To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: LUKE SMUDE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER
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RECEIVE AND FILE THE MONTHLY UPDATE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 10, 2025
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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. On June 10th, the City Council reviewed the draft objectives, added a few additional items that are incorporated in the attached matrix, and adopted the Plan. This report provides the first update to the current Strategic Plan.
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.
During the session, the Mayor and City Council discussed the City's prior accomplishments, 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 Business Investment
* Future Goal 1.4: Revitalize the Pacific Coast Highway Corridor
Priority Area 2: Public Safety and Community Well-Being
* Goal 2.1 Implement Measure FP (...
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