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    Medford : Strategic plan
    (City of Medford (Or.), 2002-10-17) Medford (Or.). Vision Steering Committee
    In the summer of 1997, the residents of the City of Medford came together to focus on the future of the community. At that time, a citizen task force was formed to begin developing a Vision for the City of Medford. The visioning process concluded two years later when the Medford Vision Steering Committee reported the results of these efforts to the City Council. The overarching Vision summarization and each distinct element necessary to bring the Vision to ultimate fruition are embodied in this document and contained in the appendix; Medford in the 21st Century - A Vision for our Future. In support of the successful development of the Vision Statement, the City Council directed the development of a Vision Strategic Plan. It set as one of its key goals for fiscal year 2002 the development of a strategic action plan to achieve each of the Vision’s key elements. To accomplish the goal, the City Manager appointed a team of department heads and City Manager’s office staff to address the Vision clusters within their areas of primary responsibility: [names of staff members] As their initial challenge, the Vision Strategic Plan Drafting Team decided on a strategic planning model that was suitable for the City’s purposes. They chose to address each of the ten Vision elements individually and formulate action plans that consist of various, sequential activities that when followed, would lead to the Vision’s attainment. An Action Plan Table was then developed for each strategy that summarizes the activity required, affixed responsibility, projected timeline, identified staff resources necessary as well as challenges to attainment and set evaluation benchmarks. Finally, staff was charged with attempting to project the fiscal resources that would be required to bring each plan component to successful conclusion. It should be emphasized that much of the detail of action plans, including that of timelines, are the estimates of the author and will be subject to modification, based on Council prioritization and level of resources that can be devoted to each. The yearlong effort at fashioning a Vision strategic action plan for the City is embodied in this document. [From the Executive Summary]