 21 and 22, the City Council met in a Workshop ...
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