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and development and redevelopment plans will assist the community, the city council, and city administration in achieving the vision. The Vision Plan will challenge and stretch the community's imagination in defining what is possible and test its will to commit to a great and exciting, rather than "good enough ", future. It also will help forge and sustain the critical partnerships and relationships that will make the Plan a reality. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LINO LAKES VISION PLAN Traditionally, community visioning efforts occur as distinct undertakings, separate from comprehensive planning, that result in a citizen - created document (vision plan) presented to the city council for its consideration. The vision plan can be used to set direction and create appropriate plans and policies affecting the community's future. The three -part planning continuum initiated by the Lino Lakes City Council actively engages citizens and integrates their participation from the beginning of the process up to the completion of the Comprehensive Plan. Each phase of the planning process allows for the imagination of the people and content of the work product they provide to be enriched and refined until finally a profoundly crafted result is achieved — the Comprehensive and Resource Management Plans. These final plans, and their associated official policy tools, will bring about in a disciplined manner the future that is consistent with the vision the community desires. The plans, once approved, must be accompanied by official controls such as zoning and subdivision ordinances and natural resource preservation policies needed to implement the citizens' vision. The visioning portion of this integrated effort began in September 2006 with the selection of a Citizen Visioning Committee. Members of this committee were selected at random from the entire Lino Lakes community. These volunteers both guided and participated in the citizen -driven process. Community Forums were held in October to generate public input, in addition to that derived from the Quality of Life Survey. At these forums, citizens selected the issues of primary importance to them and contributed to identifying the core elements that needed to be addressed in the SPOTLIGHT on 2030 Vision Plan. Issue Project Teams, comprised of members of the Citizen Visioning Committee and additional volunteers from the community, addressed each core vision element and prepared a vision statement, goals, rationale and proposed strategies for inclusion in the SPOTLIGHT on 2030 Vision Plan. These Issue Project Teams utilized city staff liaisons and other resource persons to gain insight into various issues. This insight helped shape strategic approaches to the future based upon a carefully studied and realistic assessment of factual data, factors, trends, events, and options likely to influence and shape the city's progression to 2030. On February 12, 2007, the SPOTLIGHT on 2030 Vision Plan was presented by the Citizen Visioning Committee and Issue Project Teams to the city council for acceptance 5