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The Metropolis of Homestead is endeavor steps to develop its first-ever strategic improvement plan, following a significant push from Metropolis Supervisor Zerry Ihekwaba.
“It was a part of the imaginative and prescient and mission assertion to have a transparent idea of what are we taking a look at for the long run. What precisely are we seeking to accomplish?” requested Dr. Ihekwaba.
“Upon my assumption of workplace, I noticed the town has by no means had a strategic plan. There’s a assortment of parents in our neighborhood which have by no means thought to take part in a strategic plan as a roadmap to the long run,” he mentioned.
Dr. Ihekwaba pressured the significance of a strategic plan, emphasizing that “it’s truly the inspiration of constructing for different issues.”
“That is my private initiative, as the town’s chief administrative officer. I wanted to have a roadmap of the long run,” he mentioned. With this plan, he mentioned, he can mix the pursuits of each the town’s elected management and most people.
The mission started in February, he mentioned, with preliminary drafting and sourcing suggestions from residents. In April, the town expects to host a number of neighborhood boards to permit residents to supply suggestions, commentary and criticism.
Residents are additionally inspired to supply suggestions on the town’s web site, he mentioned. After all of the suggestions has been collected by June, he mentioned, the preliminary plan can be accomplished and launched in July, concurrent with the town’s finances for the following fiscal 12 months.
“We have now to get entangled, creating and sharing and speaking the imaginative and prescient: what do you wish to see the town change into within the subsequent 5 years?” he mentioned.
Dr. Ihekwaba pressured the significance of the neighborhood being well-informed within the matter, in addition to “proving transparency within the course of, guaranteeing the method is clear in measure of earnings and outcomes,” and that folks present direct enter as to what they want to see for Homestead.
“Individuals have a direct connection,” mentioned Dr. Ihekwaba.
“The success of this plan relies upon closely on enter from everybody,” he mentioned, “us as metropolis officers, the neighborhood stakeholders, and among the many neighborhood stakeholders … main employers are keyed in. We have now Baptist Hospital, we have now Miami Dade Faculty, we have now Leon Medical, BJ’s, Walmart … everybody, we want their enter.”
The town has contracted for the work of a number of consultants, together with BerryDunn and AECOM, to look at and develop methods to enhance vital features of Homestead’s infrastructure, comparable to water and sewage, and transportation, designing a holistic strategy to re-examine these techniques from the bottom up.
Dr. Ihekwaba additionally mentioned the usage of the Web and different new know-how to make it simpler to conduct enterprise with the town.
As soon as the strategic improvement plan is accomplished, he mentioned, the Metropolis of Homestead will start to behave instantly on this new wave of improvement, aiming to finish this preliminary plan inside 5 years, although Dr. Ihekwaba emphasised that the plan would exist as a residing doc that’s topic to alter.
At this present stage, he mentioned he encourages Homestead residents and stakeholders to go to www.homesteadfl.gov/697/Strategic-Plan for all obtainable info and for the possibility to supply suggestions.