Strategic Framework
Strategic framework brochure (PDF)
Our community vision
Minnetonka…
where quality is our nature
- What will our community become?
- Minnetonka will be the community of choice where people come together to live, work and play in a naturally beautiful environment. As we work to preserve our quality neighborhoods and provide exceptional City services, we will always be aware of the delicate balance between the need for urban services and the importance of protecting and managing our natural surroundings.
Our organizational mission
Exceptional services provided by exceptional people
- Who are we as an organization?
- We exist as a service organization to provide effective, efficient and innovative services to our community residents and businesses. We recruit, train, and support the highest quality staff members. We provide a healthy and supportive work environment with clearly defined goals and operating principles. We work as members of the Minnetonka team, listening and appropriately responding to the needs and concerns of both our internal and external customers. We strive to be the standard others will look to emulate.
Community values
- Natural Environment
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- Protect and improve our water resources and woodlands
- Facilitate open space preservation
- Respect the natural environment while managing growth
- Public Safety
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- Foster community involvement and individual responsibility
- Enhance personal and business safety
- Ensure hometown security by collaborating with others
- Transportation
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- Enhance resident and business mobility with quality roads
and transit - Meet local and regional needs through leadership and collaboration
- Expand and increase usability of our trails and sidewalks
- Enhance resident and business mobility with quality roads
- Development
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- Guide development and redevelopment to ensure
community vitality - Balance individual property rights with the public interest
- Promote use of green technology and sustainable development
- Promote a quality and affordable life-cycle housing stock
- Guide development and redevelopment to ensure
- Building Community
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- Foster open communication within the community
- Promote activities that encourage understanding and involvement
- Embrace our proud history while valuing diversity and inclusiveness
- Public Services
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- provide value: quality services at a reasonable price
- manage for the long-term
- provide excellent customer service
- promote innovative service delivery
- Organizational Excellence
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- set the high standard that others emulate
- provide a great place to work
- live our shared values
- do the right thing at the right time for the right reason
Strategic goals
- How will we pursue our vision and mission?
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- We will vigorously protect and manage our natural surroundings.
- We will work hard to maintain a feeling of safety and security.
- We will support well-planned, reasonable development of the community.
- We will foster open communications.
- We will be careful stewards of our financial resources.
- We will be responsible metropolitan citizens.
- We will embody a proud past and a promising future.
- We will encourage community involvement to strengthen our social fabric.
- We will provide appropriate, effective and exceptional City services.
