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STRATEGIC PLANNING & BALANCED SCORECARD INITIATIVE
Staff Contact: Jean Moreno, Executive Officer Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects
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Purpose and Policy Guidance
Recommendation
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an update on activities to date associated with the development of the city's Balanced Scorecard; to request City Council feedback on the draft strategic "themes" which are to be used as the basis for the development of specific strategic objectives; and, to provide an updated timeline and next steps.
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Background
This is the fourth City Council study session regarding the Strategic Planning & Balanced Scorecard Initiative which is designed to guide the process for the development of a city-wide strategic plan. Several activities have taken place to date including:
* Resource planning and organizational alignment;
* Core team assembly and training;
* City Council program launch session;
* Five virtual stakeholder feedback sessions with key stakeholder groups (82 participants) representing employees, business leaders, non-profit/education leaders, and boards and commissions;
* Two City Council study sessions to develop and finalize mission, vision, and value statements for the organization;
* Four executive team strategy meetings to conduct various assessment exercises and to identify proposed organizational strategic theme areas to create focus for the organization; and,
* "Theme Team" recruitment and training for 48 employees who will be responsible for developing proposed strategic objectives that will create the organizational strategy map.
Analysis
Since the last City Council study session on February 7, 2017, four strategy meetings have been held with the executive management team to conduct very specific organizational assessments. These assessments were designed to synthesize the feedback from the external stakeholder sessions along with internal analysis to formulate 3-4 strategic focus areas for the or...
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