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<br /> ;",!►` ;h. _ _•*'` . • to provide the best services,programs and opportunities for Redwood
<br /> -t ` . ` , ° •,r1r 41.1' City residents.Its a terrific place to do business,with appealing
<br /> ,+� " neighborhoods anchored by a strong sense of community,making
<br /> ' .` '°y Redwood City a natural place to call"home."
<br /> Redwood City's Core Purpose
<br /> -�, -. ` .„,...,01.:..-, ' - . Build a Great Community Together
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<br /> ■ fly, std i if� ' .�R J ; r,f p '" v. edwood City is a Charter City operating under the council-
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<br /> . . manager form of government.The City Council consists
<br /> of seven members who are elected at-large to four-year
<br /> staggered terms(with a four-term limit).Council Members select the
<br /> THE COMMUNITY Mayor and Vice Mayor from amongst their colleagues to serve in those
<br /> respective capacities for a period of two years.The Council appoints
<br /> ocated in the Silicon Valley at the center of the San Francisco the City Manager,City Attorney,and the City Clerk.The City Council
<br /> Peninsula,the City of Redwood City is known a creative, meets regularly on two Mondays of each month.
<br /> 4innovative and dynamic organization and community.With a
<br /> population of over 78,000 the city has a healthy blend of residential, Redwood City is strategically driven and financially stable.The City
<br /> commercial and industrial elements in a community that stretches from Council adopted the most recent two-year budget in June 2014.The
<br /> the San Francisco Bay to the hills of the San Francisco peninsula.The City's FY2014-15 General Fund budget is$98.6 million(total budget
<br /> city is home to a busy Caltrain station where commuters from both San $195 million)and municipal services are delivered with the support of
<br /> Jose to the south,and San Francisco to the north,arrive into one of over 500 employees.The City is full service city with the departments
<br /> the most tech-savvy communities in the world.Redwood City is home of Community Development,Finance,Parks Recreation and Community
<br /> to Oracle,Electronic Arts,Silver Spring Networks,Box and Evernote, Services,Library,Police,and Public Works,along with the City
<br /> among numerous other world-class high tech companies.Other large Manager's Office,City Clerk's Office,and City Attorney's Office.The
<br /> employers include Sequoia Hospital,Kaiser Permanente,the County of Redwood City Fire Department serves the Cities of Redwood City and
<br /> San Mateo,and the Redwood City School District. San Carlos.
<br /> Redwood City offers outstanding accommodations,top entertainment, As part of its strategic planning process,the Council develops broad
<br /> and diverse dining options.The City's pedestrian-friendly and strategic initiatives which are updated annually.Each initiative contains
<br /> increasingly vibrant Downtown honors the community's heritage and is a range of strategic goals and supporting objectives which the City
<br /> home to a growing number of restaurants,and an evolving mix of retail Manager,two Assistant City Managers,Department Directors,and staff
<br /> to fit every consumer mood.The beautiful Courthouse Square stands use in developing detailed work programs to carry out the Council's
<br /> as the centerpiece of Downtown and has become the gathering place vision.Extensive information regarding the City and the Council's
<br /> for people from throughout the community and the peninsula.Redwood Strategic Priorities can be found at www.redwoodcity.org.
<br /> City enjoys a one-of—a-kind waterfront including the Redwood Shores After serving for nearly five years as City Manager and for a total
<br /> neighborhood,with ample recreational opportunities right on the Bay. of 10 years in various City leadership positions,Dr.Robert Bell has
<br /> The community also boasts the only deep-water port in the south San announced plans to retire at the end of June 2015.In his tenure as
<br /> Francisco Bay,in addition to a yacht harbor and numerous bayfront City Manager,Dr.Bell led Redwood City out of the worst economic
<br /> residential options. downturn in decades and implemented the City Council's vision for
<br /> World renowned academic institutions such as neighboring Stanford economic growth and financial solvency.He also implemented a
<br /> University as well as the University of California at San Francisco,the
<br /> University of San Francisco,Santa Clara University,and numerous
<br /> others are located nearby.K-12 education is provided by three
<br /> school districts and two local Charter High Schools.Canada College, 41, f
<br /> one of the San Mateo Community College District's three college
<br /> campuses,is also located in the City.Stanford has made a long- ,.
<br /> term commitment to the community by recently approving the first I UI' i it
<br /> phase of an administrative campus in Redwood City,marking the
<br /> initial implementation of multi-year development agreement and the ,°. ;t
<br /> University's first significant expansion outside its main campus. ' ' 1
<br /> The success and health of Redwood City is built upon the community's _
<br /> diversity,civic pride and involvement,strong neighborhoods,and each ---• -
<br /> individual's sense of responsibility for making the City a better place --- 4{
<br /> for all.The City works diligently to maintain positive productive working — ,-_ fflikeialf..._ I
<br /> relationships with its various community partners that work together —°
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