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STRATEGIC PLAN WORK SESSION #1
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BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
On April 29, 2019, the Town Council adopted the Town of Vienna 2019 Strategic Plan: Honing Excellence in an Exceptional Hometown (Attachment 1). 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 document establishes a vision statement that was intended to last for two decades, but more centrally established a nearer-term time frame for a set of goals, strategies and action steps that were to be undertaken over the following five years - through 2023.
With the new year (2024), Council indicated its desire to review and update the Strategic Plan. To assist in this process, staff has reviewed each action step of the 2019 Strategic Plan and drafted a short progress statement and status assessment, which are provided in Attachment 2.
The Council also agreed that it would be helpful to hire a consultant to facilitate this process, as was done in 2017-2019. The Town has hired James Patteson, Principal of Blue Heron Leadership Group. Mr. Patteson has been consulting with the Town on improvements to the process for businesses to open in Vienna (improving the multi-part process of licensing, obtaining Certificates of Occupancy, etc.), and recently gave a presentation on this topic to the Council. A short biographical description of Mr. Patteson is provided as Attachment 3.
The Strategic Plan occupies a particular medium-term position among the vision and strategy documents that the Town Council has approved in recent years. Such documents include:
Comprehensive Plan - Required by State and with the longest planning horizon.
Strategic Plan - Adopted by Town Council for a 5-year period of strategic actions.
Annual Priorities - Adopted by Town Council for each of the past two years, to be implemented in that calendar year.
Operating and Capital Budgets, which are reviewed and adopted annually.
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