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MINUTES
Strategic Plan Advisory Commission
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
City Hall, 1st Floor Conference Room
Commission members present: Bill Briska, Armida Dominguez, Jeanette Mihalec,
Dan Miller, Carolyn O’Neal, Judy DiFulvio, Todd Martin, Dustin Good, Dennis Verges,
Steve Knight, Sara Sabo
Staff: Rick Kozal, city manager ; Laura Valdez-Wilson, staff liaison; Aaron Cosentino,
seinor management analyst; Karina Nava, management fellow
A. Chairmain Briska call ed the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
B. Roll call was read by staff liaison Laura Valdez-Wilson. City Manager Kozal,
Senior Management Analyst Aaron Cosentino and Management Fellow
Karina Nava were introduced as key staff members in the process for
developing the strategic plan and budget.
C. SPAC approved the meeting minutes from August with a 9-0 vote, with two
abstentions from Sara Sabo and Steve Knight. Judy DiFulvio moved to
approve with a 2nd from Armida Dominguez.
D. Staff liaison Valdez-Wilson led a discussion about the latest version of the
city’s strategic plan. SPAC crafted supporting ideas and text that will be used
in the final development of the city’s next strategic plan. The notes from this
work session are included as an attachment to the meeting minutes. The next
strategic planning meeting is scheduled for October 24 at 6 p.m. to review the
strategic plan prior to the public presentation.
E. City Manager Kozal asked the Strategic Plan Advisory Commission to attend
the city council meeting on November 1 at 6 p.m. to support the presentation
to the city council about the proposed strategic plan.
F. The meeting was adjourned at 7:33 p.m. by Dennis Verges, with a 2nd by
Steve Knight.
Draft Strategic Plan
Values:
Innovation
Diversity and Inclusion
Customer Focused
Taxpayer Focused - to be wordsmithed/Stewardship
City of Choice in the region and state
• ~marketing and branding~ Promotion and marketing of the city's unique position as
The City in the Suburbs
• High performing educational institutions
• Housing diversity
• Downtown as a destination for business because it's cool
o Name branding of neighborhoods, like Chicago
o Signs, identity for neighborhoods, instill pride in neighborhoods, place -making
• Multi-family housing options
• Appeal of bungalow district
• U46, changing the narrative, schools quite varied actually
• City of choice(s)?
• Employment centers, "laborshed" (will look up definition) force to support those jobs
• Opportunity for creative, unique business opportunities, choices
Safe, healthy community
• High comparative success of EPD and EFD
• Proactively addressing issues, example: body cameras
• Community policing
• Promotion of healthcare options, major hospitals and care centers
• Clean air and clean water (environmental sustainability)
o Air testing
• Safe streets
• Fire prevention
• Code enforcement
• Recreational
• Wellness/preventative medicine/NFP's
High performing, financially stable government
• Serve as "stewards" of taxpayer dollars
• High level of customer satisfaction, measurement, how do we measure this,
annually, community survey etc.
• Least amount of money, strive for maximum value
• Alleviating FOIA requests/staff burden to free up staff resources
• Play well with other units of local government, do not duplicate services
• Continual learning
• Utilizing experts to evaluate business processes/workplace safety/ continuing risk
management