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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
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TO: Evlyn Wilcox, Mayor
FROM: Richard J, Bennecke, Mayor's Executive Assistant
SUBJECT: Goal Statement and Objectives Adopted by Mayor and
Council, April 1986
DATE:
April 27, 1988
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COPIES:
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Please find attached excerpts from your "State of the City"
address in October of 1986 which outlined the goals and
objectives for the city of San Bernardino as approved by the
Mayor and Council in April of 1986,
This information should provide a starting point for your
agenda item at the April 28 retreat reaffirming the goals and
objectives established two years ago,
It is critical that the Mayor and Council be in accord in the
established objectives for the city as this provides the
foundation for which policy decisions are made and the day
to-day activities at City Hall are carried out,
In retrospect, the majority of Council actions taken to date
have coincided with the objectives established two years ago,
What needs to take place now is to have the primarily new
Council reaffirm these objectives and commit to working
together with the Mayor to achieve these objectives for the
greater good of the citizens of San Bernardino,
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THAT ENHANCES THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS AND ENABLES CITY
GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN AN ETHICAL, FAIR, EFFICIENT COST
EFFECTIVE MANNER. DAY-TO-DAY PRIORITIES MUST BE ESTABLISHED BY THE
MAYOR BASED ON POLICY DIRECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL. IN THIS WAY, CITY
GOVERNMENT CAN OPERATE IN AN ORDERLY, EFFECTIVE MANNER, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF CITY
GOVERNMENT WORK IN HARMONY TO PRODUCE THE BEST RESULTS FOR THE
PEOPLE OF OUR CITY,
TO THIS END, I HAVE SCHEDULED QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS WITH THE COUNCIL
TO DISCUSS MUTUAL CONCERNS AND WORK TOWARDS ESTABLISHED GOALS, AT A
MANAGEMENT RETREAT LAST MARCH, THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT STAFF ADOPTED
LONG-RANGE GOALS FOR THE CITY, THE COUNCIL, AT OUR FIRST WORKSHOP
IN APRIL, CONFIRMED THESE GOALS. THESE GOALS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN SAN
BERNARDINO THROUGH:
1, A SOUND ECONOMIC BASE
2. QUALITY HOUSING
3. ORDERLY, QUALITY GROWTH
4, EFFECTIVE & EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
5. CULTURAL & LEISURE GROWTH
6. QUALITY EDUCATION
7, A SAFE, COMFORTABLE & ATTRACTIVE
ENVIRONMENT
8, PRODUCTIVE INTERACTION WITH
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES & PRIVATE
INDUSTRY
9. INCREASE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
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10. DEVELOPMENT OF A POSITIVE IMAGE
FOR THE CITY
11, INCREASE THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF
THE CITY IN THE INLAND EMPIRE,
THESE GUIDELINES PROVIDE THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO WITH A POSITIVE
EMPHASIS THAT WILL DIRECT THE CITY'S ACTIVITIES IN THE YEARS TO
COME. THROUGH INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION,
CONSENSUS AND COMPROMISE, THE PROBLEMS OF MAYOR/COUNCIL CONFLICT
SHOULD BE MINIMIZED, I ASSURE YOU I WILL DO MY PART, WHILE
UPHOLDING MY OATH OF OFFICE, TO WORK FOR THE GREATER PUBLIC
INTEREST.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ASSEMBLYMAN JERRY
EAVES AND ASSEMBLYMAN BILL LEONARD FOR THEIR DEDICATED EFFORTS IN
ASSURING FUNDING FOR SECCOMBE LAKE, THE GOVERNOR'S RECENT APPROVAL
OF $2.176 MILLION DOLLARS WILL ASSIST THE CITY IN COMPLETING THE
SECCOMBE LAKE PARK PROJECT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL
RECOGNITION TO THE SAN BERNARDINO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INLAND
ACTION AND THE MANY INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS WHO WORKED HARD TO MAKE
SURE THIS FUNDING WAS FORTHCOMING, THIS ACTION REINFORCES MY
BELIEF THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR, WORKING TOGETHER, CAN
BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR ALL,
THE CITY'S PARK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM REMAINED ON TARGET THIS YEAR
WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF THE AL GUHIN PARK COMPLETED IN JANUARY,
RECENT COMPLETION OF NINE ACRES OF BLAIR PARK, AND THE START-UP
CONSTRUCTION ON PHASE IIA OF RIO VISTA PARK. IN THE AREA OF
RECREATION PROGRAMS, THE FIRST CITY OWNED RUNNING TRACK IS
CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE DELMAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY