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kCITY OF <br />IIVERSIDE <br />City of Arts &Innovation <br />City Council Memorandum <br />TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: MARCH 14, 2017 <br />FROM: PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WARDS: ALL <br />SUBJECT: RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES STRATEGIC PLAN 2017 -2021 <br />ISSUE: <br />Receive an update on the Utility 2.0 Strategic Plan: 2017 -2021. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />That the City Council receive an update and file the Utility 2.0 Strategic Plan: 2017 -2021. <br />BOARD RECOMMENDATION: <br />On February 13, 201 7, the Public Utilities' Board voted unanimously with all members <br />present (1 seat vacant) to receive and file the report with minor modifications, including <br />modification of one objective to more clearly reflect current state water conservation regulations <br />and timing and the reformatting of the report as presented in the attachment. The revision also <br />includes minor adjustments to dates on several of the objectives. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Riverside Public Utilities kicked off the strategic planning process in January 2015 with public <br />workshops hosted by the Board of Public Utilities. Our fundamental purpose in developing a <br />strategic plan is to define the actions we will take over the next ten years to implement our Utility <br />2.0 vision. The process was designed to assess where we've been, where we need to go and <br />respond to near and long term challenges. The Public Utilities General Manager led the <br />development of our plan with participation by the community, Board of Public Utilities, Mayor <br />and City Council. Implementation of the Strategic Plan is a Utility wide effort and will be led by <br />the General Manager and Utilities senior management team. <br />Throughout early 2015, Public Utilities senior management staff developed and refined Utility <br />2.0 roadmaps, working with cross - functional teams to consider input from various sources such <br />as infrastructure master plans, which optimize capital project investments, integrated resource <br />plans, which define our long range water and power supply strategies, workforce development <br />plans, which identify our current and future required competencies and our strategies to achieve <br />