HomeMy WebLinkAbout4. Strategic Plan Discussion Memo 8.24.21
City of Lakeville
Community & Economic Development
Memorandum
To: Economic Development Commission
From: David L. Olson, Community & Economic Development Director
Copy: Justin Miller, City Administrator
Kati Bachmayer, Economic Development Coordinator
Date: August 24, 2021
Subject: Discussion of 2020-2023 Strategic Plan for Economic Development in Preparation
for the September 27th Joint Work Session with the City Council and Planning
Commission
The EDC, City Council and Planning Commission are scheduled to begin discussions on
updating the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan for Economic Development during a Joint Work
Session on September 27, 2021. A copy of the Plan Summary is attached and the complete
plan is linked HERE.
As previously discussed, City Economic Development staff’s efforts became focused on
dealing with the issues that COVID 19 was causing for Lakeville businesses almost
immediately after the City Council’s approval of the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan in March 2020.
This unanticipated and unprecedented event put the City’s Strategic Planning activities and
initiatives on hold for more than one year; therefore EDC members recommended revisiting
the strategic planning document to ensure that it accurately reflected the City’s goals in a
post-pandemic economic environment.
Staff will facilitate this discussion and welcomes questions/ideas/recommendations from EDC
members related to the strategic plan. This information will then be relayed to Craig Rapp of
Rapp Consulting Group, so that he can incorporate the EDC’s suggestions into the joint work
session discussion in September.
Action Requested: Provide feedback to staff on the current Strategic Plan.