18 Strategic plan; Council goals and objectives

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DRAFT Attorney\reswork\current\Strategic Planning Resolution 4-13-09 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS CALLING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE SUCCESS AND GROWTH OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF TO WORK WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, THE LAMAR COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO SELECT AND CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT TO INITIATE AND DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS; AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, The City of Paris, Texas and Lamar County, Texas stakeholders are seeking to engage a professional planning consultant for the purpose of creating a 10-year strategic plan linked to available financial and human resources as well as to municipal department business plans. The City and Community desire an inclusive process that includes all stakeholders. The plan will provide a realistic vision with detailed staged steps and policies in which to achieve and sustain this vision. WHEREAS, the Paris City Council desires widespread collaborative participation by communiry stakeholders in visioning exercises and strategy development, which will be critical to the successful implementation of the plan and as such the planning process must include these groups. Additionally, the Paris Economic Development Corporation and the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce are partnering with the local governing entities for the strategic plan and will have an active role in co-managing the project with the City and the County. Other potential stakeholders include City staff, Paris Junior College, Paris ISD, North-Lamar ISD, Chisum ISD, Lamar County, local elected officials, TX Dot, Workforce Solutions, The Governor's Office, various Ciry committees, civic groups, and private sector business leaders from industry, manufacturing, services and the retail sectors. WHEREAS, the Paris City Council desires project initiation by a planning consultant to begin in January 2009. Completion of the project is dependent upon the interaction with the stakeholder involvement process and decision-making speed of the municipalities. The entire project should be completed for final adoption no later than August 2009. WHEREAS, the Paris City Council desires the selected consultant to be responsible for the necessary research, development and tasks associated with the creation and adoption of the strategic plan. Sections of the plan should include but are not limited to: * ~)(~OU5i