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Priority Projects Define
City’s Past, Guide Future
Priorities. We all use them to
manage our time, activities and resources. The City of Monterey is
no different.
Each fiscal year, we identify City priorities that
help establish our budget and guide our projects and work programs.
In this issue of City Focus, we outline some of our priority
activities and provide you, our citizens and friends, with a status
report. Inside this annual report that is distributed each fall, we
review last fiscal year’s (1998-99) activities and accomplishments
and introduce you to the priority activities now underway in the
current year. We also invite you to help shape our priorities for
the coming year by filling out the enclosed Community Survey. Please
take five minutes to fill it out and send it in by October 30.
Thank you for taking the time to read this report, fill out the
survey and find out what’s happening in the City. Together with
residents and business owners, we are working to provide quality
services that help make Monterey an even better place to live, work
and visit.
We have placed the various goals and objectives into
six categories. In most sections you will find an update on some of
last year’s activities and highlights of the plans for this year.
The categories are as follows:
- Land
Use - issues about physical growth and development activities
in the City;
- Historic
Preservation - policies and programs regarding historical
sites and activities;
- Social
- community outreach programs, workshops and volunteer
opportunities;
- Public
Safety - the police and fire departments;
- Economic
- development of City-owned property as well as programs that
enhance our community’s vitality; and
- Public
Facilities - the buildings or land owned or leased by the
City.
- Budget
- Balancing the 1999-2000 Budget
Through many programs
and activities – surveys, town hall meetings, public hearings,
suggestion lines – we gather your input, comments and concerns. This
material helps us shape and prioritize our projects. Many of the
projects this year reflect your earlier suggestions and comments.
We invite you to get to know more about your City and to get
involved! Send us your comments or suggestions.
You Can Participate in the Annual Planning Process
We
have already begun to identify a new set of City priorities and
goals that will guide our budget and work program for the next
fiscal year, which begins next July 1.
During this planning
process, we need to hear your suggestions, concerns and ideas.
Here are some ways you can get involved:
- Complete and return the Community Survey enclosed in this
annual report.
- Write to us
c/o City Manager’s
Office, City Hall,
Monterey,
CA 93940.
- Call, fax or e-mail us using the information below.
- Attend the City’s Council meetings, budget sessions and public
hearings. Call the City Clerk at 646.3935 for meeting dates,
times, locations and agenda materials.
Monterey is your
City, and you are an important part of the planning process.
Stop and visit us at City Hall.
We would love to hear from
you!
Email your suggestions
about topics/tips you would like to see in the City
Focus.
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