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• 0 <br />• Summary of the Goals Report <br />"Citizen Involvement" surfaced as the overriding theme throughout <br />the La Porte Visions 189 Goals Report. To accomplish the mission <br />statement set forth by the City Council, the Steering Committee <br />members focused their efforts on creating a vehicle from which <br />citizen involvement is coordinated between various levels of <br />government (i.e. city, county, school district, chamber, etc.). The <br />La Porte visions 189 Goals Report is that vehicle. <br />By acting as "sounding boards", members of the various committees <br />went throughout the community to obtain citizen input for use in <br />the preparation of the Visions 189 committee reports. These reports <br />are organized in a uniform manner, and each identifies specific <br />goals, objectives and strategies. Additionally, the reports are <br />grouped under two sections. The first group includes those <br />committees that focus primarily on the quality of life concepts, <br />while the second group focuses primarily on the economic <br />development concepts. The following synopsis outlines the main <br />goal of each subcommittee, and their primary recommendations: <br />Quality of Life Concepts: <br />- Arts, Recreation & Youth Committee: <br />• Goal: To increase the level of interest in the areas of arts <br />and recreation by enhancing the cultural and <br />recreational ambience of La Porte. <br />Proposed recommendations include projects such as: <br />- establishing communication lines between the city <br />and various arts and recreational organizations; <br />- appointing a citizen advisory committee to produce <br />family oriented activities; and <br />- through the construction of new bike paths and <br />sidewalks, maximizing the use of existing and <br />undeveloped park lands. <br />- Bay Access Development Committee: <br />Goal: To facilitate the access to the city's bay front area, <br />by identifying concepts that will promote and develop <br />this spectacular resource. <br />Proposed recommendations include projects such as: <br />- acquiring vacant bay front property for future <br />• development; <br />-iv- <br />