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6.3.E. - Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Cou nci I From the City Manager May 23, 2011 SUBJECT Amend the City of Redwood City's classification plan RECOMMENDATION Approve, by resolution, the addition of the following three classifications to the city's classification plan. • Community Development Director to the Executive/Confidential Group • Senior Transportation Coordinator and Landscape Architect to the Redwood City Management Employees Association Group BAC KG RO U N D In July, 2009 the former Community Development Services Department ("CDS") was restructured into two departments: 1) Planning, Housing and Economic Development Department ("PHED") and 2) Building, Infrastructure and Transportation Department ("BIT"). In January, 2011 the city retained interim staff from Management Partners, one of whose assignments was to evaluate re-aggregating BIT and PHED and develop an organizational structure for the newly formed department. The City Manager has reviewed Management Partners' findings and has decided to recombine the two departments under one Community Development Director effective July 1, 2011. This reorganization responds to Council's strategic initiative supporting effective and efficient service delivery. Advantages of Recombining as a Community Development Department The key advantages of recombining the BIT and PHED departments are: • Strengthened coordination. Having all city staff who work on improvements to the city's built environment, both public and private, in one department promotes coordination. The history of regular coordination between the planning, building and engineering staff in Redwood City is an important strength that a combined department ensures will continue to develop. • Community Development Director position provides strategic guidance. The new Community Development Director position adds more focus on leadership and strategy. The current staff is technically strong. The new Director position can increase the effectiveness of that technical skill by contributing strong leadership, strategy, team building, coordination and communication skills. The Director can help coordinate activities and evaluate processes as they relate to services provided by the various divisions under the Director's purview while providing strategic d i re ct i o n to staff.