pages: CityCouncil/2007-09-11.pdf, 9
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CityCouncil | 2007-09-11 | 9 | City of Alameda Summary of Priority Setting Workshop - September 11, 2007 Objective 4: Draft: Develop or update and implement land use, transportation, and environment sustainability planning strategies, tools, and documents. Modification: Develop or update and implement land use, transportation/traffic, and environment sustainability planning strategies, tools, and documents. Objective 5: Draft: Provide quality youth and senior programs and services. Modification: Provide quality youth and senior programs, services, and facilities. Objective 6: Draft: Recruit, retain, and develop a skilled and responsive workforce. Council Comments: Include in the work plan tasks related to educating the community about City jobs and career opportunities in order to develop a local workforce. Objective 7: Draft: Continuously improve internal operations and systems. Council Comments: Communications with the public, customer service, and user- friendliness are important; improving and updating systems for communicating with the public; delivering services with the customer/residents in mind Modification: Continuously improve internal operations, systems, and management practices in order to provide high-quality customer service. Mission In addition, during the discussions, an overarching objective was suggested pertaining to "enhancing and promoting the qualify of life for the community." For a City government, all of the objectives stated above are methods of achieving that overarching statement, which could be considered the mission of the City. A suggestion would be to create a mission statement that provides the context for the Citywide objectives. A draft mission statement, intended as a starting point for discussion with the Council and Executive Management Team at the November workshop, could be the following: The City of Alameda focuses its workforce and resources on providing services that enhance the quality of life for its residents and promote the prosperity of its business community. Management Partners, Inc. 5 | CityCouncil/2007-09-11.pdf |