HomeMy WebLinkAboutFY26 Focused Action Plan Refresh ProcessFocused Action Plan Refresh
July 8, 2025
Phil Aspiras, PhD
Performance & Accountability Director
Virginia Beach FY24–25 Focused
Action Plan
•Translates City vision and goals into an actionable strategy
•Aligns operations, work, and resources for greater impact
•Organized around three key focus areas:
•Govern – Policy and resource management
•Envision – Sustainable growth and planning
•Invigorate – Community well-being and livability
•Informed by:
•City Council leadership
•Community feedback from surveys and engagement
•Staff input and collaboration
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•What must we achieve? Why must we achieve it?
•Where must we focus our efforts to get the
desired results?
•How will we know if we are successful? How will
we convince others?
•Did we achieve our objectives? If not, what do we
need to improve?
Plan Development Questions
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•If you don’t measure results, you can’t tell
success from failure1.
•If you can’t recognize failure, you can’t
correct it.
•If you can’t see success, you can’t learn
from it.
1Reinventing Government by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler
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Focused Action Plan – Development Sequence
Structure
•Key Focus Areas
•Objectives
•Initiatives
•Measures
Proposed Development Sequence
•Objectives – statement of what you want to
achieve
•Measures – how progress/success will be defined
•Initiatives – tactics for how to achieve
•Key Focus Areas – broad groupings for organizing
and communicating content
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Robust informed discussion that leads to
actionable straightforward narrative
Council with facilitator:
1.For the next 24 months,
where do you want to see
progress/emphasis placed?
2.What does progress/ success
look like for this?
Informed by:
•Community
•Resident survey
•Ongoing constituent engagement
•Environment
•Current Plans, Projects
•FY24-25 Focused Action Plan
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Proposed 24-Month Focused Action Plan Development Timeline
Now - August Council Prework
August 26 Focused Action Plan Refresh Retreat
August 27 Department leadership workshop
September 1 – September 15 Community feedback
October 15 Staff provides draft Plan elements to Council for review and feedback
October 28 Council discussion during work session
November 12 Staff provides updated final draft to Council
November 25 Council affirms 24-Month Focused Action Plan
Jan/Feb 2026 Mid-Year Progress Report
Aug/Sep 2026 Year-End Progress Report
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