Redevelopment agency board to review mission and values; staff to propose revisions after stakeholder review
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Summary
Staff asked the Ogden redevelopment agency board to consider adopting a set of mission and value statements used in staff reports; the board asked staff to coordinate with administration and community feedback and return with a refined proposal.
City staff asked the Ogden City Redevelopment Agency (RDA) board to review a draft mission statement and set of values used to guide project selection and investment priorities.
Staff read a proposed mission that described using the city’s historic, cultural and natural assets ‘‘to close fiscal and physical gaps within the city through targeted investment and transformative redevelopment of underutilized parcels.’’ The draft values listed by staff were: real estate and land use, historic and cultural assets, transportation and mobility, parks and open space, and social equity and essential services.
The nut graf: board members welcomed the review and asked for a short staff‑led process to refine the language, make sure the values reflect community priorities and add retention language as well as potential changes to the agency name (for example, references to reinvestment vs redevelopment). Staff said they would coordinate with administrative departments and return with a revised proposal later this year.
Discussion points included whether ‘‘cultural assets’’ needed a clearer definition, whether the values should explicitly include resident retention as well as attraction, and how the RDA should coordinate with community planning products such as the general plan and recent well‑being survey.
Ending: The board voted informally by consensus to ask staff to undertake a focused review with administrative staff and return with a polished set of mission and values for formal consideration.
