Report to/Rapport au :

Council / Conseil

February 13, 2008/ le 13 février 2008

Submitted by/Soumis par : Stephen Finnamore, Executive Director/

Directeur exécutif,

Business Transformation Services/Services de transformation des activités apporteront des changements

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Kevin Whitehouse, Manager

Corporate Planning/Planification

(613) 580-2424 x15431, Kevin.Whitehouse@ottawa.ca

City -Wide

Ref N°: ACS2008-BTS-EXD-0003

SUBJECT:	POST-BUDGET CITY STRATEGIC PLAN (Term of Council 2007-2010)

OBJET :	version POSTBUDGÉTAIRE DU Plan stratégique de la ville (POUR LA DURÉE DU MANDAT DU CONSEIL – DE 2007 À 2010)

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve the amended version of the City Strategic Plan (Term of Council 2007-2010).

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

Que le Conseil approuve la version modifiée du Plan stratégique de la Ville (pour la durée du mandat du Conseil – de 2007 à 2010).

BACKGROUND

The pre-budget version of the City Strategic Plan (CSP) was tabled on 14 November 2007 (ACS2007-BTS-EXD-004). Council directed staff to amend the draft City Strategic Plan to reflect the adopted budget and to bring the amended draft of the City Strategic Plan to City Council in January 2008. This Post-Budget version of the CSP will be the one document that outlines Council’s overall strategic direction for the City as well as the means to accomplish it and the measures that will be included in the future to determine the level of success.

DISCUSSION

The pre-budget version of the CSP and draft budget were developed in unison, with each feeding information to the other – the CSP provided the strategic direction and the budget provided the financial framework.

On December 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 special City Council meetings were held for budget consideration (delegations and deliberations). Since the draft CSP had been prepared to correspond to the tabled budget many passed motions directly impacted the content of the CSP. Therefore, staff had to amend the draft CSP to reflect the adopted budget.

In this amended, Post-Budget CSP version (attached as document 1), you will find:

Operating and capital budget adjustments to correspond to approved budget motions.
New actions and activities that were not included in the pre-budget version due to time constraints in the preparation of the pre-budget version. For a complete list of these additions please see appendix 2. For example: the transportation management strategy, the implementation of the Transit Priority network from the Transportation Plan, etc. were added to the list of actions.
New financial data, that was not available before the tabling of the CSP in November 2007 has been added.

CONSULTATION

In addition to the public consultation prior to Council’s approval of its strategic directions, there has been substantial internal consultation with all departments during the preparation of the pre-budget version of the CSP. Once it was tabled, further community input was received during the public participation process for the draft budget.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Within the CSP are recommended actions/activities supporting the objectives of each of the Council’s priorities, costed out when new funding is required. Many of the actions/activities require no additional funding. Any costs for the actions and activities listed are within the funding framework recently established by Council and are reflected in the approved 2008-2010 City capital and operating budget.

CITY STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS – 2007-2010

Approval of the CSP will be one of the key steps to advance Council’s strategic directions.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 – Post-Budget City Strategic Plan (Term of Council 2007-2010) issued separately and held on file with the City Clerk.

Document 2 – Summary of added actions and activities

DISPOSITION

Corporate Planning will make the final version of the CSP available on-line and at City facilities. Council will be provided with annual reports on the implementation status of items in the Plan.

Document 2

Summary of added actions and activities

Additions
Page	Action/Activity	2008	2009	2010
Page 18	Install four new cameras at seriously congested intersections as part of the phased development of the Advanced Traffic Management System	C:$100
Page 18	Develop the Transportation Systems Management Strategy (Information provided by PWS)		C:$90
Page 19	Continue to consider roundabouts as an alternative to traffic control signals at existing intersections complemented by a public education program (Information provided by PWS)	On-going
Page 19	Continue to undertake Road Safety Audits along major corridors in order to address traffic safety issues (Information provided by PWS)	On-going
Page 19	Continue to address growth-related congestion issues through the Network Modification Program (Information provided by PWS)	On-going
Page 22	Implement the Transit Priority Network from the Transportation Master Plan	On-going
Page 37	Complete and implement the Cycling Plan
Page 37	Finalize the Transportation Demand Management Strategy