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Community Development Agency recommending the Board receive and file a status update on the Community Development Agency Fiscal Year 2014/15 Business Plan. (Est. Time: 30 Min.)
Funding: N/A
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
There is no Fiscal Impact or change to Net County Cost associated with a a report on the Community Development Agency Business Plan.
Background
On August 25, 2014, staff presented the Community Development Agency (CDA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2014/15 Business Plan to the Board. The plan represents the CDA priorities, goals, work plan and performance measures for the current FY as derived by the CDA Leadership Team.
As an organizational tool, the CDA Business Plan is used to guide the direction, activities, and resource allocations of the Agency. The purpose of this plan is to:
· Outline the highest priority goals and objectives for the next year;
· Identify effective allocation of resources to meet priority goals and objectives;
· Propose an implementation plan, including milestones for each goal;
· Set performance measures to track effectiveness of Agency activities; and
· Report accomplishments for the past year.
Today’s hearing is to update the status of the Business Plan halfway through FY14/15.
“Laying the Foundation”
Given that CDA is a relatively new organization, many of the top priorities for FY14/15 focus on building the foundation for a high performance organization. Several of the priorities relate to making improvements internal to CDA and/or how CDA is perceived by its customers.
· Communication: providing better information both to customers and internally to CDA staff. This includes using internet and intranet tools to make information more widely available, better marketing of CDA services and information, etc.
· Improved Processes: creating/revising internal processes that increase efficiency and cost effectiveness agency-wide, and where appropriate utilizing online tools to improve processes and communi...
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