Adopting a Vision and Guiding Principles for a Comprehensive Planning Process Called City Plan

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RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ADOPTING A VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES DEVELOPED BY THE COMMUNITY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS CALLED CITYPLAN WHEREAS, the City of South Bend currently lacks a comprehensive plan; and WHEREAS, Stephen J. Luecke, the Mayor of South Bend, has initiated an extensive and inclusive public process to develop City Plan to help coordinate and guide the growth of South Bend over the next 20 years; and WHEREAS, Mayor Stephen J. Luecke has appointed a group of civic leaders, called the Civic Alliance, to oversee this comprehensive planning process; and WHEREAS, City Plan began with 30 public input and feedback meetings held October 28 - December 11, 2003 and February 8 - February 26, 2004 attended by approximately 1,000 people from the South Bend community; and WHEREAS, at these public meetings the participants expressed aspirations for the kind of community South Bend will be in 20 years; and WHEREAS, the Civic Alliance, with support from the Division of Community Development, have taken the ideas gathered from the public and crafted a Vision for the South Bend community which City Plan will help the community achieve; and WHEREAS, the City Plan process and document will follow certain Guiding Principles; and WHEREAS, the Common Council finds this Vision for the community and these Guiding Principles for City Plan to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and which it desires to adopt. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section L It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend to adopt the Vision which is the culmination of Phase I of the City Plan process and which describes South Bend in 2025, the language of which is as follows: ENVISION SO UTH BEND IN 2025... South Bend is a vibrant, caring city. Residents and government celebrate our diversity and vitality. Together, we nurture our educational, social, cultural, natural, human and economic