Title
The FY2015-2016 City of Gainesville Strategic Plan (B)
This item seeks approval of the amendment to the City of Gainesville Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2015-2016. **ESTIMATED STAFF PRESENTATION 20 MINUTES**
Explanation
The annual City Commission Strategic Planning Retreat was held on June 10th, 2015 in the Gainesville Police Department’s Hall of Heroes community room. The Mayor and Commissioners discussed key City issues and evaluated the current FY2015-2016 strategic planning goals and initiatives.
The Commission then collaboratively sunset 11 initiatives, established 15 new initiatives, and prioritized 29 initiatives into three priorities: highest, higher, and high. Each Commissioner also identified one top priority initiative for which significant progress should be made during the upcoming 12 months.
On August 19th, the City Manager’s Leadership Team, department directors, and staff champions participated in an all-day workshop to identify action plans and critical success measures for the Commission’s new strategic initiatives for the amended FY2015-2016 plan. Staff also used this workshop to discuss potential improvements to the strategic planning process and oversight model.
Recently, the Commission selected initiatives to sponsor through a balloting process. From the ranked selections, each participating member has been assigned a few initiatives to sponsor.
Fiscal Note
None
Recommendation
The City Commission: 1) hear a presentation regarding the strategic plan; 2) accept the strategic initiative sponsor assignments; 3) remove existing referrals of strategic initiatives from respective Committees; 4) direct the Clerk to schedule quarterly General Policy Committee meetings for ongoing strategic plan updates beginning in February 2016; and 5) adopt the amendment of the FY2015-2016 City of Gainesville Strategic Plan.