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Item No: 07M Meeting Date: 06/25/07 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 7-8, 2007, 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. This item was postponed on June 11th to allow staff to revise item Rule 8 in regard to the Rules of Conduct, attached as Exhibit E. It now reads, Rule #8 Council Members praise in public and criticize and discipline in private, with the words and discipline removed from the statement as agreed to at the retreat. At 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. The Council originally considered adoption of this resolution at the April 12, 2007 meeting, but postponed action to allow for citizen input prior to adoption. 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.