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8.A. - Page 1 � Redwood Clt�Calitornia loundedlss7 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT OF CONFERENCE/MEETING ATTENDANCE Name: Council Member Barbara Pierce Vendor No.: N/A Department: City Council Voucher No.: Attendance at league of California cities conference The conference provided an opportunity to hear from other cities and speakers on topics that are of concern for Redwood City. Two workshops that were especially interesting included: "Mobile Apps for City Services" and"Do you LOVE your City". Mobile Apps: The City of Rancho Cucamonga and Redlands presented their experience with the development of mobile applications to specific issues with sidewalk inspection, repair and planning; weed abatement program and 311 service. The 311 service enables a community member to take a picture of a problem in the community, enter text with a description of the problem and send it to the city. The staff can layer the information on a GIS grid of the city, see the magnitude of the problem, enter it into the work system, have the information available for multiple departmental input and make the assignment of work A loop that includes responding to the resident or residents has increased satisfaction with the city's work, engaged community members and enabled staff resources to be used more effectively. Hearing from other cities that have created or used different aps can help Redwood City benefit from their experience. "Do you love your City?"Author Peter Kakiyama shared his experience with cities that go beyond the basic functional relationship that residents have with their cities. He cited the Gallup study that places higher engagement of the residents had a higher level of vitality, which is demonstrated by resident involvement, and has fiscal benefits as well. Cities must be beyond the functional and safe. Community members want comfortable, convivial, interesting and FUN. He gave a number of examples of cities that have done this successfully without a substantial investment of funds. Primarily he discussed involving community members as co-creators and supporting their efforts, as opposed to a city-led effort. Art, music, entertainment and involving folks in participation are the keys that he recommended. Pll share my notes with the City Manager and Mayor to extend this information. � F September 19, 2012 Barbara Pierce Council Member The Administrative Code requires reports of conferences or meetings for which a council member requests per diem or expense reimbursement. Reports must be submitted to the City Clerk of no later than the Wednesday of the week before the next City Council meeting. Reports must be submitted before the City of Redwood City will pay per diem or reimbursement for the conference or the meeting. Reports are not required for City Council meetings,or meetings with Council members,the City Manager, City Attorney or City Clerk. ClerkShared/Council-Admin Policy21-ReportOfConf-MtgAttendAndReimb Form/ADMI N POLICY21-CITYCOU NCILMEMBER-ReimburseReqFormAndReportConferenceMtgAttendance.doc