1. Promote and respect public participation.

2. Open all Council Committee Meetings to the Public

3. Provide complete staff and legal information to the Council and the Public without delay.

4. Improve long-term planning and budgeting.

5. Focus on priorities that benefit residents . This includes fire & EMS, roads, police, local businesses, open government, and natural areas, parks, and trails. Eliminate wasteful expenditures.

Positive Platform to Manage Growth

1. Make planning and development review fully transparent and consistent with State and Regional requirements.

2. Ensure future developments are high quality, with strong and enforceable design standards.

3. Stop city decisions that damage our lakes, streams, and natural areas.

4. Eliminate loopholes that let developers delay infrastructure, including schools, roads, and ball fields.

5. Improve future development requirements. Put residents first in growth management decisions and control the rate of growth so public services don’t decline.

6. Reduce or eliminate taxpayer subsidies for new development. Limit property tax and utility rate increases.