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Advisory Board Input
Introduction
The City of College Station has begun a strategic planning process. This process involves identifying
where College Station is at the current time and where College Station wants to be in the future. This
process has included the City Council agreeing to plan strategically. It also has involved the integration of
the strategic planning process with the Budget Process.
Strategic Planning and Budgeting Process
The fust steps of the process have included identifying the Mission and Vision Statements. This was done
by the City Council in January.
The next step of the process is a review of the various plans the City has already adopted. These reviews
include the Financial Policies, the Financial Forecast, the Comprehensive Plan, the Parks Master Plan, the
Greenways Masterplan, the Technology Plan, and others. This part of the process is ongoing.
Input from many sources is going to be needed in the strategic planning and budget process. This input
includes comments from several of the advisory boards and commissions appointed by the City Council. It
was determined to solicit input from the Parks Board, the Northgate Revitalization Board, the Historic
Preservation Committee, the Cemetery Committee and the Library Committee.
The input received will be used to better determine what the needs of the City are and will be considered as
budget recommendations are made. The information will also be used in the development of the strategic
plan for the next 5 years.
Once this information is collected it will be compiled and be included as part of the input in the overall
strategic planning and budget process. The next steps in the process will include the development of the 5
year strategic plan and the 2001 Budget Proposal that will be designed to begin the implementation of the
Strategic Plan.
Board Input
The specific input being sought from the Advisory Committees is the following:
1. What are the important issues facing the board?
2. What are the top policy priorities of the board for the strategic planning period?
3. What additional programs are needed to begin addressing these priorities in the 2001 Budget?
All important issue and top policy related input identified by the board will be given to the City Council for
consideration in the strategic planning process. The budget priorities will be considered in the context of
the overall budget process. The budget priorities that tie to the implementation of the strategic plan
adopted by the City Council will be considered high priority in the budget recommendations made to the
City Council in August.
Thank you for your input into the strategic planning and budget process.