Jeanann Hand

The City of Mount Dora's 5 Year Urban Forestry Plan establishes standard operating procedures for the preservation, structure, and growth of its urban forest. The plan focuses on maintaining and improving the city's tree canopy through sustainable practices, proactive inspections, and standardized planting, pruning, and removal. Key objectives include establishing a dedicated budget, implementing a sidewalk pruning program (STEP), conducting tree surveys, providing training, and promoting community involvement to ensure the urban forest's health, safety, and diversity while maintaining its 'Tree City USA' designation.

This Goals Scorecard tracks the City of Mount Dora's progress toward its 2025-2030 strategic objectives, detailing initiatives and their current status. The plan focuses on five key strategic pillars: promoting economic development, beautifying the city, strengthening and expanding infrastructure, providing high-quality community services, and investing in fiscal and human resources. The intended vision is to cultivate a diverse and sustainable economy, enhance public spaces, ensure robust infrastructure, deliver exceptional public safety and community programs, and build organizational excellence through effective resource management.

This document outlines the City of Mount Dora's strategic direction and goals for the period of 2025 to 2030. It serves as a roadmap for the city's long-term development and objectives.

The Comprehensive Plan serves as a guide for the long-range planning and regulation of development proposals within the City of Mount Dora. It outlines the processes for amending the plan, including small-scale and large-scale future land use map amendments, as well as comprehensive plan text amendments. The plan emphasizes consistency in development, adherence to Florida Statutes, and consideration of economic and environmental impacts. It also details the roles of the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) and the Development Review Committee (DRC) in reviewing and recommending amendments.

The City of Mount Dora Strategic Plan 2025-2030 defines the city's strategic priorities and goals for the period between 2025 and 2030.