HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-05-22 - AGENDA REPORTS - STRATEGIC PLAN (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: George Caravalho, City Manager' %�-
DATE: May 17, 1991 �//
SUBJECT: Strategic Plan
BACKGROUND
On April 17 and 27, the City of Santa Clarita conducted its
first Community Strategic Plan. Approximately 120 citizens
worked to address the state of our community, assess external
conditions, and develop a shared vision of the future. Many of
the findings from this two-day session are summarized in the
Community Strategic Plan Report to be -presented at.your meeting
of May 22.
The next step in the strategic planning process is the
development of an action plan to address specific items
highlighted in the study. Ideally, the action plan should
focus on the following concerns:
1) What existing programs should be kept, modified,
eliminated?
2) How do we get where we want to go?
3) Who will take responsibility for addressing various
items?
4) Ensure that current issues.and emerging trends are
addressed.
RECOMMENDATION
That the -City Council receive report and begin formulation of
the action plan.
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COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
I. State of the Community (Current)
- What.are the immediate issues facing the community?
- What is our community health/climate?
II. Assessment of External Conditions
- Who are those in our service population? Trends?
- Who are the regulators? Trends?
- Who are our competitors? Trends?
- Who are our resource providers? Trends?
III. Vision of the Future
- What.will our environment look like at the end of
our planning period, based upon the immediate
issues and emerging trends?
- What is in store for the future if we do nothing,
something, a lot?
- . What are the key issues the community must address
in this planning process?
Describe key demographic indicators, e.g. number of
dwelling units, population shift, economics,
demographics, financial data.
IV. Community Assessment
- Based upon the above, what does the public expect
from us?
- What do we do well? What are our strengths?
- What do we do poorly? What are our liabilities?
- What about our resources?
V. Review Point (Review Steps I through V.)
- What does all of this suggest?
- Do the current issues, emerging issues, and trends
suggest we change direction?
- What are the priority issues/trends?
VI. Community Vision Statement
- What is the primary direction in which the City
should proceed?
- What should we be doing?
- Where do we want to go?
- What should the philosophy of the community be?
- What should our community values be?
- What is going to be our community vision statement?
VII. Action Plan
- What existing programs should be kept, modified,
eliminated, or implemented?
- How do we get where we want to go?
- Who will do what, when and how?
- How do we approve our new community vision?
- Have we addressed the current issues and emerging
trends in our plan?
VIII. Plan Update/Review
- How are we doing to date?
- In what areas shall we reshape our vision of the
future?
- What projects remain uncompleted?
- Do we need to change our strategy?
- What has happened to our environment since the plan
was developed?
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