BIDDEFORD — The city is seeking three residents to serve on its Strategic Plan Steering Committee.

The committee will lead efforts to accomplish the goals outlined in Biddeford’s strategic plan. The plan was discussed and adopted at a City Council meeting last month, and includes goals such as finding ways to combat heroin abuse and addressing the need for more parking downtown.

While most of the committee will include members appointed by city officials and local organizations, three residents who “desire to shape the critical direction of the city for the next three to five years” are also needed, Mayor Alan Casavant said in a statement released Tuesday.

Additional members will include one member appointed each by the Planning Board, the Heart of Biddeford, the Downtown Development District, the Biddeford School Department, the Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the University of New England.

Two city councilors, a member of city management and the mayor – or his designee – will also serve on the committee.

City Manager Jim Bennett said in the statement that he expects the committee’s work will take a year to 18 months to complete, and members will meet 12 to 24 times during that process.

Applications are available at the city clerk’s office and on the city’s website, biddefordmaine.org. For more information, contact City Manager Jim Bennett at [email protected] or his assistant, Josie Bicknell, at [email protected].