The City of Dublin

City Council Goals

City Council establishes yearly goals that summarize the City’s key priorities in a manner that expresses key aspects of the Community Plan.  Adopted goals further support concepts of sustainability and long-term community planning by focusing on environmental initiatives, economic development, community well-being and public partnerships.

Achieve a higher level of distinction and establish Dublin’s competitive edge.

• Retain, expand, attract and create high tech & knowledge-based jobs to ensure the financial security of the City of Dublin

• Implement use of publicly owned bandwidth in the Wi-Fi and fiber optics systems and ensure the ongoing viability and competitiveness of this critical infrastructure.

• Explore innovative economic development solutions.

• Focus on the development of the Central Ohio Innovation Center by

• fostering relationships with research and educational institutions;

• adopting high quality development standards and implementing a development review process that is predictable and consistent; and

• identifying, recruiting, and securing and anchor tenant(s).

Actively seek partnerships with Dublin City Schools, Columbus Metropolitan Libraries, community organizations and individuals for the creation of a new Dublin library and redevelopment of school property in Historic Dublin.

Enhance further development of Historic Dublin.

• Revitalize Historic Dublin with a clear vision of the role of Historic Dublin and implement that vision through a comprehensive action plan.

• Complete and Adopt the Historic Dublin Revitalization Plan.

• Update the Zoning Code for Historic District.

• Design and implement a comprehensive wayfinding system.

Promote a high quality of life by emphasizing neighborhoods and fostering a sense of community.
Continue Dublin’s high quality of life by focusing on creating and maintaining strong neighborhoods. This can be achieved by incorporating desirable neighborhood elements in the build environment and by promoting neighbor-to-neighbor connections.

Set the standard as a leading green community.

• Greening our parks, through the pursuit of environmentally focused land use management and landscaping principles, increased recycling and further development and promotion of our bike path systems as an alternative transit option.

• Greening our codes, through the examination of existing development and building codes, in order to remove barriers to and provide incentives for sustainable land development and building construction.

• Greening our fleet and Facilities, through the examination and implementation of technologies and alternative fuel options that will reduce our fleet and facilities baseline carbon emissions.

• Educating and engaging our community, through the development and implementation of environmental education plan, a “Greener in Dublin” web page and the exploration of partnerships with our business community.

Provide regional leadership.

• Share our knowledge and expertise with other communities by serving on regional, state or national committees.

• Focus on regional relationships to secure future economic opportunities for the region including ensuring well planned growth of the U.S. 33 corridor.

Promote healthy living and lifestyles.

• Adopt the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

• Develop integrated parks, facilities, bike paths and open spaces that support healthy living lifestyles and create opportunities to encourage residents to engage in recreational pursuits. Use bike paths to connect neighborhoods, destinations and link with other systems in the metro area. Develop facilities in partnership with other organization to increase recreation opportunities and options, and to minimize long term maintenance costs.

• Incorporate public art into community improvements. Implement the Public Art recommendations of the Community Plan.

Prepare for the City’s expanding infrastructure and utility needs.

• Evaluate multiple modes of transportation, such as bike lanes and public transportation, for possible implementation in future capital improvement programs.

• Focus on completing key linkages in the bikeways system.

• Consider the future of rail for transit and logistics in the northwest corridor.

• Review and evaluate utility options to ensure the best future services for the City of Dublin, with particular attention to planning for the City’s future water and sewer system needs.