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CityConnect March/April 2021
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A Roadmap for the Future Blaine City Council Adopts Strategic Plan
Last fall the Blaine City Council adopted a three year strategic plan. This strategic plan includes six priorities, a new mission statement, and a set of community values. City staff is now working on the implementation of the plan. In the coming months an online strategic plan dashboard will be developed as a way for the community to track the progress of the plan. Community members are invited to read the strategic plan at BlaineMN.gov/StrategicPlan.
Our Mission
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Deliver exceptional public services with the highest degree of professionalism and accountability.
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This mission will be accomplished through these core values and strategic priorities:
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Strategic Priorities
Transparency and Openness Creativity and Innovation Fairness and Impartiality Respect and Efficiency
Effective Communication Financial Sustainability Growth Management Organizational Health Highway 65 Improvement Well Maintained Infrastructure
Blaine Selected as 2020 Outstanding Conservationist
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Core Values
The Anoka Conservation District selected the City of Blaine as the 2020 Anoka County Outstanding Conservationist. Blaine has over 800 acres of dedicated open space throughout the city creating greenway corridors, opportunities to protect and restore biological diversity, and providing outdoor educational and recreational opportunities. The Blaine Wetland Sanctuary is one of the City’s open space sites serving many functions. The northern and central portions of the Blaine Wetland Sanctuary are being restored to increase diversity and are certified as wetland banks, which generates funds used to maintain and update the City’s parks, trails, and open spaces. The protected open space also serves as a refuge for the rare plants currently existing there and also has diverse micro habitats to accept salvaged rare plants. The City of Blaine promotes and facilitates environmental education at the Blaine Wetland Sanctuary and public engagement with groups working on invasive species and planting salvaged rare plants. The City undertook the difficult task of turning once ignored and undesired wetlands into a regional community resource.