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This three -part process (2) began with an extensive, scientifically valid public survey (3) in early 2006. It continued with SPOTLIGHT on 2030, an all- community visioning that was completed in early 2007, and will conclude with a thorough Comprehensive Plan update. The public survey examined citizens' views about their quality of life. The visioning process provided the opportunity for interested residents to look ahead to the future and define the city they desire in 2030. The Comprehensive Plan will implement the city's long -range vision and provide a guide for city officials to make those decisions necessary for achieving the vision. A fourth element fortuitously has been added to the effort. The Rice Creek Watershed District (the local unit of government authorized to conserve natural resources through land use planning, flood control, and other conservation projects) is preparing a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the city — the first RMP to cover an entire city. Lino Lakes has a unique opportunity to integrate this RMP into the Comprehensive Plan. This SPOTLIGHT on 2030 Vision Plan is the completion of the second step in the continuum, and will lead into the Comprehensive Planning process in 2007. WHAT IS A VISION PLAN? Communities are future seeking. But first, they must be able to imagine and decide what they want the future to be. Secondly, they must decide how they are going to make this desired future become a reality. Strategic thinking is a process that brings people from all walks of life together to think about the future, create a vision, and invent ways to make this future happen through community teamwork and disciplined actions. It is an act of leadership — making things happen that would not otherwise happen and preventing things from happening that might ordinarily occur. It is getting people to work together to achieve common goals and aspirations, and to develop strategies that transform visions into reality. A Vision Plan is a document recording what people think — a broad blueprint for positive change that defines a vision and key outcomes that must occur to attain this vision. Other implementation efforts and plans such as comprehensive resource management, financial, (2) The three-part planning process beginning with the Quality of Life Survey and concluding with the city's adoption of a Comprehensive Plan, (which will contain the RMP) is portrayed in Appendix B. (3) The Summary Report of the Quality of Life Survey by Decision Resources is contained in Appendix C. 4