One Community - One Vision - One Direction. Mapping. the. for the City of Greater Sudbury

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1 Oe Commuity - Oe o - Oe Directio Mappig

2 Mappig The Purpose of this Documet This documet, Mappig o, reaffirms City of Greater Sudbury's visio, missio, values ad goals adopted by City Coucil i It also cofirms, updates ad expads Coucil's priorities for year ahead. Successful orgaizatios maitai core values ad a strog sese of purpose, while stimulatig progress by settig ambitious, vividly described goals (Collis ad Porras 1994). Soo after City of Greater Sudbury came ito beig o Jauary 1st, 2001, Coucil embarked o a visio ad priority settig exercise to focus its eergy ad efforts. The first editio of Mappig o provided framework for progress i City's iaugural year. Mappig o builds o this success. Establishig a clear directio ad idetifyig priorities is essetial to ay well performig orgaizatio, wher a govermet, istitutio, agecy or busiess. There is always a log list of valuable goals a orgaizatio could pursue. To move forward, it must select a critical few ad orgaize its resources to achieve se. The purpose of this documet,, is to foster progress o Coucil's highest priorities. The o i this documet represets Coucil's log-term major goal for City of Greater Sudbury, somethig it may take oe to three decades to realize. The Broad Goals represet what Coucil wishes City to achieve withi a five to te-year framework. The Strategic Priorities are Coucil's more immediate goals, which could be realized withi oe to two years. 1 Oe Commuity - Oe o - Oe Directio

3 Mappig o The City of Greater Sudbury is a growig, world-class commuity brigig talet, techology ad a great orr lifestyle toger. We will embrace digital revolutio to be a attractive locatio for iformatio ad commuicatios techology-based busiesses. We will build o our stregths as cetre for iovatio i miig, health care ad educatio ad actively pursue emergig opportuities i evirometal ad reewable eergy sectors to be recogized as oe of smartest, greeest, most sustaiable commuities i world. Our success i creatig jobs ad fosterig busiess developmet will ehace city's tax base, helpig to geerate reveues eeded to moderize, maitai ad expad our ifrastructure ad foster huma developmet. This will create a broad rage of ew opportuities so that our youg people will be able to pursue rewardig careers here i Greater Sudbury. It will also lead to a dramatic improvemet i socioecoomic status of our citizes. This will help to brighte future for our childre. Icreasig prosperity will also provide greater opportuities to small ad mediumsized busiesses, helpig to revitalize our city. Citizes will have access to quality health care i our commuity, icludig a full complemet of medical professioals traied i North for North. We will excel i providig a safe, carig ad stimulatig eviromet for all ages. People from across North America ad aroud world will cosider Greater Sudbury to be a highly desirable place to live, work, study ad play because of our attractive orr lifestyle, vibrat ecoomy, evirometal leadership, educatioal opportuities ad excellet quality of life. 2 Oe Commuity - Oe o - Oe Directio

4 Mappig Missio We provide excellet access to quality muicipal services ad leadership i social, evirometal ad ecoomic developmet of City of Greater Sudbury. Values We are committed to: providig high quality service with a citize focus maagig resources i our trust efficietly, resposibly ad effectively ecouragig iovatio ad acceptig risks maitaiig hoest ad ope commuicatio creatig a climate of trust ad a collegial workig eviromet actig today i iterests of tomorrow 3 Oe Commuity - Oe o - Oe Directio

5 Mappig Broad Goals To foster ecoomic developmet ad job creatio. To promote well-beig of our citizes i a healthy, safe ad stimulatig commuity. To protect ad improve evirometal ad ecological health of commuity. To develop a viable strategy to icrease ivestmet i ifrastructure. To secure ew sources of reveue through iovative strategies ad parterships. To esure our commuity is attractive to youg adults as a place to build careers ad raise families. To put childre first. To preset Greater Sudbury to world as a dyamic ad vibrat commuity. 4 Oe Commuity - Oe o - Oe Directio

6 Mappig Strategic Priorities Fosterig growth i Iformatio ad Commuicatios Techology Sector by growig telecommuicatios idustry, capitalizig o broadbad techology ad ecouragig developmet of.com ad software compaies, i partership with provicial ad federal govermets as well as private sector. Seekig ew evirometal ad reewable eergy opportuities i order to play a leadership role i developig idustries of future through Commuity Eergy Pla ad or priorities idetified by EARTHCARE SUDBURY. Esurig our citizes have access to health services i commuity by idetifyig ew opportuities i research, educatio ad health care arisig from Norr Medical School, cotiuig our efforts to recruit ad retai physicias, ad ecouragig timely completio of Sudbury Regioal Hospital. Meetig our ifrastructure eeds for today ad tomorrow through log-term fiacial plaig, parterships ad a sustaiable policy framework to complete priority projects. Implemetig priciples of Healthy Commuities movemet by supportig developmet of Commuity Actio Networks ad a Healthy Commuities implemetatio framework. Egagig youg people to develop strategies for attractig ad retaiig youth. Adoptig a goverace model appropriate to City of Greater Sudbury ad a policy approach to issues maagemet. 5 Oe Commuity - Oe o - Oe Directio

7 Mappig The Next Steps O receivig Coucil's edorsemet of this documet, each departmet of City of Greater Sudbury will esure that its Busiess Pla reflects Coucil's priorities for year. Each pla will iclude strategies ad measurable objectives for pursuig se priorities. Durig Budget Presetatios, Coucillors will see ir priorities reflected i city's fiacial plas. Oce Budget is set by Coucil, staff will revise ir Busiess Plas as required ad develop Work Plas that will detail plaed actios o Coucil s priorities. 6 Oe Commuity - Oe o - Oe Directio