June 15, 2009 - District of Mission

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Mayor's Message
As tour Maor awd ow behaLf of tour Couh,cil, a vu.
Leased to evtolorse awd support this anh,u.al, report which
outLi,t/Les the District's fi.h,ah,cisa, results for 2002 awd
the acc,ompLLskinkehts of c,ouh,cil, staff, awd the
covu.vu.uwttt iw geweral, over the past tear.
in, 2002, the mi,ssi,ow awd Abbots ford cewtral,
metropol.itaw Area was recogvazed as the fastest
growi,h,g area Lin, -B.riti,sk coLuvu.bia. Although this
growth provided couwci.l. with chatlein,ges,
remaLintol focused awd achieved most of its 2002 goals awd objectives. These goats awd
objectives 1,h,cLuded LmpLemehti,wg pLai&h.Lin,g processes aLmed at establ,Lski,h,g mi.ssLow as a
covupLete covu.vu.uwttt with abuvolaht ecovuowdc, social, recreati,owal, cultural., heritage,
ewvirowvu.ewtaL, pubLiz health awd sa fett opportuhaLes. i believe that these accomplIslimeiAts
have coh,trLbuted trekkeinziou.s value towards maIZLVI.g Dm of the most desirable
com.mui&iti,es tw British CoLuvu.bLa, 2 covu.vu.uwttt that we cah, GILL be proud to call home.
L-oo,i,wgi,wto the future, couh,cil has agai.es estabLLsked goals awd objectives for the intxt three
ears. while the gLobal, ecovovvdc situatLoh, is currewttt challewsi,wg, couwail coh,ti,h.Ltes to
Loolq, forward with ca utious opti.vulsm. cotsinzi.L's three-ear strategic priorities Lin,cLude
co vutt vt,i,ti,vto with comreheiA,sive p La h,h,LK,e awd 1, mp Le vue htati,o h, of the d ow htow 1/1, awd
waterfroht redeveLopmewts, expawdiwg ecowovvti,c deveLopmewt, Lmprovi-vLs health care services,
provLdi-wg for sefraors', tooth, awd cultural. 1,14,frastructure, awd establ,i,sgwg a Lowe term
visi,ow for missi.ow.
I am cowfi-oletAt that tour cou.h,ci,L, wori,h,g together with the ewti,re covu.vu.uwitt through
extewsi.ve coh,sultati,ve processes cah,posi-ti.veLij move forward the above outLi,h,eoi priorities awd
Izetp Missiow Dw the cohti,hm.ed path of reintwaL awd prosperit. It Ls the spirit of voLuhteerLsm
that builds great commuhaLes awd therefore eh,cou.rage tom to get i,h,voLved, eveh, Lin, a svu.aLL
rat, to work towards GI strowger awd better M1SSLOK,.
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