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0 • <br />LA PORTE VISIONS 184 <br />• EXECUTIVE SUHMARY <br />Introduction <br />During a City Council workshop session held on June 6, 1988, the <br />Mayor and City Council members demonstrated their commitment to the <br />citizens of La Porte by resolving to implement throughout the La <br />Porte/Bayshore community, the following mission statement: <br />"to develop and set into notion a plan that rill improve the <br />quality of lite and promote responsible and diversified <br />economic growth.,, <br />This mission statement was introduced to the community during a <br />city sponsored "Quality of Life" town meeting held on July 20, <br />1988. To ensure that all community members were informed of this <br />historical meeting, the city mailed personal invitations to each <br />and every resident, civic organization and business member of the <br />La Porte community. <br />Over 400 interested La Porte/Bayshore residents attended this <br />meeting, and on a "one on one" basis, participants discussed the <br />city's future development with the City Council. Of the 400 <br />participants, 100 residents signed up to address the mission <br />statement. Realizing that there was strong citizen commitment to <br />• go forward, during Council meetings held in August 1988, the City <br />Council constituted a citizen committee, known as the Steering <br />Committee, and authorized them to accomplish the above mission <br />statement. <br />Under the direction of a chairman, the Steering Committee included <br />eleven committee chairpersons, each assigned to develop goals, <br />objectives, and strategies of several socio-economic concepts. <br />The eleven committees were each composed of various citizens <br />interested in the enhancement of the La Porte community. The <br />"quality of life" concepts were pursued by the following eleven <br />committees: <br />- Arts, Recreation & Youth - Industry <br />- Bay Access - Medical Awareness <br />- Community Investment - Port <br />- Education - Tourism, Business <br />Development & <br />- Fiscal Marketing <br />- Housing, Restaurant & - Transportation <br />Hotel Conference Center <br />