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23 City of St. Anthony Village -- Annual Report - 2004 -2005 Draft Outline 1. Summary St. Anthony's Annual Report would be a document that establishes the role of the City Council to assure that St. Anthony Village will be a good place to live, learn, do business, etc., into the future. The Council's ability to assure the continued vitality of St. Anthony Village impacts the value of the community (and property). The report would describe how the Council is accomplishing this goal and the results they are achieving. It would also encourage continued public participation. The four -page piece with graphics and text could be divided into the following sections: • Letter from the Mayor — The letter would set out the • Major Issue No. 1 — Goal; Accomplishments; Future Issues • Major Issue No. 2 — Goal; Accomplishments; Future Issues • Major Issue No. 3 — Goal; Accomplishments; Future Issues • Comment Card stitched into piece Graphics could include photographs, bar graphs and pie charts where appropriate, and others as identified. Description/Purpose -- Letter from the Mayor — This letter would: • Establish the overall vision — the Council's role of assuring St. Anthony remains a good place to live, work and do business into the future. • Talk about the Council's understanding of the importance of the St. Anthony's future to residents and businesses and the specific the benefits (e.g. property values, quality of life, etc.). • Describe that the format of the annual report which will describe several major goals /initiatives of the Council, in response to residents' needs /concerns, to achieve this vision for St. Anthony. • Give credit to residents for their critical participation and encourage the absolute necessity of their continued involvement to continue to achieve the community's vision. • It could encourage residents to fill out the inserted comment card and send it back to the City. Description/Purpose — Major Issue Sections — These sections would: • Show the results of the Council's actions to achieve the continued vitality of St. Anthony through very specific goals and accomplishments. • These issues could deal with subjects such as maintaining neighborhood viability (redevelopment); needed community investments (public facilities) etc. • Each of the major issues could forecast future actions or needs which the Council will be looking into. Description/Purpose -- Comment Card — This card would: • Once again demonstrate the Council's desire to hear from residents and have them participate in identifying issues and solutions.