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Receive an update from the Acting Director of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Director of Public Works, Facilities and Parks (PWFP) regarding the implementation of recommendations in the July 22, 2020 Citygate Associates, LLC report "Review of the Resource Management Agency".
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive an update from the HCD and PWFP regarding the implementation of recommendations in the July 22, 2020 Citygate Associates, LLC report "Review of the Resource Management Agency".
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
On July 28, 2020, the Board of Supervisors accepted the July 22, 2020 Citygate report including the seventy-six (76) proposed recommendations. The Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance dissolving the RMA and creating two (2) new departments effective November 30, 2020. The Chief Administrative Officer and County Counsel were authorized to implement other actions including certain fiscal actions and amending the County Code, and the Board requested regular updates on implementation progress.
To provide clear direction on each new department's roles prior to the dissolution of RMA on November 30, 2020, key staff held a series of meetings to determine functional roles and responsibilities. While the majority of functions were assigned to each successor department prior to the dissolution of RMA, there are some that are being, and will continue to be, discovered during this transition. Upon these discoveries, staff are working collaboratively to resolve the best location for these functions on a case-by-case basis.
The following actions have been completed since the last update to the Board on November 10, 2020:
* Recruitments for Chief of Planning and Chief of Building Services are completed.
* Retitle of the classifications of Director and Assistant Director of Community Services to Public Works, Facilities and Parks (March 16, 2021)
* Recruitment for Director of HCD underway.
* Human Re...
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