Implementation: A Roadmap

How Does Implementation Work?

After the City Plan is adopted, work will begin to implement the priorities and policies identified in the plan. The graphic provides an overview of what to expect after adoption. It doesn’t list every project or program going on in the city—instead, it illustrates the high-level next steps needed to advance key principles and priorities. The full City Plan document will include more detail on the items shown here. It will also provide a decision-making framework, based on community-driven core values and principles, to provide guidance around unforeseen challenges that arise in the future.

Because the City Plan is intended to provide direction across topics over the next 15 or so years, it will include both near-term actions as well as ambitious, long-term direction. These are shown in three phases: Near Term (the next three years), Mid-Term (approximately four to eight years from now), and Long-Term (approximately nine to 15 years from now). These timeframes are not exact, but they illustrate what to expect based on funding and staff capacity. Additionally, some actions can only happen after other steps have been taken. Instances that require specific sequencing of multiple steps are illustrated with a connecting arrow. Some of the recommended implementation actions are funded, and some are not and will require future community conversations about if and how we will fund them.

A timeline chart divided into 3 vertical columns showing Near Term (the next three years), Mid-Term (approximately four to eight years from now), and Long-Term (approximately nine to 15 years from now). 24 horizontal bars represent various implementation actions. Click here for a larger image.

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