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2010 Goals and Priorities On February 12, 2010, the City Council and Department Heads held a strategic planning and goal setting retreat at Random Park. After reviewing the goals set by the City in 2008 and reapproved in 2009, the Council identified a new set of goals and priorities which are as follows: o Address Immediate Budget Constraints and Achieve Budget Sustainability o Enhance City Revenue Streams o Focus on County Highway 10 Development and Redevelopment o Continue implementing the Street and Utility Improvement Program o Continue Emphasis on Code Enforcement Throughout the City o Ensure Long-Term Municipal I-net Backbone Connectivity o Continue Focus on Issues Relating to Home Foreclosures and Vacancies o Assess and Improve Community Center Operations o Continue to Encourage Public Participation and Improve Communications These goals and priorities represent a combination of both short and long term issues and serve as a framework and guide for future actions by the City Council. The highest priority identified by the Council relates to the budget and dealing with the unplanned additional unallotment of intergovernmental aid. With the prospect of such aid unlikely in subsequent years, the City Council will need to develop a budget that is affordable, reasonable and sustainable over the long-term; sheltered from future state budget deficiencies. To achieve these goals, the City will need to explore opportunities for enhanced revenues, encourage additional development and redevelopment, continue working on the street and utility reconstruction program and maintain its emphasis on code enforcement activity. The City needs to do all these while providing the core public services to the residents and property owners they expect and depend upon.