BEAVERTON COMMUNITY VISION FINAL ACTION PLAN TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY, JULY 19
Posted: July 16th, 2010 11:14 AM
- Community Priority Survey Results to be Announced; Bike and Pedestrian Access, Parking, Civic Center, Continued Community Policing Among Top Priorities -
Sidewalks, bike and walking paths as well as an expanded farmer's market and a multi-use civic center are among 117 public priorities to be unveiled at the next Beaverton City Council meeting. More than 5,000 people participated in the creation of the Beaverton Community Vision over the past two years by sharing their vision for the future of Beaverton. The citizen-volunteer Visioning Advisory Committee (VAC) will present their findings in the form of a final action plan to the Council on Monday, July 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Beaverton City Hall (4755 SW Griffith Drive). The VAC will also share the results of a community survey prioritizing the ideas.
"It's been an exciting process to gather ideas from the community about what the future of our city might look like," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "Now it's time to put those ideas into action to bring Beaverton closer to that ideal."
The Beaverton Community Vision will be implemented through partnerships or recommendations to community organizations and by the City through the Civic Plan, a comprehensive strategic plan to fund and achieve many of the community's goals and priorities. A draft of the Civic Plan is expected to be complete by early 2011.
In November 2008, the City Council passed City Ordinance 4493, establishing the Visioning Advisory Committee. The purpose of the VAC is "to promote continued citizen involvement in the visioning process; establish, review, and update a vision action plan to be presented to the City Council for review and approval; and provide regular updates on the visioning process to the City Council and community at-large." Volunteers from the City's VAC and staff have participated in more than 120 community events and speakers bureau presentations to gather public input on the priorities and goals of Beaverton residents. After reviewing and analyzing all of the material collected, five overall citizen goals have been identified: Build Community, Create a Vibrant Downtown, Improve Mobility, Provide High Quality Public Services and Enhance Livability.
In December 2009 and January 2010, the action teams met and worked on recommendations. Teams organized around each of the five goals were comprised of 82 members of the community, including members of the City Council, the business community, neighborhood groups, service organizations, City staff and participants from partnering jurisdictions. These action teams helped translate the thousands of community ideas gathered into actionable recommendations to become the blueprint for an action plan. The action teams refined approximately 6,500 public ideas into a recommended list of 164 actions. Nearly 2,000 people responded to the community survey, available in six languages, asking residents to prioritize action items from among the 164 action items. Based on community input, the 164 items were whittled down to the final recommended list of 117. For more information about the Beaverton Community Vision, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov/vision.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton was recently recognized as one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money Magazine. In addition, Beaverton has been named the safest city in the Pacific Northwest for three consecutive years, as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, a Tree City USA for more than 15 years, an All-America City finalist, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention Magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Beaverton also enjoys the most diverse population (by percentage of population) among Oregon cities.
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