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6.G. - Page 2 of 23 that affect the City's key priorities, programs, and/or operations. While this platform will serve as a guide to the City Council in adopting positions on legislation, it is important to note that reaffirming the existing platform and approving the proposed changes does not preclude the City from directing the Legislative consultant to engage the State legislature on any issue important to the City that may arise throughout the legislative session. ANALYSIS The initial creation of the platform included an extensive review process with four versions considered by the Governance Sub -Committee prior to adoption by the City Council on April 27, 2020. In November 2020, the City's legislative consultant met with each City department director to assess State and local priorities leading into 2021. In December 2020, RPPG provided the City a comprehensive end - of -year report (attached) which highlighted the State legislative and funding priorities identified by City staff and assessed likely policy directions the State Legislature intended on pursuing in the 2021-22 legislative session. The original framework for the 2021 Legislative Platform was built the City Council's top strategic priorities: • Housing and Homelessness • Transportation • Children and Youth New this year is a priority dedicated to COVID 19 pandemic response and recovery initiatives. The proposed 2021 Legislative Platform was presented to the Governance Sub -Committee (Hale, Howard, Reddy) on February 16, 2021 and the City's legislative consultant and City staff made modifications based on feedback provided by the Sub -Committee. The Governance Sub -Committee provided a final review of the platform and by motion, unanimously voted to recommend the 2021 Legislative Platform as outlined below for full City Council approval. Redwood City Legislative Platform All proposed changes to the Redwood City State Legislative Platform are identified in bolded blue underlined and italicized text. All proposed changes have been reviewed and approved (by motion) by the Redwood City Governance Sub -Committee on February 16, 2021. All non -modified text was adopted by the City Council on April 27, 2020. Page 2 of 6 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 304