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D. Technical Approach | 19 <br />Phase 3: Strategic Plan Development and Approval <br />agenda will guide strategic planning progress and will include a presentation of the Environmental Scan and <br />Community Needs Assessment to provide participants with a shared understanding of the current <br />environment, the trends that are affecting it, opportunities for the future, and key takeaways from <br />engagement activities. Using the ICA methodology, each session will focus on building consensus and <br />refining the strategic priorities identified, as well as the County’s vision and key results. We will review the <br />meeting designs and agendas for each session with the County’s project team before updating them to final. <br />3.2 Facilitate Strategic Planning Session 1. Strategic Planning Session 1 will be conducted with the <br />County’s leadership and will focus on establishing the County’s mission, vision, and values, as well as <br />developing strategic priorities and goals. This session will be guided by the previously developed meeting <br />design and agenda, as well as the Environmental Scan and Community Needs Assessment. We will <br />document the outcomes of this session to review with the County’s project team and plan for next steps. <br />3.3 Facilitate Strategic Planning Sessions 2 and 3. Strategic Planning Sessions 2 and 3 will be <br />conducted with the County’s Board of Commissioners and will focus on developing objectives, performance <br />indicators/metrics, and an implementation strategy. These sessions will be guided by the outcomes of <br />Strategic Planning Session 1 and the Environmental Scan and Community Needs Assessment. We will <br />document outcomes of this session and review with the County’s project team. <br />3.4 Develop the Initial Orange County Strategic Plan Draft. We will develop the Initial Orange County <br />Strategic Plan Draft in an agreed-upon format for the final document. This plan will include the County’s <br />mission, vision, strategic priorities, goals, objectives, and outcome measures. It will also include an <br />executive summary, a description of the strategic plan development process, resulting action steps and <br />benchmarks to help the County achieve its mission, and a plan and timeline for carrying out the strategic <br />plan internally and externally. We will work with County leadership and staff to refine the objectives and <br />performance measures as we draft the plan. The plan will also include recommended future follow-up <br />activities, as well as considerations for action and implementation planning, and the means to evaluate <br />progress. We will review this draft with the County’s project team to solicit feedback, as well as create <br />opportunities for select stakeholders to review and provide feedback, before updating and preparing it for <br />presentation to the full County and other County leadership and stakeholders deemed appropriate. <br />Deliverable 4 – Initial Orange County Strategic Plan <br />3.5 Prepare and present the Final Orange County Strategic Plan. We will prepare the Orange County <br />Strategic Plan in its final, designed form. The Final Orange County Strategic Plan will be reviewed with the <br />Board and later presented for approval, and adoption. Following the presentation, we will make any <br />requested changes from the County and update the plan to final. <br />Deliverable 5 – Final Orange County Strategic Plan <br />Phase 4: Implementation Recommendations and Budget <br />4.1 Prepare and present a Recommendations Report. Using the outcomes of Strategic Planning Session <br />3 as the basis, we will prepare and present a Recommendations Report. This report will present detailed <br />budget and evaluation and progress monitoring approach and strategy related to the plan’s implementation. <br />We will incorporate feedback in the report as appropriate. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: ED255D72-EB5F-464C-83B6-643F4B19812A