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<br />I City of Redwood City <br />!! Office of the City Manager <br /> <br />7C <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />March 1, 2006 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Ed Everett, City Manager <br /> <br />cc: <br /> <br />Executive Team <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Follow-up from Priorities Session on Feb. 6, 2006 <br /> <br />At the Council Priorities Session on Feb. 6th, Council asked staff to bring back estimated <br />costs associated with several items listed by Council members. We have provided that <br />information below, and it is listed/labeled as in the original list developed on Feb. 6th, <br />which is also attached for your information. <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />Doing Business Efficiently and Effectively <br />a. Communitv involvementlenaaaementlbuildina <br />Over the last several years, the City has been providing several community <br />building opportunities thanks to outside funding. The cost of maintaining the <br />current level of community building and minor additions is $52,000. This <br />includes: 2 community input meetings on the council priorities, 2 community <br />input meetings on the budget, Community Builders series of four sessions, <br />PACT (9 evenings), 4 One- Movie-One Community events, 4 community wide <br />meetings, similar in style to the gang meetings, where an issue may arise in the <br />city where we will partner with community, and 2 neighborhood focused <br />meetings, similar to the McGarvey meetings, where an issue may arise in a <br />particular community, and the City will work with community. Not included in <br />the dollar amount above are 740 staff hours from the City Manager's office, <br />which is quite significant given the size of the office. <br /> <br />b. Code enforcement <br />The addition of a Community Service Officer and a Building Inspector will <br />restore a proactive code enforcement program with the ability to address <br />additional code violations, at an annual cost of $207,000, and a one-time <br />cost of $59,000 for two hybrid vehicles. <br /> <br />Alternative #1 (least expensive): Add a Community Service Officer (CSO) <br />($93,000 annual + $29,000 vehicle). The CSO will provide additional property <br />maintenance enforcement and coordinate and train volunteers. We have used <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />._- -.-.. -.. - <br /> <br />, <br />