Strategic Planning
Report
Monday, March 10, 2025
Strategic Planning Process
DateStep in the Process
October 23, 2024Kick-off call with City Manager
October/NovemberCity Council questionnaire
November1-on-1 meetings with City Council
January 16, 2025Strategic planning workshop with City Council February 18, 2025
February 27, 2025Meeting with City Staff to discuss programmatic objectives March 10, 2025City Council meeting to adopt Strategic Plan
Bellflower Mission Statement
"To protect and enrich the
quality of life, to make
Bellflower an excellent place
to live, work and play."
Community Survey
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(Ranked by Very/Somewhat Serious Problem)
Very Ser. Prob. Smwt. Ser. Prob. Not Too Ser. Prob. • Not at All Ser. Prob. • Don't Know ^The number of homeless
Drug usage and drug abuse
Speeding and unsafe driving
Graffiti and similar vandalism
A lack of affordable housing
Gangs and juvenile violence
Too many undeveloped and
poorly maintained plots of land
The number of vacant buildings
55%
32% 10%I
43%
36%
im
44%
32%
18%
31%
42%
20%
6%
51%
11%
38%
32% 20% 171)
34%
36%
19%
6%
29%
38%
21%
6%
Very/Smwt.
Serious
87%
80%
76%
73%
72%
70%
70%
67%
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(Ranked by Very/Somewhat Serious Problem)
Very/Smwt.
Very Ser. Prob. Smwt. Ser. Prob. Not Too Ser. Prob. • Not at All Ser. Prob. Don't Know Serious Blight and abandoned buildings
The amount of taxes people have to
pay for city services
Inefficiency in City government
Traffic and congestion on
local streets and roads
The quality of Bellflower's
basic city services 20%
26%
37%
25%
8%
32%
29%
26%
28%
32% 19% 19%
28%
30%
32%
8%
A lack of park space in the city
The availability of parking in
commercial and business areas
A lack of public transportation
Too much growth and development
FM3
34%
28%
13%
25%
28%
29%
17%
22%
24%
35%
15%
17% 34%
21%
12%,
12%
20%
27%
35%
Q7. Now please consider the following list of things that some people say maybe problems facing the City of Bellflower. Please indicate whether you think it is a very serious problem, somewhat serious, not too serious, or not at all a serious problem in Bellflower today. Split Sample 64%
61%
60%
59%
54%
53%
46%
33%
32%
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City Council Goals
1. Enhance Public Safety
2. Increase Public Outreach, Education and
Connection
3. Continue Investing in a High-Performing
and Efficient Team at City Hall
4. Improve Quality of Life & Visual Appeal
in the City
5. Strengthen Economic Development
Recommendation
Recommendation
1. Receive and file this report, or
2. Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
City Staff will proceed with communicating this
adopted plan through City communication channels.
Strengthen partnership between the City and the County Sheriff.1.1 Improve community education and transparency in relation to public safety efforts.1.2 Encourage resident awareness and reporting to help them be partners in addressing crime, disaster preparation and blight issues.1.3
Determine the location, design, programming and execution of a new public safety building.1.4
Finalize and implement public safety assessment recommendations.1.5 Goal #1:
Enhance Public Safety
Goal #1:
Enhance Public Safety
Build a reputation through communication and action that Bellflower is tougher on crime than peer cities.
1.6 Develop a list of community resources for addressing addiction and related challenges and better engage with partnership to offer a spectrum of solutions for crime elements.
1.7 Set a direction to tap into Measure A funds to support programming that addresses homelessness challenges in the city.
1.8 Aggressively work to address homeless population areas in the City, including spaces outside city jurisdiction to reduce the homeless population in the city.
1.9 Solidify emergency preparedness training among staff, ensure a degree of self- reliance after a disaster and communicate plan to the public.
1.10 Goal #2:
Increase Public Outreach, Education and Connection
Explore communication methods that reach multi-generations with focus on most effective methods.
2.1 Explore tools for connecting residents to each other and to the City.2.2 Establish communication channels to engage with smaller businesses.2.3 Develop a strategy to leverage video, digital and paper communications to balance reaching across the community.
2.4 Bring a unified, consistent and strategically chosen voice and visual presence to communications across City channels and platforms.
2.5 Conduct communications assessment on platforms and processes.2.6 Improve collaboration and relationship with school district.2.7
Goal #3:
Continue Investing in a High-Performing and Efficient Team at City Hall Improve communication and collaboration between departments.3.1 Invest in technology resources for staff.3.2
Modernize systems to support resident feedback.3.3
Invest in training and career development for employees.3.4 Conduct a full classification and compensation study.3.5 Build organizational capacity through staff hiring and strategic contract for services that yield productivity enhancements.
3.6 Modernize city policies that are ineffective or inefficient as currently written.3.7 Implement procedures for fielding and following up on resident requests in a timely manner.
3.8 Goal #4:
Improve Quality of Life & Visual Appeal in the City
Implement the Parks Master Plan.4.1
Improve quality of maintenance of public areas.4.2
Raise standards of private property maintenance requirements (commercial, multi- family and single-family residential)
4.3 Activate public spaces to connect residents by expanding community events in non- traditional locations.
4.4 Allocate resources for traffic safety improvement studies.4.5 Explore ways to attract young families as residents.4.6 Explore strategies to address developed and undeveloped vacant properties.4.7
Goal #5:
Strengthen Economic Development
Continue strategic and creative property acquisitions.5.1 Execute on City-controlled property to make impacts in the community.5.2 Explore an economic development plan that aligns areas in Bellflower with focused economic development themes, industries and related land use strategy.
5.3 Begin planning for comprehensive General Plan update.5.4 Solidify vision and plan for the future of Downtown (more residential units, parking, complimentary business types).
5.5 Revisit cannabis policy, licensing and industry activity in Bellflower.5.6 Evaluate alternative revenue sources and land use measures.5.7