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RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO DEVELOP THE REVISED AND UPDATED COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, NOT JUST PRESENT THE PLAN TO THE BOARD FOR RATIFICATION

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WHEREAS, on July 7, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) passed the �Governing for Results� Ordinance, Ordinance No. 05-136; and
WHEREAS, the �Governing for Results� Ordinance includes a Strategic Planning process codified at section 2-1793, Code of Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the Strategic Planning process provides that the Administration shall develop a strategic plan to guide the ongoing and proposed activities of the County for a period of not less than five (5) years; and
WHEREAS, section 2-1793 provides that the Strategic Planning process �should take into consideration the collective aspirations of the community, as well as the views and suggestions of County elected officials and professional staff� (emphasis added); and
WHEREAS, section 2-1793 further provides that the Strategic Plan shall be revised and updated periodically at intervals of not more than five years, and shall be submitted by the Administration to the Board for ratification; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County launched its first Strategic Plan on September 21, 2004, and included a Vision, Mission Statement, and Guiding Principles for the county, and also identified seven (7) strategic area plans; and
WHEREAS, the Strategic Plan states that the priorities established in the Strategic Plan and reflected in departmental business plans will be the basis for the County�s resource allocation process; and
WHEREAS, the Administration currently is in the process of revising and updating the Strategic Plan pursuant to section 2-1793, and has received input from citizens, but not the Board; and
WHEREAS, the proposed timeline currently calls for the Board to ratify the final product of the revised and updated Strategic Plan by the end of April 2009; and
WHEREAS, if the revised and updated Strategic Plan is to be the basis for formulating the annual County budget, it is critical that the priorities of the revised and updated Strategic Plan are truly the priorities of the Board; and
WHEREAS, the Board and its committees should be integrally involved throughout the development of the updated and revised Strategic Plan to ensure the goals and objectives included in the Plan align with and reflect the Board�s priorities; and
WHEREAS, the updated and revised Strategic Plan should be developed in close coordination with the Board, not just presented to the Board as a final product for ratification,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Section 1. Requests that the Mayor or Designee develop the revised and updated County Strategic Plan in close coordination with the Board, including Board review, discussion and input related to the County Vision, Mission Statement, and Guiding Principles.
Section 2. Requests that the Mayor or Designee submit the various Strategic Areas of the revised and updated Strategic Plan to the appropriate Board committee for review, discussion and input related to the applicable issues in each Strategic Area of the Plan.
Section 3. Provides the Chairman of the Board the authority to develop a timeline in conjunction with the Mayor or Designee, and extend the April 2009 target date for Board ratification to provide sufficient time to allow for review, discussion and input by the Board and Commission Committees.