By Pepper Parr
January 5th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
The city is getting close to having a Strategic Plan it will take to Council for approval.
Strategic Plans are created by each Council which they use to set out what they plan to do during their tem of office.
Traditionally a Strategic Plan is to cover the term of office for the city council that created the document.
This time around council has stretched the document to cover a twenty-five year time frame – however any future council I not committed to anything a previous council put in place.
The 2011 Strategic Plan was a relatively strong document, especially when compared to those done previously which were not much more than a collection of nice pictures and a lot of fluffy rhetoric.
Members of city council, staff and people from the Region took part in the discussion and debate on the several drafts of the Strategic Plan that the public now gets to comment on.
The draft plan which has gone through a number of drafts with significant changes made at each version. Much of the creation of the document this time around was done by the consultants. KPMG, the city hired to work with them. The consultants would listen, prepare a document and bring it back for solid discussion and debate.
The version the public will see is the draft that members of council are content with for the most part. Now they want to hear what the citizen’s wants to say about the document.
Residents from across Burlington are invited to attend one of four upcoming open houses; the first has already taken place. There are three scheduled for January:
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016
Robert Bateman High School
5151 New St.
Cafeteria
7 – 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016
Burlington Senior Centre
2285 New St.
Multi-purpose Room
7 – 9 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 18, 2016
LaSalle Park Pavilion
50 North Shore Blvd. E.
Main Hall (upper level)
7 – 9 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 18, 2016
Mountainside Recreation Centre
2205 Mount Forest Dr.
Community Room 2
7 – 9 p.m.
