To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: LUKE SMUDE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE UPDATED THREE-YEAR GOALS AND TEN-MONTH OBJECTIVES IN THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On April 29, 2025, 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 10-month period. It is recommended that the City Council review, modify as needed, and approve the Plan's updated three-year goals and ten-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 April 1, 2025, the Council approved an updated contract with Leading Resources Inc. for consulting services to facilitate the City's Strategic Planning Session on April 29, 2025, as well as the next session which is tentatively scheduled for March 2026.
During the session, the Mayor and City Council discussed the City's prior accomplishments (there were 94 objectives and projects highlighted as accomplishments by the Mayor, Council, and staff), evaluated and adjusted the previously established three-year goals, and identified the objectives for the new plan.
The three-year goals (2025-2028), which serve as the overarching framework for the Strategic Plan, were updated and now identify more specific Goals that are organized under five Priority Areas:
Priority Area 1: Economic Vitality
* Goal 1.1 Enhance the Waterfront
* Goal 1.2: Revitalize Artesia Boulevard
* Goal 1.3: Position Redondo Beach as a Destination for Businesses Investment
* Future Goal 1.4: Revitalize the Pa...
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