City Council Memorandum
TO: HONORABLE MAYO R AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: MAY 21, 2024
FROM: CITY CLERK WARDS: ALL
SUBJECT: 2023 CITY SPIRIT AWARD NOMINEE SELECTION
ISSUE:
Select community member that exemplifies community spirit, good citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the quality of life in the city for the 2023 City Spirit Award.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Mayor’s Nominating and Screening Committ ee recommends the City Council select a nominee(s) for consideration of the 2023 City Spirit Award to ho nor their extraordinary deeds and community spirit, good citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the quality of life in the City.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
On May 7, 2024, the Mayor’s Nominating and Screening Committee, with Chair Lock Dawson and Members Cervantes, Perry, and Conder present, unanimously forwarded the following nominees to the City Council to select a recipient for the 2023 City Spirit Award:
2023 CITY SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Recommended by: Nominee
Mayor Lock Dawson Sophia Mendoza and Tracy Barlogio
Councilmember Cervantes
Juan Navarro
Ruben Guitron
Councilmember Conder Duane and Kelly Roberts
Councilmember Perry and
Councilmember Hemenway Beth Schwandt
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BACKGROUND:
The Mayor and City Council have honored a community member with a City Spirit Award every year since its establishment in 1995. Previous award recipients are listed below.
CITY SPIRIT AWARD RECIPIENTS
1995 Dickey DeLoss 2004 Stan Brown 2013 Debbie Guthrie
1996 Rich Biber 2005 Jim Erickson 2014 Gordon Bourns
1997 Michael Goldware 2006 Natividad Fuentes 2015 Anthony Rivera 1998 Rose Mayes 2007 Damon Castillo 2016 Henry Coil, Jr. 1999 Rita Norton 2008 San Huang 2017 Ruben and Diana Ayala 2000 Victor Miceli 2009 Cindy Roth 2018 Brian Jaramillo 2001 Daniel Hantman 2010 Kathy Allavie 2019 Zack Earp
2002 William F. Gavitt 2011 Jane Block 2020 Ofelia Valdez-Yeager 2003 Dell Roberts 2012 Stan Morrison 2021 Lynn Heatley
2022 Francisca Beltran
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT:
The Mayor’s Nominating and Screening Committee selection of a community member for consideration by the City Council for t he 2023 City Spirit Award contributes to Strategic Plan Priority #5 – High Performing Government and Goal 5.3 - Enhance communication and collaboration with comm unity members to improve trans parency, build public trust, and encourage shared decision-making.
This item aligns with the 5 Cross-Cutting Threads as follows:
1. Community Trust – The selection process for a City Spirit Award re cipient is transparent and promotes civic engagement by recognizing community members whose activities and actions serve the public interest, benefit the City’s diverse populations, and result in greater public good.
2. Equity – The City Spirit Award promotes equity as it is a citywide honor and nominees may be chosen from any and all Wards. The positive impact of the nominees’ extraordinary deeds and community spirit, good citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the quality of life in the City benefit the entire community.
3. Fiscal Responsibility – This item is neutral toward this Cross-Cutting Thread.
4. Innovation – The City Spirit Award promotes re cognition of community members whose contribution includes building collaborative partnerships and embracing adaptive processes to meet the community changing needs and preparing for the future.
5. Sustainability and Resiliency – The City Spirit Award prom otes recognition of community members’ contribution to the community’s needs of the present without compromising the City Spirit Award – Page 3
needs of the future and ensuring the City’s c apacity to persevere, adapt and grow during good and difficult times alike.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this report.
Prepared by: Donesia Gause, City Clerk
Concurs with:
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PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON, Chair
Mayor's Nominating and Screening Committee
Attachment: Biographies of Nominees