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City of Redondo Beach
Strategic Planning Meeting September 10, 2024
Notable Accomplishments from Council and Staff
1. Progress in the Harbor, overcoming
challenges, moved from planning to doing
2. Readiness to address infrastructure (e.g.
Roads, Fire, Police); collective will and desire
to move forward
3. Homeless initiative; leading in the region;
involves all Departments
4. Resurfaced basketball and pickleball courts
5. Updated traffic signs worked to slow traffic
6. Added play and shade structures in City parks
7. Enhanced public safety (Police, Fire, others)
added police, MSOs, high quality of life
8. City Manager, staff, Department Heads; work
hard daily to implement strategic plan
9. Change in the energy and momentum in the
Council, City Management, and staff. The
cycle from decision to action has improved
10. A number of projects are being completed
11. More public-oriented, transparent operations
12. Completed the Harbor Amenities Plan
13. Completed Wilderness Park improvements
14. New faces, new energy throughout the
organization
15. Passed budget including for Public Works
funding to complete work that represents the
entire City. Things are happening and moving
with a new level of effort
16. Transparency reporting improvements
17. Public user experience is improving as a
result of changes
18. Council engagement/lobbying of other
agencies (RBUSD, Metro, State) has been
effective
19. Engaged with RBUSD to capitalize on
overlapping resources through coordination
and better planning
20. Brought the community into the Council
process (youth, other groups)
21. Quality of Life Unit (Code Enforcement,
Police, etc.) respond to every complaint; 24/7
22. Revamped commission structure: getting
residents involved, and seeking best use of
community volunteer efforts
23. New website: updated the City
Communications Plan
24. Building out of the Executive Team; new
members; fresh energy and commitment
25. Carried-out City-wide trainings to ensure
compliance (HR, Legal, etc.)
26. Express library hours; expanded service at
North Branch; OpenPlus Implementation
underway
27. Library added local newspapers to online
archives
28. Joining the community to advocate on Metro
Green Line proposal; partnership between
Council, staff, community; unified voices
being heard on a large scale
29. General Plan update, substantial progress;
moving on to new projects to benefit City
30. Completed a Community Development
Organizational Assessment
31. Launched new permitting system featuring
an online building application portal
32. Competitiveness and efficiencies on services;
work on credit ranking; improved fees
33. New revenue generation ideas from Council,
including Measure FP
34. City Treasury saw investment returns up 14%
without sacrificing liquidity
35. Supportive environment with staff,
Departments, and Council
36. Adding services/programming for the
community, afterschool program enrollment
up 80%, sell out youth events
37. Social media presence has expanded, 2500
followers, provides transparency and new
connection with the community
38. New City logo, enhanced branding
39. Changing leadership amongst City staff, CS
DH change, lots of momentum in short
amount of time
40. Capital projects, had 75 eight years ago, 120
projects today, rate of delivery increasing
using on-call contracts for professional
services
41. Charter amended to increase procurement
limits for certain projects
42. Changes to Municipal Code for Maintenance
and Repair projects
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43. Negotiated and adopted 4 MOUs and 1 pay
plan
44. Advised on hundreds of HR matters
45. Reviewed 5362 job applications, hired 177
employees
46. Provided 15 HR-related trainings
47. Adopted new administrative policies to
improve workplace safety
48. Reduced workplace injuries by 15%
49. Turnover rate was 15% for full-time staff,
which is a good metric
50. Police achieved full staffing; hired 88 people
in 18 months; working with HR and other
Departments to improve recruitment and
hiring
51. Dispatch trained in emergency dispatching
with pre-arrival emergency instructions
52. Community services unit held 55 community
events; built trust in the community
53. Advanced the Drone First Responder
program to improve public safety
54. Made advancements in technology to
enhance public safety
55. Resilience of City Officials and staff after loss;
City has a good heart; honoring Laurie Koike
and Jesse Martinez
56. Completed County Fire Feasibility Study
57. Fire Department provided trainings for
mandatory disaster service workers
58. Unifying efforts in King Harbor, working with
Fire Department, Harbor stakeholders
59. City Manager encouraging City Team to
collaborate at all levels of the organization
60. Invested heavily in Fire Department training,
equipment, and technology
61. Good City morale
62. Staff shows strong accountability for their
work
63. Public Wi-Fi added outdoors at Pier,
International Boardwalk, skatepark and
Wilderness Park
64. Technology investments across the City:
replaced equipment (phones, laptops, iPads,
firewalls, etc.)
65. Clerk’s Office made progress improving digital
archives and implementing a new agenda
management system; Laserfiche upgraded
66. Charter Review Committee completed review
of City Charter, see changes in election
processing with Rank Choice Voting planned
for the March 2025 Municipal Election
67. Continued active management of records
retention schedule; eliminating appropriate
paper records; digitizing where appropriate
68. Finance implemented a new digital budget
book making the budget more accessible to
the public
69. Implemented OpenGov online procurement
system
70. Cultivated strong working relationship with
Budget and Finance Commission; initiated
quarterly budget reporting for the
Commission and Departments
71. Received 31st consecutive Government
Finance Officers Association award for annual
budget and reporting
72. Processed 1,000 new business licenses
73. Processed 13,000 invoices and 6,000 checks
74. Completed the King Harbor Amenities Plan
with 45 total projects, 23 to be done in first 5
years, with 11 currently done or in process
75. Seeing private interest and activity in the
Waterfront as City continues to invest in this
key area
76. Secured over $1.4 million in grant funding for
dock replacement and handling abandoned
vessels
77. Secured new leases in the Waterfront
78. Upgrading the Marina parking lot
79. Procured over $27 million in capital project
grant funding (lot off of Grant and Ripley to
improve that point of entry)
80. City provides efficient, cost-effective services
to the community