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2019 Strategic Priorities Discussion
Recommended Action
This item is for discussion only, any potential adoption of priorities is anticipated to occur at a subsequent meeting.
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The County has a number of planning documents developed with community, staff, and Councilor input that describe key goals for achieving the community’s vision for the County. While we will continue to work to make progress across many of these goals, discussions with the newly elected Council Chair has identified a desire to provide two additional perspectives to support focusing efforts and informing investment decisions in the coming year: (1) a crosswalk of the high-level goals of these plans - relative to common areas of impact - to help provide an integrated picture of the planning strategies and (2) identification of Council priorities - high priority issues that have been raised by community members - to facilitate making progress on especially urgent or challenging issues. The interface of the crosswalk and priorities with existing documents such as the Strategic Leadership Plan (Attachment A) and the associated Management Action Plans (Attachment B) will also be considered.
Chair Scott has provided the following information in order to outline expectations:
Task #1: Development of a crosswalk of County planning documents. Attachment C is a draft spreadsheet that identifies several high-level planning documents and their recommended tasks/goals. This is intended to provide an integrated view of how our various plans/goals impact key areas we will be discussing during the coming year. This document is not intended to change any County policy; it simply provides a tool for better understanding our current goals as we undertake our business this coming year.
Developing this crosswalk will provide an opportunity for Council, County staff and community members to review key documents and their associated goals. In addition, it will help with team building as county...
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