VIEW OF MISSION

The City of Eagan exists to serve the needs and interests of its present and future citizens by providing quality public services, personal and property protection, a healthy environment, a stable tax base, attractive amenities, a sense of community and ethical representation.  The City will endeavor to reflect community values in an effective, responsible, efficient and visionary manner.

VIEW OF CONSTITUENTS

The City of Eagan considers everyone with whom it interacts as a constituent and as a customer.  First and foremost among these customers is its citizens.  To serve its customers, the City is committed to equal representation, personal dignity, the value of diverse opinions, democratic participation and the importance of honest feedback.  In its interactions with citizens and all other constituents, the City of Eagan is committed to the qualities of fairness, openness and responsiveness.  Quality customer service will be central to all interactions with the City.

VIEW OF SERVICE DELIVERY

The City of Eagan is committed to being responsive in meeting the needs of the community within the fiscal parameters the community will support.  Services will be provided effectively and efficiently for the quality and level of service desired by the public, through the employment of highly-qualified, creative, dedicated employees and the application of the highest standards of responsible fiscal management.

VIEW OF QUALITY OF LIFE

The City of Eagan encourages the maintenance and enhancement of all aspects of its quality of life.  This includes its commitment to economic opportunity, educational excellence, efficient service delivery, environmental integrity, recreational variety, attractive neighborhoods and community pride.

VIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENT

The City of Eagan will proactively protect its natural environment.  The land, water and air, as well as the things which live in them and on them, are important assets to be preserved and enhanced for our own enjoyment and well-being and that of future generations.  The City’s role with respect to the environment shall be that of active steward and conservator.  Pollution, abuse of the environment and unnecessary modifications of the environment will be opposed.  The City, collectively and individually, will endeavor to maintain the environment, mitigate impacts on it and enhance it to the extent possible.

VIEW OF DEVELOPMENT

The City of Eagan is committed to encouraging and fostering orderly, high-quality development and redevelopment.  The City will maintain a balanced variety of housing types, diversity of commercial and industrial development and effective integration of land use types.  Eagan is planned to be a fully developed city in the future and efforts will be made to affect that growth in a rational, deliberate manner in the best interests of all residents, both present and future.  The City will maintain its standards while recognizing the need to be sufficiently flexible and creative to permit quality development to occur.

VIEW OF ECONOMIC VITALITY

The City of Eagan recognizes the need to foster an attractive and desirable business environment in order to ensure employment opportunities for its citizens, a strong tax base, retail services for its citizens and economic opportunities for entrepreneurs.  The City of Eagan will encourage the formation of head of household jobs, clean industries, economic diversity, commercial stability and effective relationships with the regional, state, national and international economies.

VIEW OF ROLE IN THE REGION AND STATE

The City of Eagan recognizes the importance and value of intercommunity and intergovernmental relationships in the advancement of the interests of its constituents.  In this regard, the City is committed to active participation in activities and organizations which further these interests.  The City is further committed to balancing its interests with the needs of the region and the state and will conduct its affairs in a manner that recognizes the interests of its neighbors.

VIEW OF IMAGE

The City of Eagan will encourage community identity and community and neighborhood pride by fostering an image of quality in its built environment and excellence in its services and amenities.

VIEW OF THE FUTURE

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