R2006-75 APPROVING AND SETTING CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY GOALS

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SHORT TERM GOALS 4 VOTES Adopt Local Lincoln Heritage Development Plan—America's 16th president actually began his political career here but little has been done to develop our ties to his incredible history in Decatur. The Lincoln Bicentennial will be held in 2009 and the State of Illinois and the federal government are planning major events in recognition. It is important that we begin to prepare for this and future opportunities as soon as possible. Implementation: May 2006-February 2009 Action Plan: ➢ The City Council began the process by creating the position of Director for the Lincoln Heritage Development Project this month. Lincoln Library and Museum Curator Kim Bauer will lead future efforts. ➢ Over the next several months Mr. Bauer will meet with local, state and national groups to develop a plan for developing and promoting the city's Lincoln heritage. Those plans will be presented to the Decatur City Council and, if approved,implemented. ➢ The position of Director for the Decatur Abraham Lincoln Heritage project I will be discontinued once plans have been implemented. This is expected to ', occur by 2009/2010 , Address FinanciaUBudgeting Issues—As per council's request,this year we will ' begin providing five-year revenue and expense projections in an effort to better plan for the future. Implementation: Summer 2006 Action Plan: ➢ In late June or Early July of this year we will hold our first session providing multi-yeaz revenue and expense projections in order to better plan for the future. ➢ In February in each coming year,prior to the opening of budget discussions, we will hold a similar session so that council members can be better prepared to make budget decisions. Hold Disaster Readiness Study Sessions—Council members have requested a study session to generally outline city plans for responding to and recovering from a catastrophic event, either man-made or otherwise(i.e.tornado, avian flu, etc.) Implementation: June 2006 Action Plan: ➢ Over the next couple of weeks city staff will contact various local agencies, including the Macon County Health Department and ESDA about scheduling one or a series of sessions addressing various topics related to disaster response. It would be our goal to begin these sessions in June.