Events Around Town Port of <strong>Redwood</strong> City Holiday Gathering <strong>The</strong> Port of <strong>Redwood</strong> City held its annual holiday gathering at its offices on Seaport Boulevard. Pictured, from top left: Don Snaman and Mark Sanders. Lorianna Kastrop, Dick Dodge with wife Ginny and Sharon Aikens. Clem Moloney, Samantha McLeod, Nancy Radcliffe and City Manager Bob Bell. Bottom, from left: Keith Kadera and Councilwoman Barbara Pierce. Catherine Frasier and Larry Aikens. Former Mayor Dick Claire and Port Executive Director Mike Giari. Julie Snaman, Teresa Garcia, Ralph Garcia and Ellen Johns. www.<strong>Spectrum</strong><strong>Magazine</strong>.net
Community Interest Police Chief Gamez Receives 2013 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader Award IDG’s Computerworld announces <strong>Redwood</strong> City Police Chief JR Gamez as a 2013 Premier 100 IT Leaders honoree. This year’s Premier 100 IT Leader Awards honor individuals who have had a positive impact on their organizations through exceptional technology leadership and innovative approaches to business challenges. “<strong>The</strong> Premier 100 awards program showcases the exceptional work of a dedicated group of technology-savvy business leaders who are driving huge change in their organizations through IT,” said Scot Finnie, editor-in-chief of Computerworld. “Every day, these exemplary business leaders make strategic technology decisions that track to their organizations’ top priorities. <strong>The</strong>se 100 men and women keep a keen eye on the changing landscape of political, economic, regulatory and technology trends that are driving significant shifts in IT. We are very pleased to recognize the leadership and honor the achievements of the 2013 Premier 100 honorees.” In June 2012, the <strong>Redwood</strong> City Police Department took public engagement to the next level when it launched Netop’s “Live Guide” video and text chat to allow community members the opportunity to have realtime, interactive video chats directly with a <strong>Redwood</strong> City police officer. <strong>The</strong> Live Guide service utilizes the latest technology for two-way text messaging with audio and video chat features that offer another way for the community to connect with the Police Department. Members of the public can use Live Guide to receive live online assistance with any concerns or questions they may have about police services or to receive help with reporting crimes online. This emerging technology placed the <strong>Redwood</strong> City Police Department on the leading edge of customer service strategy by providing a new standard of “community-centric” policing and making the department the first municipal law enforcement agency in the United States to provide such video interactivity directly between its police department and its community. Gamez noted, “It is truly an honor to be recognized as a Premier 100 IT Leader by Computerworld. <strong>The</strong> need to embrace emerging technologies is a priority for our department because it allows our officers to provide a smarter and a more efficient manner of interacting with our residents while presenting timely information to our community. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Redwood</strong> City Police Department remains a forward-thinking agency committed to embracing innovative technology partnerships that provide our residents with the highest level of customer service.” <strong>The</strong> Premier 100 program was created in 2000 to spotlight individuals who have had a positive impact on their organizations through technology. <strong>The</strong>se are individuals who manage internal IT organizations, mentor and motivate their IT teams and business colleagues, create a positive work environment, envision innovative solutions to business challenges and effectively manage and execute IT strategies. Each year nominees are invited to complete a survey that addresses a number of topics, including their background and experience and their attitude toward risk and innovation. Computerworld uses its IT Leader Index, which is a measurement of how closely an individual matches the definition of the IT Leader, to analyze the data. Each year, 100 honorees are selected to receive this lifetime-recognition award. <strong>Redwood</strong> City Awarded Grant to Upgrade Software to Analyze Traffic Collision Data <strong>The</strong> City of <strong>Redwood</strong> City has been awarded a $28,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a traffic collision database and mapping system software package. <strong>The</strong> software will be used to more effectively and efficiently pinpoint and analyze high-collision locations throughout the city and provide more usable information to help reduce the frequency and severity of traffic collisions. <strong>The</strong> system will provide the city’s transportation engineers and department managers with more timely and accurate data upon which to base engineering, enforcement and other trafficrelated safety decisions. <strong>The</strong> grant will fund a fully automated, geographic information system (GIS)-based traffic collision and analysis system, and includes the purchase and installation of the software, labor to incorporate collision and street data, and training of traffic engineering personnel in the use of the system. This software will replace the city’s existing system of hand-logging each collision and will convert the manual collision map to an interactive mapping solution, automate the production of collision history diagrams, generate periodic or specific reports and allow staff to search collision records by location, primary collision factor, involved vehicle or party types, time of day or other factors. Using this system, staff will be able to query and map information from the database to easily identify high-frequency locations and collision patterns so that those areas can be further studied and appropriate action taken. Funding for this grant program is from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Visit <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s award-winning website at www.redwoodcity.org for information about the city and its services, the community, recreation programs, education and local business. Subscribe to <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s newsletters and other city documents at www.redwoodcity.org/newsletters. Recology San Mateo County Collected Used Coats for Kids Recology San Mateo County concluded its annual Coats for Kids program to collect new and gently used coats to donate to those in need of a warm coat during the cold weather season. Recology San Mateo County collected coats curbside from homes on their collection day from the areas of Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Menlo Park, <strong>Redwood</strong> City, San Carlos and San Mateo. “Recology has been providing our Coats for Kids program for many years in the communities we service. It has proven to be a great program helping those individuals and families in need,” said Recology San Mateo County General Manager Mario Puccinelli. Collection containers labeled “Coats for Kids” were also placed at various locations throughout the participating cities noted above and at Recology’s offices where residents could, and did, drop off coats. Recology San Mateo County collected 1,021 coats this year and would like to thank all that contributed and donated coats for this worthwhile cause. Coats this year were donated to the St. Anthony’s Clothing Center and the (continues on next page) <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong> 17
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