RESOLUTION NO. ________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ESTABLISHING A COUNCIL POLICY
REGARDING PRIVACY PROTECTION AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSPARENCY
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista adopted a Smart City Strategic Action Plan “Action Plan” in September 2017 establishing itself as a leader in the growing “smart city” movement, earning recognition locally, nationally and internationally for its innovative planned approach to using technology to create a more efficient and effective government; and
WHEREAS the City of Chula Vista continues to leverage innovative technology and data tools to better serve and engage citizens, enhance sustainability, improve public safety, and promote local economic development; and
WHEREAS, a key goal of the Action Plan approved by Council in September 2017, is to continue efforts to become a more open and transparent City; and
WHEREAS, to support this goal, the City has set an objective to maximize the use of data and analytics to improve services and increase public access to City information; and
WHEREAS, this effort involves ensuring that citywide technology, sensitive public data, and information collected is managed and utilized in a secure, transparent, and safe way; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved an agreement with Madaffer Enterprises to provide consulting services to the City of Chula Vista for the development of a citywide privacy protection and technology transparency policy because of their history working with the City of Chula Vista on the development of the 2017 Smart Cities Strategic Action Plan, and related technology implementation efforts; and
WHEREAS, in April 2022, the Chula Vista City Manager formed a 12-member Technology & Privacy Advisory Task Force “Task Force” to provide the City Manager policy recommendations for consideration in the development of a citywide policy on technology and privacy issues; and
WHEREAS, over the course of six months, the Task Force held ten public meetings, received two on-site departmental tours, and held two community meetings resulting in 37 policy recommendations; and
WHEREAS, based on their input, and input from key City staff and Madaffer Enterprises, a Privacy Protection and Technology Transparency Policy “Policy” was developed; and
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WHEREAS, as drafted, the Policy will help to advance the City Council priorities of improving sensitive public data management, security, and privacy; and
WHEREAS the anticipated benefits from the Policy include enhancement of City operations through a more reliable, secure, and safe city network and data management process, increased oversight of citywide technology systems, and improved accountability, transparency and increased public trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it approves the City Council Privacy Protection and Techn ology Transparency Policy, in the form presented, with such minor modifications as may be required or approved by the City Attorney, a copy of which shall be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of t he City of Chula Vista, that it authorizes and directs the City Manager to take such actions that are necessary and appropriate to implement the objectives of the Privacy Protection and Technology Transparency Policy in accordance with its terms.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Maria V. Kachadoorian Glen R. Googins
City Manager City Attorney