City Council Goals - FY2018
(adopted Oct 16, 2017)
On October 16, 2017, the City Council adopted provisionally Guiding Principles and Goals.
Guiding Principles
- Accessible: We make it safe and easy for people to get where they need to go, for work and play.
- Deliberate. We plan for the future so that we’re ready for its opportunities and challenges.
- Diverse: We make room for a mix of people to feel welcome and at home here.
- Efficient: We get the work of government done smoothly, in a transparent, collaborative, and fiscally responsible manner.
- Equitable: We treat each other fairly and without bias; we respond to the humanity we recognize in each other.
- Innovative: We support the people and institutions that are inventing new ways to make life better.
- Navigable: We make it easy for people to find their way to the city services they need, so all our residents can figure out how to “make the system work” for them.
- Neighborly: We strive to connect to the people around us; we pitch in to help each other out.
- Resilient: We take careful steps now to leave a better world for the generations to come.
- Rooted: We preserve the feel of a deep history that runs under our city.
City Council Goals
- Goal 1: Increase access to affordable housing for all income groups.
- Goal 2: Ensure that Cambridge offers economic and educational opportunity to all.
- Goal 3: Deepen our commitment to sustainable use of energy and strengthen our capacity for resilience.
- Goal 4: Expand and deepen community engagement.
- Goal 5: Develop more proactive, inclusive, and transparent city planning process.
- Goal 6: Make it easy to move safely through the City, especially by sustainable modes of transportation.
- Goal 7: Increase opportunities for all residents to enjoy the City’s open spaces.
- Goal 8: Ensure that Cambridge remains an Innovation Hub that integrates businesses of all sizes into a thriving ecosystem.
- Goal 9: Improve Council’s capacity to collaborate more effectively, make better decisions, and increase its accountability to the public.
- Goal 10: Ensure City’s budget allocates resources responsibly and responsively.
- Goal 11: Ensure Public Safety efforts reflect current and emerging challenges and opportunities in a way that incorporates Cambridge’s core values.
- Goal 12: Eliminate Bias within the City workplace and wider community.
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