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t3- Strategic Planning P The City of Paris 2025 Strategic Plan was built through a deliberate, inclusive process designed to align the City's vision, operations, and community priorities into a single, actionable roadmap. The process emphasized collaboration, transparency, and measurable progress—ensuring that every voice, from City Council to frontline staff to community stakeholders, played a meaningful role in shaping the outcomes of the plan. A Collaborative, Phased Approach The strategic planning process unfolded over several months and through multiple stages of engagement. Each stage built upon the one before it, ensuring that the final plan reflected both the City's aspirations and its operational realities. 1. City Council Strategic Workshop — Setting the Foundation In April 2025, the City Council convened for an all -day strategic planning workshop to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing Strategic Plan and to define the City's long-term priorities. During this session, Council members participated in facilitated discussions, live polling, and a detailed SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats). Council identified key themes: the need for improved communication and coordination, the importance of staff and leadership development, the modernization of city operations and permitting processes, and renewed emphasis on safety, prosperity, and quality of life. The workshop concluded with consensus around a new planning framework—organized around broad, enduring Strategic Outcomes supported by specific, actionable Key Activities. 2. Department Director Workshops — Building the Framework Following the Council's direction, department directors participated in a series of facilitated workshops to identify major initiatives that would advance each Strategic Outcome. These sessions produced dozens of actionable Key Activities, each with measurable indicators such as completion targets, service - level improvements, and resident satisfaction metrics. Directors also emphasized internal collaboration, technology modernization, and the need to connect strategic goals with day-to-day performance and accountability.