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STRATEGIC PLAN: REVIEW OF BOARD/COMMISSION INPUT AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION
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DATE(S) OF PRIOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THIS ISSUE:
The Town Council has discussed updating the Town of Vienna's Strategic Plan at a series of work sessions beginning in 2024. The dates have been:
* Jan. 22, 2024
* March 7, 2024
* April 5, 2024
* Feb. 10, 2025
* March 10, 2025
EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
Background
On April 29, 2019, the Town Council adopted the Town of Vienna 2019 Strategic Plan: Honing Excellence in an Exceptional Hometown. The adoption was the culmination of a process that had begun in late 2017, when a consultant was hired to lead the strategic planning process.
The 2019 Strategic Plan was provided in prior reports, but can also be found on the Town's Web site, at https://www.viennava.gov/Town-Government/Town-Strategic-Plan.
The document established a vision statement and a set of goals, strategies and action steps that were to be undertaken over the following five years - through 2023.
In early 2024, Town Council indicated its desire to review and potentially update the Strategic Plan. To assist in this process, the Town hired a consultant who facilitated a work session at the Community Center on March 7, 2024. The Council also gave responses to a survey produced by the consultant. A follow-up Town Council work session was held on April 15, 2024, to review a draft of the new document's Values, Strategic Focus Areas, and Strategies.
Staff's assessment, based on comments from Council Members, was that the Town Council was not particularly satisfied with the draft product and that it needed significant additional work. Staff agreed, thinking that it was overly complex with language that was not sufficiently clear.
As a result, the process was taken "in-house," and a new draft was developed and discussed at a work session on February 10, 2025, after discussion among senior staff. After that session, additional edits were made in response to Tow...
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