Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 03-13-2007 regular agenda — reading text

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Ym~;~, r:! i" mjr~'~~:: i~ j~ l~::~:! ifi';.:, HeJ,~~$~ ncer Ci~ Clerk n. iii.;' fl~:~ h~~ i:'; f: t5~ ig~~ Ce Director A_A..- A..- e, r;''' f'; IUf(~ H! nhL; t1i~w McKim Community Development Services Director W~~ Dutton Fire Chief Jim Frazier Golf Club Administrator Mark Wiltsie Human Resources Director Dave Jenzen Information Technology Director Jeff Peters Parks & Recreation Director Ted Litschauer Police Chief Tom Murray Public Works Director Mike Tatum Purchasing Director John Hofstad Utilities Director CONSULTANT Dr. Herb Marlowe Newberry, FL 32669 2 Introduction H;> un~~ I'~ Bmake Council' s primary responsibility is not QD~ public policy achieve the citizens' desires for the futQt~;/ There is pr9pably no more any community faces than planning for ItS~{.! re andj~~ 9tifying future tM, City Council and staff must,, Work togeth~~;:~~ mmll:~~ am to accomplish the goals and objectives identified by the cliJi~J')rY, We all muSi:~~ ye a clear sense of purpose, with well defined roles/ functions, cleatiy;' f~ ilit\fi~, q expectatip.b~ for service delivery levels with sufficient financial resources, a~ i. yveW:~ s1~; tiQjDt commitm~ nt to success in order to make Fort Walton Be~~~;:t'~'~ est CitY1~ mtt Chi~ m!mmmm',; l,:;:t~8 lm:,' c~~ i,~ In 2003, th~:i;~ aY: 6f:1:~~ rt Waltd~iU~~~ compj~ a year- long visioning process, culminatin, 9,1 \ j;ffle Visioifgl1;m Sumn1i~;~9 update the City' Vision Plan which was adopted s in the rnidHj990' s. :;;;;;':,:; y;~~, ,~..>>; '::<~:; In addition,' f~~~ ityq~~ I, uli' ~~~~~Q. R, fd~~ itment to developing annual strategic plans to years that are consistent with the City' s b~ IB: i9E?I'tify prr~(qj~~ nand goal$;f6ri1h~ ensuing j:\ j: yisibrnhg:pl~ns.';;;;: ',' nl: i~~~};> ; i~~~:F;' pu.,~,...,',..,!,',,:,,' ;' ii11i;,::, current and future priorities and tI~ purpose of'~!~rategic; lan is to determine the City's d'i~~~~ shared cQm~ itments among City Council, City staff and the residents about the go~i~ 11Wd strat~!~~ required to appropriately address these priorities. As time passes, the corijp!@~! oo1p:f"a community, its residents and leaders change and so do the priorities and vision;) 81J~~ at community. the City is going over the Simply put, the strategic planning process determines where to lead next several years. Strategic planning also develops a set of goals and objectives the City to its desired future and involves a periodic review of the goals and objectives to had hoped that it would. Further, the see if the City accomplished what it and our residents the priorities of the community into its City must integrate this shared vision and translate identified and resources allocated to annual budget process, upon which programs are accomplish the goals of the community. The Strategic Plan should do the following: 1. Provide a blueprint for growth and revitalization 2. Focus priorities 3  3. Answer the fundamental questions for the City such as: a. Where are we? b. Where do we want to go? c. How do we get there? d. How do we know we got there? The desired results of a strategic planning process include: 1) the development of a shared commitment to a strategic plan and vision; 2) identification and allocation of resources to address the priorities; 3) establishment of realistic management priorities and direction and 4) development of mutual respect, trust and shared expectations between City Council, City staff and the residents of our community resulting from a shared vision by all. 4 Vision The City of Fort Walton Beach facilitated the development of the Vision Plan that was on a Vision Plan adopted in 1994. At that time, City Council appointed citizens to serve Committee whose was toguide thejmp) ementation of the Vision Stewardship purpose Plan using consistency, coordination, common purpose aJ;1~! gitlzen involvement. A decade has elapsed since the preparation of theinl~lmf:Mi$ j9n Plan and our community has made progress in completing many of the iorlgit, a: go~ I~~ Pf the Plan. Beginning in January 2002 the City undertook a comprehe1)~ iM!3 ' process to' ti~ 9te the Vision Plan. A detailed review of the Plan was completeQj11lli~ r\tision Statement$\:were confirmed; the goals updated; and, new objectives wer~ jttj~htified. In January 2obrf~;t~ City e utilized a solicit series of public meetings,held in eacll~tlft~ City's thirtyen to input neighborh8bP$:~, on revisions to the Vision Plan. Folldwing} hese n~ iglh~ orhood meeting$;:~ community- wide summit was held in September 20Q31;Jp r~,g:ilYEfad itonal input on the updated i;'" Vision Plan. ;; iHH~~~~~}" The product of the communi~~$ id~ l$. IJ01mit wa~' jt~~ mjppated Vision Plan. The Vision Plan reflected the collective effort~[j~ fthen'~iti4~ ns, Staff and the Vision Plan Cityj)~ Q!,Jncil, Stewardship Committee, toCi~ikf3lop'~; H!~ Yiqi!1g nt that is utilized to direct d08um~ community lead~ G?dntheir maki~! prog~~~.,ThejVision Plan revealed that Fort decisiQP;- historica'rdqwhtown, technology Research Park Walton Beacb['t,~~ re p. proud[~;' b~ l~; laemt#: and militaryjB~~es in thel~