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A. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES As per City Charter, the ultimate authority for the administration operations of the City is the responsibility of the City Council. The programs of City Council and Advisory Commissions are the first programs of the general government department of Administrative Services: 1. CITY COUNCIL Program Function The City Council is comprised of five elected officials, the mayor and four Councilmembers, serving non-consecutive terms. It is the responsibility of the City Council to develop public policy thereby determining and guiding the future direction of the City. In 1991, 1993 and 1994 the City Council, together with City Staff, conducted a Strategic Planning Session to develop short and long range goals for the future of City programs and services. In July of 1993, the City Council initiated a community -wide visioning process known as FOCUS 2000. A nine month process, FOCUS 2000 resulted in a community -driven long range plan for the future of Mounds View, concentrating on the areas of: Business, Growth and Development Housing and Neighborhoods General Government FOCUS 2000 represented the beginning of the partnership between the public and their public officials in determining the future direction of the City. The FOCUS 2000 Report, presented to the Council and public in March, 1994 and distributed to all Mounds View Stakeholders, set the stage for the April, 1994 Council/Staff Strategic Planning Session by providing specific recommendations for the desired services and programs to be developed within the next 10 years. At the Session, the 1994 Five Year Goal Program which listed the goals and action steps to be achieved from 1994-1998 were revised to incorporate the recommendations of the FOCUS 2000 Issue Project Teams. The revised goals and action steps represent the City's implementation Plan for the FOCUS 2000 recommendations. 2