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Item No: 07F Meeting Date: 03/12/07 Type of Business: CB City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7033 Adopting City Vision and Mission Statement, Goals Program, Values Statement, and Rules of Conduct Introduction On February 7th and 8th, the city council and department heads held a leadership retreat at the Random park recreation building. The retreat was facilitated by Don Salverda, an outside consultant, for the purpose of strategic planning and team building among the City’s key elected and appointed officials. Over the two evenings of the retreat, the Council and Department Heads discussed the past, present and future, and responded with revised organizational goals and an action plan to respond to the opportunities facing the City of Mounds View over the next two years. Discussion The group reaffirmed a shared vision for success, by agreeing on the current vision and mission statement. The vision statement reads: We see Mounds View as a proactive community that takes pride in its achievements. We are responsive to the changing needs and interests of our residents and businesses. As a result, our community thrives and prospers. The mission statement reads: Provide high quality public services that effectively address changing citizen and community needs in a fiscally responsible and customer-friendly manner. Participants also reaffirmed the City’s motto of “PRIDE – PROGRESS - PARTNERSHIPS” as a slogan that is still very relevant to the work the City will be doing in the next couple of years. The group also worked on a variety of other items including; improving communication, identifying future issues and opportunities, reviewing individual roles and responsibilities, identifying organizational values, establishing goals, and creating an action plan.