Council Goals

The adopted 2012 City Council Goals are as follows:

  • Affordable Housing
  • Capital Improvement Program Planning
  • Climate Action Plan
  • Development Services and Design Review
  • Economic Development
  • Efficiency and Effectiveness of Services
  • Innovation
  • Northwestern University
  • Police and Fire Pension Funding Issues
  • Robert Crown Center Improvements
  • Safety Issues
  • Visual & Performing Arts
  • Youth Services

New additions to the previous year goals included:
• Development Services and Design Services – Focus on plan review process
• Innovation – Focus on becoming a municipal leader in innovation with regard to policy and service delivery.
• Visual and Performing Arts – Focus on providing a better platform form to showcase the arts in the City of Evanston.

Feeling satisfied with the due diligence of staff in other areas, City Council removed the following goals recognizing that significant research and/or progress has been made in these respective areas:
• Budget Planning
• Federal State & Regional Government Affairs Agenda
• Lakefront Development

2011 Council Goals

These are in alphabetical order:

  • Affordable Housing
  • Budget Planning
  • Capital Improvement Program Planning
  • Climate Action Plan
  • Economic Development
  • Efficiency and Effectiveness of Services
  • Federal/State/Regional Government Affairs Agenda
  • Lakefront Development
  • Northwestern University
  • Police and Fire Pension Funding Issues
  • Robert Crown Center Improvements
  • Safety Issues
  • Youth Engagement

The Council selected the following subheadings:
Capital Improvement goal (Street and Alley Infrastructure)
Economic Development (Water Sales Issues and Neighborhood Revitalization)
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Services (Transparency of City Operations)
Safety Issues (Crime Prevention)