Administrative
Report
N.2., File # 24-1639 Meeting Date: 10/8/2024
To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MIKE WITZANSKY, CITY MANAGER
TITLE
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY’S STRATEGIC PLAN APPROVE THE PLAN’S THREE-YEAR GOALS AND SIX-MONTH OBJECTIVES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 10, 2024, the City Council held a strategic planning session to discuss and update the City’s Strategic Plan. At the session, the Mayor and City Council considered recent accomplishments, completed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis, evaluated and adjusted the previously established three-year goals, and listed specific objectives for the upcoming planning period which was set for the next six-months. It is recommended that the City Council review, modify as needed, and approve the Plan’s updated three-year goals and six-month objectives.
BACKGROUND
The City has been committed to a strategic planning process since 1998, a process that focuses staff resources on achievable policy goals and objectives set by the City Council. On September 3, 2024, the Council approved a contract with Leading Resources Inc. for consulting services to facilitate the City’s most strategic planning session, which was held at an open public meeting on September 10, 2024.
During the session, the Mayor and City Council discussed the City’s prior accomplishments (there were 80 objectives, projects, and initiatives that were recognized as having been completed during the planning period), evaluated and adjusted the previously established three-year goals, and identified the objectives for the new plan.
The three-year goals (2024-2027), which serve as the overarching framework for the Strategic Plan, were updated to include the following (not in priority order):
· Modernize the City’s Technology and Systems*
· Vitalize Commercial Areas of the City*
· Increase Environmental Sustainability
· Invest in the City’s Infrastructure
· Maintain a High Level of Public Safety
· Enhance the Delivery of City Services
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*Adjusted on September 10, 2024
The attached Strategic Plan reflects the City Council directives discussed at the strategic planning session. Input on the goals and objectives was provided by members of the public who attended the session and the Harbor Commission via letter. The objectives have been drafted to ensure that they are specific and quantifiable, identify the various departments that will be responsible for their completion, and establish target execution dates.
The City’s core values were not discussed at the strategic planning session and remain as follows:
Openness and Honesty
We welcome input from our employees and community. Our conduct, policies and programs reflect decisions made openly based on information that is easily accessible to all Integrity, Ethics and Accountability
We demonstrate the moral character to do what is right, thus building trust and transparency while taking ownership for our decisions
Outstanding Customer Service
We are committed to providing proactive customer service that is responsive to the residents of Redondo Beach and exceeds expectations. We will engage with the community in a respectful, approachable and sincere manner
Teamwork
We use communication, collaboration, and cooperation to work together while providing clear roles and expectations across the organization and in participation with the community Excellence
We provide quality services beyond expectations. We inspire and empower innovative practices that set standards
Fiscal Responsibility
We are committed to careful stewardship of public funds and resources in a manner that ensures the sustainable provision of efficient and high-quality services desired by the community Environmental Responsibility
We incorporate environmentally sustainable practices, policies, and programs and educate the public to preserve our quality of life for future generations
It is recommended that the City Council review, modify as needed, and approve the revised threeyear goals and six-month objectives in the attached draft Strategic Plan. After the City Council adopts the Strategic Plan, periodic progress reports on the objectives will be provided to the Council via a monthly administrative report.
COORDINATION
Completion of the six-month objectives will be provided by the listed department(s). Each department has reviewed the draft plan and is prepared to execute the objectives following Council approval.
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FISCAL IMPACT
Funds for activities related to the Strategic Plan are included in the City’s annual budget.
APPROVED BY:
Mike Witzansky, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
· Strategic Plan Matrix - Six-Month Objectives, September 2024 - April 2025 · Notable Accomplishments identified by Council and Staff, September 10, 2024 · Strategic Plan Matrix - June 2023-June 2024