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6.3.E. - Page3 • Create a Landscape Architect position. Currently, the city has a contract position, filled by a landscape designer, who works on city landscape projects. Staff from Planning, Parks and Engineering all support creating a regular city staff Landscape Architect position. This position will support the design of numerous city projects, including parks and streetscapes and ensure the installation of attractive landscape improvements that will enhance the city's appearance downtown and throughout the neighborhoods. This Landscape Architect position would make permanent the landscape design assistance the current contract person provides and also assist staff in the review of landscape proposals for private development and other tasks where a landscape architect's skills would add to the quality and efficient delivery of landscape improvements. The Landscape Architect will be a management position represented by the Redwood City Management Employees Association. The proposed salary range is $7,647 to $9,176 per month. Funding for the position is available as a result of a vacant Associate Engineer position which will be eliminated from the budget. Planninq Division Structure Redefine the role of two Planning sections. The proposed restructuring maintains Planning as a division with three sections, but redefines the function of two of those sections. The reorganization also reduces the number of required Senior Level Supervisors in Planning from three to two. • Current Planning Section. Continues to perform existing function. • Create an Implementation and Special Pro�ects Section. This section replaces the existing Strategic Planning Section. Key long range documents, the General Plan, the Housing Element, the Downtown Precise Plan and the five year Redevelopment Implementation Plan are completed. The focus now must shift to the implementation of these plans -- nimbly taking advantage of opportunities and responding to challenges. The newly created section will provide this focus. This section will address General Plan implementation, large and special projects, downtown support and regional work. • CDBG/HOME Administration. This section replaces the previously much larger Housing and Economic Development Section. Outreach to downtown businesses, a function previously performed by this section, will be provided by a Downtown Development Specialist in the City Manager's office. This section only has two people who are focused on administering the CDBG/HOME program and other affordable housing and housing rehabilitation programs. This section is small and technically oriented, so the Planning Manager would supervise this staff in addition to managing the Planning Division Buildinq Division Structure The Building Official position is currently vacant. Recruitment for the position is underway. Given this key vacancy, no changes are proposed to the staffing configuration in the Building Division.