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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 20, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Authorization to Release a Request for Proposals for Strategic Planning <br /> Services and Defining the Board's Role in the Selection Process <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Draft Request for Proposals <br /> Travis Myren, 919-245-2308 <br /> PURPOSE: To review and authorize the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a <br /> consultant to facilitate a comprehensive, Countywide Strategic Plan, and to define the role the <br /> Board will serve in the consultant selection process. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the Board's retreat in June 2022, the Board asked staff to draft an RFP for <br /> a consultant to facilitate the development of a comprehensive, Countywide Strategic Plan. The <br /> retreat was facilitated by Lydian Altman who serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of <br /> North Carolina — Chapel Hill's School of Government. Professor Altman specializes in consulting <br /> with elected and appointed leaders to create strategic plans, teaching leadership topics, and <br /> facilitating retreats for governmental and nonprofit organizations and cross-sector community <br /> groups to help them plan and work together to solve public problems. Professor Altman provided <br /> guidance to the Board on the critical elements of a Strategic Plan and facilitated a discussion <br /> about the Board's goals for the planning process. <br /> Scope of Services <br /> The scope of services for the plan (attached as Section 5 of the RFP) was designed to be <br /> responsive to the goals articulated by the Board during the retreat and to include the critical <br /> elements described in Professor Altman's presentation. Some of those goals included: <br /> • Collecting broad based community input <br /> • Using a big picture approach that ties all County initiatives together and aligns them <br /> • Developing central set of goals to guide the Board at the policy level <br /> • Creating a living document that can be responsive to changing conditions <br /> • Defining how the Board will strategize and prioritize to achieve each goal <br /> • Applying racial equity principles to all elements of the plan <br />