{"id":23628,"date":"2023-03-10T17:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/?page_id=23628"},"modified":"2023-03-22T19:41:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T19:41:54","slug":"strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/about-us\/strategic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The MPO Strategic Plan was adopted by the MPO Policy Committee on January 18, 2018, and will guide the Des Moines Area MPO as an organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MPO-Strategic-Plan-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">MPO Strategic Plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The MPO Policy Committee agreed in 2016 to develop the first strategic plan for the organization.&nbsp; The MPO retained the services of State Public Policy Group and appointed a steering committee to lead the plan\u2019s development.&nbsp; The steering committee has met monthly since February and will wrap up the plan\u2019s development in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic Plan DRAFT<\/h5>\n\n\n<p>[googleapps domain=&#8221;docs&#8221; dir=&#8221;\/file\/d\/1GElQ43FZVPikXQQBDjeHMzo034Jd7lKB\/preview&#8221; query=&#8221;&#8221; width=&#8221;900&#8243; height=&#8221;520&#8243; \/]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MPO-Strategic-Plan-2017-09-30.pdf\">Printable PDF &#8212; MPO Strategic Plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic Plan Appendix<\/h5>\n\n\n<p>[googleapps domain=&#8221;docs&#8221; dir=&#8221;\/file\/d\/1hlem0iXXpT5ebON0HpDWYUOsxg8fkSrS\/preview&#8221; query=&#8221;&#8221; width=&#8221;900&#8243; height=&#8221;520&#8243; \/]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MPO-Strategic-Plan-Appendix-2017-09-30.pdf\">Printable PDF &#8212; MPO Strategic Plan Appendix<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steering Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight-month strategic planning process required significant commitment of time and expertise of the 14-member Steering Committee comprising elected officials of MPO member communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steering Committee Members<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob Andeweg, Mayor, Urbandale \u2013 Steering Committee Co-Chair<br>Tom Armstrong, Mayor, Grimes \u2013 Steering Committee Co-Chair<br>Chris Coleman, Council Member, Des Moines<br>Angela Connolly, Supervisor, Polk County<br>Steve Gaer, Mayor, West Des Moines<br>Joe Gatto, Council Member, Des Moines<br>Tom Hockensmith, Supervisor, Polk County<br>Sara Kurovski, Mayor, Pleasant Hill<br>Brian Lohse, Council Member, Bondurant<br>Gary Lorenz, Mayor, Ankeny<br>Kyle Mertz, Council Member, Altoona<br>Stephanie Riva, Council Member, Norwalk<br>Linda Westergaard, Council Member, Des Moines<br>Dean Yordi, Supervisor, Warren County<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MPO traditionally has engaged and relied upon expertise from technical and issue experts and included Advisory Members who provided value and specific information to add value to the overall strategic planning discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advisory Members<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Burmeister, Executive Director, Polk County Housing Trust Fund<br>Ben Champ, City Manager, Pleasant Hill<br>Steve Eggleston, Field Office Director, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development<br>Jeff Geerts, Special Projects Coordinator, Iowa Economic Development Authority<br>Tom Hadden, City Manager, West Des Moines<br>Gary Mahannah, City Administrator, Polk City<br>Matt McQuillen, Assistant City Manager, Clive<br>Tim Moerman, City Administrator, Waukee<br>Jim Sanders, City Administrator, Johnston<br>Meg Schneider, Senior Vice President, Greater Des Moines Partnership<br>Gretchen Tegeler, Executive Director Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa<br>Mark Wandro, Administrator, Polk County<br>Stephanie Weisenbach, Coordinator, Iowa Clean Cities Coalition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MPO Strategic Plan was adopted by the MPO Policy Committee on January 18, 2018, and will guide the Des Moines Area MPO as an organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23631,"parent":22,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23925,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23628\/revisions\/23925"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}