Agenda - Council - 05/22/2018 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Highway 47 Work Plan Proposal ')urpose The City has an adopted a Strategic Plan that includes an initiative to improve the image of key corridors including Highway 47. The City continues to get feedback from industrial, commercial and residential stakeholders that the image and safety along Highway 47 is an issue that needs to be addressed. The City Council first desires to work with the community and stakeholders to identify/ confirm that the consensus of the community is that image and safety issues do indeed exist, and continue to work with the community and stakeholders to identify strategies to address the issue, if needed. Staff will begin work on the Highway 47 Plan in June 2018, with an end date of June 2019. The Highway 47 Plan will be finalized, reviewed, and adopted by the City Council in June 2019. The Plan of Action for Highway 47 is anticipated to be the authorization to being to implement acceptable strategies. Plan of Action/Key Steps In order to move from discussion to action, this Plan of Action is offered as a guide to complete the desired initiatives in a reasonable timeframe (approximately 1 year) and ensure that this remains a high priority for the community. 1. Authorize Work Plan 2. Collect Background Data and Determine Key Issues/Barriers and Set Goals 3. Develop List of Potential Solutions 4. Implement Strategies Step 1: Authorize Work Plan To ensure that all are moving towards a common goal in a manner that meets the needs of policy makers, a work plan is first developed to hold the project team accountable for completing key tasks at agreed upon time frames. Authorization of the Work Plan is planned for May 22, 2018. Step 2: Collect Background Data and Determine Key Issues The Strategic Plan identifies utilizing resident engagement techniques as the first step in identifying a problem and designing strategies. The City Council does not want to suggest strategies, but wants the stakeholders that are impacted by these policy decisions to design said strategies. Resident engagement is planned to be an inclusive process while keeping in mind the desire to move towards action in a reasonable timeframe.