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Item No: 07F <br />Meeting Date: April 28, 2008 <br /> Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: _______ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Jim Ericson, Clerk - Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7266 Adopting 2008 Strategic Goals <br />Program and Reaffirming Mission, Vision and Value <br />Statements <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />On March 14 and 15 of this year, the City Council and department heads held a <br />leadership retreat at the Random Park recreation building. The retreat was <br />facilitated by Don Salverda, a consultant who specializes in municipal strategic <br />planning and team building among the City’s key elected and appointed officials. <br /> <br />At the retreat, the Council and department heads discussed the past, present and <br />future, and responded with a revised framework of strategic organizational goals <br />and an action plan to respond to the challenges and opportunities facing the City of <br />Mounds View over the next two years. <br /> <br />The draft goals program and relevant action steps (attached) were reviewed and <br />discussed by the City Council at their meeting on April 7, 2008 and then with <br />residents at the April 19th Town Hall meeting. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />In addition to charting out the goals and action steps for 2008 and 2009, the City <br />also reviewed its mission, vision and value statements at the leadership retreat, <br />which are as follows: <br /> <br />Mission: <br /> <br />Provide high quality public services that effectively address changing citizen <br />and community needs in a fiscally responsible and customer-friendly <br />manner. <br /> <br /> Vision: <br /> <br />We see Mounds View as a proactive community that takes pride in its <br />achievements. We are responsive to the changing needs and interests of <br />our residents and businesses. As a result, our community thrives and <br />prospers.