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Department City Manager's Office
Reference: A Resolution approving the City of Brighton Strategic Plan for 2018 - 2019
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Marv Falconburg, Assistant City Manager
Prepared By: Ryan Johnson, Executive Director of Urban Renewal
Date Prepared: May 1, 2018
PURPOSE
A Resolution of the City Council approving the City of Brighton Strategic Plan for 2018 - 2019.
BACKGROUND
Beginning in late 2017 and continuing into 2018, the City Council has been engaged in a process to create a Strategic Plan for the City. This process is critical to the success of the City of Brighton in order to ensure that adequate resources and funding are provided for those items which are the highest priority to the City Council. This process started with the City Council identifying policy level priorities towards the end of 2017 and into the beginning of 2018. Subsequently, the City Council attended a two day strategic planning retreat on March 23rd and 24th, 2018 to refine their vision of Brighton for the future. The process was facilitated by Dr. John Nalbandian of the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Julia Novak of the Novak Consulting Group.
At the conclusion of the strategic planning retreat, the City Council developed the framework for the Strategic Plan. Over the last several weeks, staff have facilitated conversations with the City Council to further refine the Strategic Plan focus areas. The resulting Strategic Plan contains eight focus areas. The eight focus areas include:
* Facilities, Amenities, and Open Space
* Strong Local Employment Opportunities
* Innovative, Data-Driven, Results-Focused City Government
* Safe, Active, and Engaged Community
* Financially Sustainable
* Supportive, Sustainable Infrastructure
* Strong Regional Relationships and Partnerships
* Recognizable and Well-Planned Community
Once adopted, the City Council and staff will match up resource...
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