Task force says strategic plan should align with master plan visioning; recommends synthesizing chapter visions

Aug 18, 2026

Members recommended syncing the new strategic plan with the 2012 master plan’s chapter visions and to consider simultaneous visioning to avoid divergent goals; they cited past local visioning studies as useful templates.

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Members argued the strategic plan must not diverge from the master plan’s overarching vision and recommended synthesizing chapter-level vision statements so the public can respond to concise, familiar options. David Brooks, deputy city manager, urged using a single visioning process for both documents: “I think it's crucial that we be all working... toward the same vision statement and the same goal.”

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