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Strategies: <br />■ Continue addressing inflow & infiltration through the HOPP program. <br />■ Continue to maintain and plan for infrastructure improvements including streets, maintaining <br />waste water, clean water, storm water, fixing potholes, as well as wetland banking & overall <br />comprehensive transportation plan including but not limited to trails & walkways, bus routes, <br />safe pedestrian crossings, & transportation services <br />■ Continue with city-wide levy system for streets vs. going back to the assessment process. <br />■ Support the Master Parks Plan & its programs by developing a parks funding plan. <br />■ Continue researching and supporting greenspace & wetland preservation as funding <br />mechanisms <br />■ Continue exploring options for Event/Community Center's future and offer more robust <br />programming and sharing of amenities and programing with surrounding communities <br />■ Find ways to keep youth occupied and involved in activities, more robust activity programing <br />thorough Community Center, etc. (CC Worksession) <br />■ Continue to support Community Engagement Committee and define its purpose as they <br />determine its future. <br />■ Increase community engagement while being sensitive to the changing demographics and their <br />needs, and inclusive to all socioeconomic situations. <br />■ Support and encourage MVPD continuing new outreach opportunities efforts and activities such <br />as: The New Americans Academy, CPR training, Shop with a Cop, National Night Out, <br />neighborhood outreach, walking and driving neighborhoods to hand out police badge stickers to <br />kids and other activities. <br />■ Consider reinstating a full-time NRO for continued community relations & outreach as staffing <br />permits <br />■ Support the creation of a new City Communications Technician, unified one -voice for all <br />departments and City Council <br />■ Consider extending community outreach activities <br />■ Keep up with and expand Technology and Explore Artificial Intelligence <br />■ Maintain a safe community by enforcing the law such as traffic enforcement. <br />■ Maintain HR policies to recruit and retain staff and provide growth opportunities by making <br />salaries competitive and equitable, and creating an enjoyable working environment. <br />■ Continue BR&E program. Maximize utilization of development space and current list of available <br />sites. <br />• Increase the EDA levy to have funds available for redevelopment projects, housing <br />rehabilitation, 1-4 units and commercial development and loan programs <br />■ Continuing supporting tax increment financing (TIF) as an economic development tool. <br />■ Maintain support for manufactured Home Parks <br />■ Research various programs and potential housing solutions for homeless <br />■ Consider ways to make Mounds View more of a destination <br />■ Continue to research other types of industries/businesses that we don't have that would add to <br />the diversity of businesses <br />• Encourage land owners to maintain and take care of properties to ensure they are following <br />codes and rules and forcing them to keep up maintenance. <br />4 <br />