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Discussion and Next Steps? <br />Last fall, staff polled the Board to ascertain the basic direction or general priorities of the Board <br />with respect to economic development, and three Board members responded as follows: <br />Quality of Life (3 votes) <br />Attract/Create Primary Jobs (2 votes) <br />Retail (2 votes) <br />Please note that this tally does not consider the votes of the four other Board members. <br />Attracting/Creating Primary Jobs <br />However, with the exception of “”, the Board’s response <br />generally reflects the priorities outlined in the 2009 ED Strategic Plan. <br />Staff Recommendation <br />update <br />If the Board wishes to the current ED Strategic Plan, staff recommends hiring an ED <br />Consultant to assist the community in addressing only items #4, 5, and 7 below that includes <br />opportunities for public comment. Items #1-3 were already addressed in the 2009 ED Strategic <br />Plan, and items #6 and 8-11 would be completed by City Staff. If the Board wishes to formulate <br />altogether new <br />an ED Strategic Plan, then staff recommends hiring an ED Consultant to assist <br />the community in address items #1-5 and 7 below. <br />Steps for Formulating and Maintaining an ED Strategic Plan <br />1)Community Visioning -- Seek input from the ED Board, other city boards and <br />commissions, City Council, business community, and citizens regarding desired projects. <br />2)Identify the community’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, <br />3)Community Assessment (i.e. Where are we now? What resources do we have to <br />accomplish our vision? What do we need to accomplish our vision?) <br />4)Formulate Realistic Goals, Objectives, and Strategies to Accomplish Our Vision <br />5)Identify and Prioritize Projects to Accomplish Our Vision <br />6)Report Project Plans to Accomplish Our Vision to the Public and Request Feedback <br />7)Develop Plans of Action with Performance-Based Metrics to Accomplish Our <br />Vision <br />8)Implement the Plans of Action to Accomplish Our Vision <br />9)Monitor and Evaluate the Plans of Action against the Performance Metrics <br />10)Annually Re-tool and Adjust the ED Strategic Plan <br />2 <br /> <br />