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Council workshops wording for city vision; staff to present 75% draft at retreat
Summary
In a facilitated exercise, council members suggested modest wording changes to the city vision (examples: 'exemplify' or 'emerge' instead of 'stand out', adding 'play' or 'thrive'); staff will compile input and prepare a 75% draft for later refinement.
The meeting included a facilitated vision-and-mission exercise in which council tables spent time proposing edits and consolidating preferred wording.
The facilitator presented the current mission and vision and asked each table to propose three edits. Tables offered alternatives—for example, replacing "stand out as" with words such as "exemplify" or "emerge," replacing "inviting" with "welcoming," and changing "live, work, and visit" to "live, work, play, and thrive." One table suggested shortening the phrase to simply "at home," arguing for brevity and clarity. "We want to get to the 75% today," the presenter said, noting staff will draft consolidated language after the session.
Why it matters: the vision statement sets a broad aspirational direction that informs priorities and branding; councilors said they preferred language that is actionable and not wordy. The facilitator said a draft will be circulated for further refinement after the retreat.
Next steps: staff will consolidate table inputs into a draft and present it at the retreat for further refinement.
