TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Tom Kisela, City Manager
1. SUBJECT
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Fiscal Years 2025-2030 Citywide Strategic Plan Quarterly Update.
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2. SUMMARY
On November 26, 2024, the Orange City Council adopted the Fiscal Years 2025-2030 Citywide Strategic Plan. To ensure progress and accountability, the adoption included a commitment to provide quarterly updates to the City Council and the public.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Receive and file an update on the Fiscal Years 2025-2030 Citywide Strategic Plan.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
The quarterly updates support every goal detailed in the Fiscal Years 2025-2030 Citywide Strategic Plan.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
In December 2023, the City of Orange began the process to update the Citywide Strategic Plan. The steps to update the Citywide Strategic Plan included the City Council participating in a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats exercise; City leadership meetings with Kelly Associates Management Group; and two community meetings. The updated Citywide Strategic Plan is a living document that sets out overarching Citywide goals and specific objectives to achieve these goals over the next five years.
The Fiscal Years 2025-2030 Citywide Strategic Plan (Plan) was adopted on November 26, 2024. The Plan's adoption included a commitment to provide quarterly updates to the City Council and public. Provided below are the more significant developments since the February 25, 2025 City Council meeting with each update included in the attachment under the column entitled, "May 27 Update."
* Staff will soon finalize the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan update (Objective 1.12).
* Staff has taken steps to finish the cost allocation and fee study (Objective 2.6).
* The City's financial management policies are close to being complete for City Council consideration (Objective 2.9).
* Grant Thornton Advisors continues to make progress in final...
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