Comprehensive Plan Adopted 2010 - City of Woodland Park

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Goals, Objectives and Actions Sustainable City Goal 1: Ensure that the City of Woodland Park Government continues as a government entity that, in turn, provides its taxpayers and residents with a range of appropriate essential government services at reasonable financial cost. Sustainability Sustainable City Objective 1.1: Emphasize the importance of prudent financial stewardship and exceptional personnel performance. Begin implementation: ongoing Sustainable City Action 1.1.1: Through prudent financial stewardship, ensure that City government spending does not exceed City financial resources for any activity or project, and does not exceed the financial capacity of the City government to meet its entire range of financial obligations as a municipal government. 1-2 years ongoing 1-2 years Sustainable City Action 1.1.2: Recognizing that our City government needs to perpetuate itself through the hiring of new employees over time, it is imperative that the City establish succession plans for all key employees whose untimely departure would compromise City operations and services. Sustainable City Action 1.1.3: Continue to provide City Staff the training, resources and work space they need to perform their duties in a progressive, responsive, effective and efficient manner. Ref: City Finances 2.1.5 and 1.1.8 Sustainable City Action 1.1.4: The 1974 City of Woodland Park City Charter, as subsequently amended, is the legal foundation for the City’s existence. Periodic Charter reviews are essential to maintaining an efficient, agile, responsive government as circumstances change over time. City Council should institute formal Charter reviews on a periodic basis (i.e., 5 to 10 years) to ensure this result. Sustainable City Goal 2: Promote an inclusive, high performing government that is responsive to community members’ needs. Sustainable City Objective 2.1: Maintain a transparent and approachable relationship between residents, business owners and the City. ongoing ongoing ongoing Sustainable City Action 2.1.1: Continue to prepare the Annual Report to the Community to keep citizens apprised of the City’s progress in achieving important goals. Provide occasional updates on the website or via other means when appropriate. Ref: Water 3.1.2 Sustainable City Action 2.1.2: Continue to empower City Staff to improve customer service. Ref: City Finances 1.1.5 and Water 1.1.3 Sustainable City Action 2.1.3: Periodically ask for community feedback by administering surveys, providing opportunities to comment on the website, encouraging public comments at City Council meetings and by meeting with citizens. September 2010 Page 54
Sustainable City Objective 2.2: Make community members aware of the City’s priorities, issues and actions. 1-2 years Sustainable City Action 2.2.1: Regularly communicate the City Council’s vision and direction. For example, prominently display the City’s annual goals in City Hall and on the website and contribute articles or press releases to the local papers about City decisions and priorities. Ref: Public Safety 1.3.5 Sustainability 1-2 years ongoing 1-2 years 3-5 years ongoing Sustainable City Action 2.2.2: Update as necessary the roles and responsibilities of each City committee, board and commission and post the information on the City’s website. Assign each group actions from the comprehensive plan that they can work on to help achieve the community’s goals and track their progress via annual reports to the City Council. Sustainable City Action 2.2.3: Use a variety of communication tools (internet, television, word of mouth, newspapers and newsletters, utility bills, etc.) to help make the community aware of the City’s plans and opportunities to become involved and to solicit feedback. Ensure that the City’s website is updated regularly and that minutes from City Council, committee and commission meetings on the City website are posted in a timely manner. Also ensure that the feedback is responded to in a timely manner. All information should be timely, clear, concise, visually appealing and jargon-free. Ref: Public Safety 1.3.5 Sustainable City Action 2.2.4: Consider creating a community email list as a means to communicate with people and expand and maintain City contact lists. Also explore other communication methods – Facebook, Twitter, RSS Feeds, etc. Sustainable City Action 2.2.5: Work with Teller County to explore ways to offer interactive Geographic Information Systems (GIS) maps to enable businesses and citizens to access and transact with the City quickly and reliably. Sustainable City Action 2.2.6: Ask the community for input as to how to diversify the City’s revenue sources and ensure that the community’s finances are stable when the area reaches build out. Ref: City Finances 1.2.1 ―Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.‖ — Theodore Roosevelt Sustainable City Objective 2.3: Increase public participation and volunteerism. ongoing ongoing Sustainable City Action 2.3.1: Proactively seek public input and respond to comments by promoting opportunities to join committees and commissions, volunteering for community events and seeking comments on the City budget and priorities. Advertise these opportunities on the City’s website, in mass emails, on utility bills and via press releases. Sustainable City Action 2.3.2: Identify barriers to full participation in the community and access to amenities and services, including public transportation which makes access possible. Work with Department Heads to raise awareness of these barriers and develop innovative strategies to remove them. September 2010 Page 55
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