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City of St. Anthony Village Strategic <br />Plan <br />2010 <br />  <br />8 | Page  <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2009 Challenges <br />Rising Health Care Costs <br />Cost of Fuel <br />Liquor Revenue Competition <br />Poor Economy <br />Tax Capacity Declines with Falling Property Values <br />Pandemic/Natural Disasters <br />Foreclosures on Homes <br />Legislated Mandates <br />Wine in Grocery Stores <br />Area around NE Minneapolis <br />Crime <br />Aging Population <br />Decline in School Population <br />Resistance to Single Hauler <br />Transportation Funding Shortfalls <br />Community Complacency <br />Hiring and Retaining Quality City Employees <br />New People and Businesses <br />Lack of Volunteers <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Challenges from 2009 were reviewed and <br />edited. Individual items from the edited list <br />were combined to identify Challenge themes. <br />Once the Challenges and themes were <br />established, the participants identified tasks <br />that would work toward dealing with the <br />Challenges. <br /> <br />2010 Challenges (Grouped in <br />Themes) <br /> <br />Fiscal Volatility <br /> Comcast Contract Renewal <br /> Energy Volatility <br /> Wine in Grocery Stores <br /> Fuel Costs <br /> Rising Health Care Costs <br /> Lower Return on Investments <br /> Transportation Funding Shortfalls <br /> Legislated Mandates <br /> Liquor Revenue Competition <br /> State Deficit <br /> Costs of increased population and <br />businesses to services <br /> <br />Economy <br /> Foreclosures on Homes <br /> Retail Closings <br /> <br />Aging Community <br /> Aging Population <br /> <br />Disconnected Public <br /> Tax Capacity Declines with Falling <br />Property Values <br /> Public Impression of Falling Property <br />Values <br /> Community Complacency <br /> Lack of Volunteers <br /> <br />Environment <br /> Resistance to Single Hauler <br /> Water Conservation <br /> Pandemic/Natural Disasters