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Woodland Hills council adopts updated general plan, releases strategic-plan cover sheet
Summary
The council adopted the updated Woodland Hills general plan and approved publishing a short public cover sheet for a staff-facing strategic plan, while keeping the implementation matrix internal for staff use.
The Woodland Hills City Council voted June 23 to adopt an updated general plan that staff and the Planning Commission recommended after months of drafting and public review.
Kirsten, representing the community development committee, described the strategic plan that accompanies the general plan as “meant to be a working document. It's not necessarily even something that we have to have public,” and urged the council to treat the matrix portion as a staff implementation tool while letting the one-page cover be public. Council discussion centered on whether to adopt the strategic plan in full or to publish only an overview.
Councilmember Carrie emphasized the distinction between the two documents, saying the general plan is the Planning Commission’s long-range framework while the strategic plan is the council’s shorter-term, staff-facing tool. Carrie told colleagues the strategic plan “is a city council document for us…to help the mayor and the staff and us make short-term goals so that the general plan is a living document.”
After debate on scope and publishability, councilmembers voted to adopt the general plan (Resolution 2026-41) and to approve the strategic-plan cover sheet as the public-facing summary while leaving the strategic plan’s internal implementation matrix for staff use. The council recorded roll-call votes on those items and approved the measures.
The council discussion emphasized that the strategic plan is intended to translate general plan goals into actionable items—for example, by listing responsible staff, short-term steps and target years for completion—rather than to add new long-range goals. Staff and committee members said the document is designed to be updated annually by the city recorder and responsible staff.
Next steps include publishing the approved cover page on the city website and continuing work with staff to refine internal implementation steps. The council also authorized staff to assess whether the temporary community development committee should be dissolved once the implementation framework is in place.
