Complete Document - City of Auburn

Auburn 202022 Goals for 2020The Auburn City Council involved the community in developing the following goals (not inpriority order) during the Auburn 2020 long range planning process. A group of over twohundred citizen volunteers joined with City staff and members of the various City boardsand agencies to envision the City of Auburn in the year 2020. Committees were formedto address major areas of concern and develop long-range goals to address thoseconcerns. These major goals present a blueprint for Auburn’s future. Theaccomplishment of these goals over the next twenty years will enable the citizens ofAuburn to make their collective vision of Auburn a reality.1. Continue strong community financial support ofthe Auburn City Schools with the goal of retainingthe reputation as one of the outstanding publicschool systems in the Southeast.2. Provide adequate facilities for all City departmentsto fulfill their missions of providing services to theAuburn community.3. Establish a community learning center that willoffer learning opportunities for Auburn adults,such as literacy schooling, GED training, highschool diploma classes, and computer orientedactivities.4. In cooperation with other local governments andschool systems, establish an area-wide alternativeschool to serve at-risk children.5. Establish an accredited educational program forthree and four year old children in the Auburn CitySchools.6. Update the land use plan periodically over thenext 20 years, including a comprehensive reviewprior to 2000.7. Construct with Auburn University a technologytransfer center to promote the commercializationof technology developed at the University.8. Complete the construction of the infrastructure ofthe Auburn Technology Park expansion north of I-85, including an east/west boulevard from SouthCollege Street to Cox Road.9. Identify and purchase additional suitable propertyfor future industrial parks in order to maintain theCity’s positive industrial recruitment program.10. Build additional parking facilities in downtownAuburn to ensure the prosperity and viability ofthe central city.11. In conjunction with the Alabama Department ofTransportation, Auburn University, and other localgovernments, expand the mass transit program sothat all citizens will have access to publictransportation.12. Construct the roads and streets shown on thecurrent Master Street Plan and update the MasterStreet Plan at least every five years.13. Acquire funding from the Alabama Department ofTransportation for the widening of the bridge over I-85 at South College Street and to construct a newinterchange at I-85 and Cox Road.14. Establish a community network of sidewalks andbicycle trails that will allow all citizens to usealternative modes of transportation.15. Facilitate community-wide access to the Internetwith a goal of becoming a “wired city” to improvethe quality and quantity of information sharingbetween City government and citizens.16. Identify and develop water sources that willprovide the City with an adequate quantity ofpotable water.17. Upgrade the City’s wastewater treatment plantsto ensure sufficient capacity to serve the needsof Auburn University and the community.18. Provide funding for facilities and programs for thearts through the Auburn City Schools and the Parksand Recreation Department.19. Construct a senior citizens center to houseexpanded programs for Auburn’s seniors and ateen center for afternoon and evening recreation forAuburn teenagers.20. Acquire and develop additional parks, greenspaces, playgrounds, and recreation facilities.21. Acquire and develop a new cemetery of sufficientsize to serve Auburn through the year 2020.22. Continue the strong commitment to maintaininga city where citizens are safe from crime and firehazards.53