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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Page 6 1 point: identify resources, identify sites, identify options) with the idea to explore or find 2 reinvestment or revitalization opportunities and plans for appropriate properties. 3 4 Ms. Raye concurred; noting the need to describe the steps rather than the impact. 5 6 Goal VI – Provide the Necessary Staff Support and Resources to Work with Partners to 7 Ensure Goals and Objectives of the Strategic Plan are Accomplished in a Timely Manner 8 (Meets SP IV) 9 Ms. Raye advised that the elements of this goal were briefly discussed at the Strategic Plan 10 Workshop; however, this goal developed by staff discussed it more thoroughly. Ms. Raye 11 noted that this impacted explicitly nurturing the HRA’s partnership with the City Council, and 12 supported the internal work of City departments by leveraging those internal opportunities and 13 interests for the common goal. 14 15 Member Quam questioned if there was currently a staff skill set lacking in moving forward 16 with this Strategic Plan. 17 18 Mr. Trudgeon advised that Objective A addressed additional staffing as needed; whether 19 through learning, innovative ideas, technical aspects of a program, or educating and informing 20 the HRA on procedures and practices, and in a much broader way, educating the community 21 (e.g. green living). Mr. Trudgeon advised that this would also address resource allocation for 22 speakers, open houses, and staffing to support those efforts, with that staffing well-informed of 23 cutting-edge practices. 24 25 Ms. Raye concurred, noting that this addressed the overall Human Resources function of the 26 HRA. 27 28 Member Majerus opined that he saw Goal VI as a support mechanism for the other five (5) 29 Goals, part of the direction or operational point of the Action Plan. Member Majerus strongly 30 supported the need for this and how it was going to be accomplished, with this representing the 31 tools needed to do so. Member Majerus questioned if it was needed as a Goal, or should be 32 part of the Action Plan; and suggested it be included as a Prelude to the Action Plan. 33 34 Member Quam concurred, noting it was the basic infrastructure for the updated Strategic Plan. 35 36 Mr. Trudgeon opined that it was a self-serving for staff, but that it needed to be clearly 37 elevated and prominent enough that it was clearly addressed to ensure that the Strategic Plan 38 was successful. 39 40 Chair Maschka concurred, noting that it needed to be clearly documented and highlighted. 41 42 Ms. Kelsey advised that the HRA would be meeting jointly with the City Council for the 43 specific purpose of discussing this Strategic Plan; and opined that it was important to have this 44 Goal clearly identified as part of the document. 45 46 Member Majerus suggested that the Strategic Plan, Action Plan, Vision and Mission 47 Statements all be incorporated into one (1) document; and opined that Goal VI served as the 48 “nuts and bolts” to set it all up between the Strategic Plan and Action Plan. Member Majerus 49 opined that it was imperative that this infrastructure be kept in the forefront at all times, that if 50 the Strategic Plan items were to be accomplished, this was what was needed to accomplish it. 51 However, Member Majerus questioned the need to have this as a Goal of the Strategic Plan, 52 and not part of the overall documentation. 53 54 Ms. Raye noted the importance to ensure that the proposed Strategic Plan was more externally 55 focused that the past Plan. Ms. Raye suggested that the language be reframed to ensure that