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<br />Need for increased emergency services <br />Growth <br />role of government <br />growth may not happen <br />Affordability of housing <br />Great places/great open spaces <br />Environmental issues <br />global warming <br />respect for environment <br />Cost of construction rising <br />Cost of land rising <br /> <br />INTERNAL TRENDS AND ISSUES <br />The Commissionl and staff analyzed internal trends and issues that may have an impact <br />on the city. The following items were identified: <br /> <br />Perception of city by others- image <br />Population change <br />higher income- diverse levels <br />more families (young) <br />single parent families <br />Fiscal sustainability difficult <br />no federal assistance <br />limited state assistance <br />citizens demand for services is high, but don't want to pay more <br />Need for cities to do a better job in telling our story <br />Code enforcement- more or less? <br />Older housing stock - need to maintain/redevelop <br />Regulations do not match vision <br />Potential land use/zoning changes <br />How to deal with transitional neighborhoods <br />More or less public access to lakes - balance the impact <br />Downtown district <br />Animal control <br />Impact of transportation- regionally <br />Casselberry's niche <br />Annexation <br />residential/commercial <br />effect on tax base <br />New city manager <br />Interim department heads <br />Streets - condition <br />Sidewalks - connectivity <br />Service delivery - lack of technology <br />