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6.1

The report sets out progress toward the
development of City Goals, a joint project led between partners
across the City of Sheffield. It describes the framework and
activities planned as part of that process, and the role that the
council is asked to play.

 

 

6.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That
Strategy and Resources Policy Committee:-
 
(a) notes the progress of the City Goals
project delivery;
 
(b) notes the plans for the engagement part of
the process in the coming months; and
 
(c) endorses the approach to developing the
City Goals during the next phase of the project with the support of
the Council to ensure we play our part alongside partners in the
city to enact them.

 

 

6.3

Reasons for
Decision

 

 

6.3.1

Having a shared vision for the city is a vital
part of Sheffield’s future, creating a collective purpose and
focus for everything the city’s institutions do with and
alongside our communities and businesses.

 

 

6.3.2

Public, private and voluntary, community,
faith and social enterprise sector partners have come together with
a real sense of ambition to listen to Sheffield’s communities
and articulate a shared story and set of priorities which will
become the focus for our collective action, leadership and
investment over the coming years.

 

 

6.3.3

As Sheffield’s civic leader, Sheffield
City Council (SCC) is one partner but has a significant role to
play, connecting our democratic and community leadership to the
shared vision for the future. The recommendations for Strategy and
Resources to endorse the development of the City Goals are
therefore a vital statement to citizens and partners of our
commitment to supporting the development of a new vision for the
city.

 

 

6.3.4

Sheffield City Council’s support for and
involvement in the City Goals work also ensures that we are
delivering against the commitments made in the recent LGA Peer
Challenge Action Plan.

 

 

6.4

Alternatives
Considered and Rejected

 

 

6.4.1

The alternatives to consider would be firstly
to do nothing, continue without a shared city vision and fail to
have a collective perspective on the city's future. Ultimately this
would lead to a lack of strategic cohesion, a fragmented view of
the future and missed opportunities for investment. This was
rejected as it is not in the city's best interests.

 

 

6.4.2

The other alternative is to have the Goals
develop without SCC endorsement - enabling partners to continue the
work but without SCC support. This option was rejected as we are
the civic leader of place, we are ambitious for our city and our
determination to deliver a bright future for Sheffield can only be
achieved with and alongside our communities and our partners.