Strategic Planning Session Summary
Accomplishments from the Previous Ten Months
1. Opening of the Lower Pond at
Wilderness Park
2. Progress on Seaside Lagoon
design
3. Advancement of the Boat Ramp
design and grant application
4. Herondo Open Space
5. Smoke Shop Regulatory
Ordinance in Place
6. Responsive and productive Staff
7. Numerous Ribbon Cuttings for
new businesses
8. Business growth going well
9. Harbor and Waterfront Events
raising visibility for the City
10.Perry Park Teen Center
reopening with robust programs
11.Senior Lunch Program expansion
12.Artesia Blvd left turn pocket at
Rindge
13.Traffic Signals replaced on
Artesia Blvd.
14. Two blocks of grant Ave
repaved, bike lanes with buffers
15.New fencing on Grant Ave
16.North Redondo Beach Bike Path
extension
17.Veterans Park Historic Library
improvements
18.Dominguez Park playground
rebuilt
19.Franklin Park all-abilities
playground design completed
20.New business/events in Harbor,
In n’ Out, Water Polo event
21.Expanding Public Safety ACR
Team, Unhoused/Housed
22.Moving forward with Measure FP
23.Significant changes in Planning
and Building, project throughput
improved
24.Economic development along
Artesia and Waterfront
25.Event Attraction to the Waterfront
26.Planning for improvements on
Diamond Street near the High
School
27.Movement forward on AACAP
28.Public Art in the Harbor and
ARTesia corridor
29.Graffiti clean-up contractor has
been successfully dealing with
reported issues
30.Pickleball Courts opened at Alta
Vista
31.Truck route signage and
enforcement
32.South Bay Regional Housing
Trust
33.Police and Fire near full staffing,
seamless transition to new Police
Chief
34.AACAP Department ProceduresDevelopment/Parking/Rooftop Dining Regulations
35. Implemented electronic
permitting system in Community
Development allowing for
tracking of more detailed
performance metrics
36.General Plan update – Land Use
Element, addressed public
institutional FAR and historic
preservation
37.Veterans Park Historic Library –
contract with Made By Meg and
obtaining a grant for $1M ADA
improvement
38.Finalized a contract with the
County to assist in housing
Foster Youth
39.Housing element – in response to
recent court decision, made
amendment to work with State
HCD with docs ready for
certification
40.Portofino Sewer Pump Station
Replacement
41.Replaced roofs on 3 public
facilities – Wilderness Park
Community Center, Veterans
Park Historic Library, restrooms,
and senior center
42.Replaced PAC Chiller
43.Response times for filling
potholes for the Public Works
Operations Team is less than 24
hours
44.Monthly Investment Reporting,
Quarterly Reporting to Council
and Budget and Finance
Commission
45.Reviewed the City Investment
Policy
46.Advisory Partner meetings,
reinvest, improve cashflow,
coordinate with City Finance
Team
47.Charter amendment - revamp
City Treasurer’s duties and
qualifications
48.Great Cooperation working with
other City Departments
49.Adopted two 2 MOUs with Police
Officer’s Assn. and Police Mgmt.
Unit
50.Perfect score on Liability Claims
Audit
51.Processed 7,800 applications for
employment, 163 new hires
52.Reviewing over 750 Certificates
of Insurance for contracts,
permits, special events, etc.
53.50-80 open recruitment at any
time
54.Measure FP–received 7 RFQ/P
responses for Fire 6 RFQ/P
responses Police
55.Further consolidated Board and
Commission structure
56.Extended Immediate
Consumption Ordinance to
coastal businesses
57.Internal Communication Team
Reboot and Improvement,
Website
58.Certified by Meta for the City’s
Instagram and Facebook profiles
59.Contract Management Training
for Contract Process, partner with
the CAO for Quarterly and
Annual Training
60.Procurement Process: reviewing
policies and procedures
61.Supporting the Subcommittee
Crossing Guard
62.Supporting the Olympics/Large
Event Task Force
63.Trademark process for the City
Logo, moving toward RFI
64.Express Hours at North Branch
Library (70 current users,
growing)
65.Most successful Summer
Reading Program to date – over
2,000 individuals signed up
66.Record breaking attendance at
the libraries post-Covid: 200,000
visitors, 300,000 articles
circulated, over 5,000 library
cards, new library card with new
logo
67.Fully Staffed Fire Department,
Cadet Program, mentoring
Veterans locally
68.Fire inspection program, great
feedback from community
69.Training and revenue generation,
agreements with local colleges,
reimbursement for training, up to
$220,000 annually
70.Invested in wellness for
firefighters
71.Technology: Implemented
FirstDue, aggregates hydrants,
training, call response tracking
and improvement. Pre-incident
information
72.Continued to build and improve
upon performance metrics for the
Fire Department, which are better
than national standard for city
response times
73.Employees give us our fighting
edge
74.Harbor Master installed and
overseeing the Harbor
75.Smooth transition to new Police
Chief
76.4 Police promotions: 2 Captains,
1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant
77.30 new employees, 2 new K9s
78.Responded to 56,000 calls for
service, 1,700 emergency
medical dispatch assistance
79.Investigated over 600 felony
criminal cases with 250 filings
80.$800,000 in grants: barricades,
ALPR, DUI Enforcement, E-Bike
Enforcement, Homeless Task
Force
81.City Attorney’s Office Completed
over 600 requests from staff
82.40 active litigations, resolved 17
in 2025, 5 resolved in 2026: 1
where plaintiff seeking $120M
83.3 trainings- contract training
handbook
84.1,530 criminal cases, 16 set for
trial, of the 16, 14 resolved before
jury deliberated, the other 2
resulted in guilty verdicts
85.Argued 67 motions, does not
include Hermosa Beach cases
86.38 homeless court cases, 23
graduates in 2025, 7 graduates in
2026, with a 77% attendance rate
87.Lila Omura honored as
Supervisor Holly Mitchell’s
Woman of the Year, Helped 122
people get off the street in 2025
and 34 additional individuals in
Jan/Feb 2026
88.Received grants from
Congressman Lieu and
SBCCOG to support homeless
efforts
89.Metro Greenline Extension
routed down Hawthorne, not the
Right of Way
90.Adopted Coyote Management
Plan
91. Waterfront commercial spaces
are nearly fully occupied. Looking
at long-term vacancies
92.Awarded grants: $500,000 from
coastal commission to update
LCP, $1.3M from HUD to
upgrade Basin 3 dock
infrastructure
93.Partnership with DBW SAVE
Abandoned and Surrendered
vessels in our Marinas. Recently
received an additional $125k
94.Opened courtesy dock in the
waterfront in Basin 3
95.Executed Option Agreement with
Marine Mammal Care Center
96.Improvements to Marina parking
lot and increase in parking
revenue
97.Port Royal Marina Lease
Agreement
98.Parking analysis and study at the
Marina
99.Measure FP Procurement and
Bond Financing Team
100. Laid groundwork for elements
that will appear on next year’s
budget, including TOT and UUT
101. Financial Services almost Fully
staffed, Assistant Finance
Director and Senior Accountants
added a great deal of accounting
experience
102. Enhance grant management
and capital assets management.
Get and spend money effectively
103. Getting audit calendar back on
schedule
104. Electronic workflow and
document storage
105. New Video Camera platform
and policy
106. AI Policy and AI ChatBot
Implemented on the City website
triggering web content review
107. Selected a new Public Records
Request software, to be
presented to City Council
108. Access Redondo Upgrade,
entering User Acceptance
Testing
109. One of four cities to receive
MIASC Achievement Award for
Best IT Practices and will also
receive the Tyler Excellence
award
110. Expanded Wifi access at pallet
shelter
111. Updated Municipal Code for
Commissioners
112. Hired a new Assistant City
Clerk
113. Training for One Meeting, the
new agenda management
platform
114. Carried out the first Rank
Choice Voting Election in Los
Angeles County
115. Destroyed over 1,000 boxes of
files based on retention schedule
116. Surviving a deluge of Public
Record Act Requests
117. Implementation of City Logo by
Departments
118. Native Garden in the City Hall
Courtyard
119. Beach Cities Transit was
responsive to youth needs for
public transit service
120. Redondo Beach has become a
sanctuary in an acrimonious
world
121. Enthusiasm of Mayor and
Council to do the work
122. Brought in over $600,000 in
one-time funding
123. Hired full time Social Media
Content Creator
124. Strong staff effort on the
Cannabis Ordinance and Survey
125. Fast-tracked the approval of
the North Redondo Beach
Farmers Market
Abbreviated SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
• Unified Council • No Additional Items Identified
Opportunities Threats
• No Additional Items Identified • Revenue forecasting and unpredictable economy
• Macroeconomic environment is not
conducive to the types of Economic
Development we would like to see
in the City and on Artesia