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ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S CORE VALUES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND NEW SIX-MONTH OBJECTIVES
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
PRESENTED BY: LORI ANN FARRELL HARRISON, CITY MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: ALMA REYES, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the City's Core Values, amended Three Year Strategic Plan Goals, and new Six Month Strategic Objectives developed at the Strategic Planning Workshop held on Monday, September 27, 2021.
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BACKGROUND:
It is the goal of the City Council to conduct an annual strategic planning and goal setting exercise to identify the City's priorities.
In order to accomplish this task, the City conducted a strategic planning workshop on Friday, January 29, 2021. This workshop involved the City Council and leadership team, and took place over a full day via a virtual Zoom meeting format in which the public was able to participate via a call-in format. The City's Mission Statement, Three Year Goals, and Six-Month Objectives were developed at this workshop and were subsequently adopted at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on February 4, 2021.
The City Council and members of the public were regularly updated on staff's progress of the Six-Month Objectives every month at City Council meetings. City staff was able to accomplish each objective.
The next strategic planning workshop was held on Monday, September 27, 2021. This workshop was held in person at the Costa Mesa Senior Center, and was open to the public. The session was instrumental in identifying the key priorities for the next six months as the City continues to address the significant workload, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the related financial crisis.
ANALYSIS:
The strategic planning workshop included a discussion of citywide accomplishments and challenges, as well as internal and external factors impacting the City including the pandemic, the ...
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