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BACKGROUND With guidance and support from Management Partners, the newly integrated Library and Recreation team set out on a year-long journey to develop a combined strategic plan to provide focused mission, vision, values and goals for the new department. In 2017, the Pleasanton Public Library adopted a strategic plan that served as the foundation for this combined Library and Recreation Strategic Plan. The Library Strategic Plan process included Library Commission input, community focus groups and surveys for staff and the community. This background information was used as the base for the Library and Recreation Strategic Plan. Updated community surveys were sent out to everyone in the Recreation database as well as all staff for this integrated strategic plan. The Library Strategic Plan included a mission to have the Pleasanton community "Start your journey here: discover, connect, share" and a vision to "Inspire curiosity, creativity and community." These were modified slightly for the combined strategic plan. The mission for the department is "Start your journey here: discover, connect, enjoy." Each program area is swapping out the final word of the statement to best fit the dynamic of the program. For example, Library has kept "discover, connect, share" from the original strategic plan; Aquatics is using "discover, connect, swim"; and Gingerbread Preschool is using "discover, connect, play." The vision statement was broadened to reflect the reach of the new integrated department. The vision now reads, "Inspiring a vibrant community." Through staff workshops, departmental values were reviewed and refined. The values remained the same from the original Library Strategic Plan: Integrity, Collaboration, Customer Service, Inclusiveness, and Innovation. Descriptions of these values were expanded to include the recreation perspective. Goals were updated based upon community and staff feedback as well as adopted City Council priorities. The Library team reviewed the 2017 Library Strategic Plan and provided accomplishments for all existing goals. This is included as part of the Library and Recreation Strategic Plan, Attachment D. This information was used to help develop new goals and refine existing goals. All existing goals and strategies that were not completed and are still relevant, were rolled into one of the four goals in the Library and Recreation Strategic Plan. Goals B) Outreach and Communications and D) Partnerships from the original Library Strategic Plan were rolled together into category B) Community Engagement, Customer Service and Communication in the Library and Recreation Strategic Plan. DISCUSSION Staff have prioritized work plans based upon the new Library and Recreation Strategic Plan. These work plans identify specific action items to be completed within certain time frames to insure that the Library and Recreation Strategic Plan is executed over the next five years. The work plans are balanced by division, so that focus continues to be throughout the department and reflective of multiple user groups. Page 2 of 3