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St�ategic Initiative: Gove�nment Innovation Attract and retain a highly qualified municipal workforce Strate�ic Goals . Become a member of and implement the Regional Training Consortium, by December 31 , 2010 Lcad b`� cxamplc b`� The City officially became a member of the County's Regional Training implcmcnting and Consortium in November of 2010. City staff is highly involved in the supporting climatc protcction and design of the training consortium, with a staff inember serving as chair of sustainabilitv the consortium committee's governing body and another staff inember programs working on the planning committee. To date, the consortium has conducted three county-wide trainings and academies, and the group is developing the learning management system for implementation by member agencies scheduled for the end of this fiscal year. Sustain cfforts to ge in a state of readiness for funding opportunities maintain thc City as cican,inviting, and . Establish the Citywide Task Force for Grant and Alternative Funding, acsthctically plcasing, by December 31 , 2010. Group will research and seek out funding throughout all scgmcnts of thc opportunities for specific projects; develop process to expedite grant communitv writing and funding applications, and help make all applications V extremely competitive. The Citywide task force has been established, with representatives of departments seeking grants sitting as members of the task force. The Attract and retain a group will meet six times per year to share resources and increase the highl`� qualificd potential for the City to receive grant funding. Objective completed. municipal workforcc Take a long-term approach to planning for the future of Redwood City, across all departmental issues and areas of service Bc in a statc of • Identify regional and shared services opportunities and develop rcadincss for funding action plans to implement priority opportunities. opportunitics In 2010, Redwood City submitted a proposal to provide police services to the City of San Carlos, and more recently submitted a proposal to San Carlos to provide its fire services. Redwood City is taking an active role in a regional city managers' task force, which was formed with the goal Takc a long-tcrm of exploring the potential for shared services that would result in cost approach to planning savings for participants. City staff partnered with staff in other San Mateo for thc futurc of Rcdwood Cit`�, across County agencies to implement the Regional Training and Development all dcpartmcntal issucs consortium to provide cost-effective training solutions for city and county and arcas of scrvicc employees on a region-wide basis.