TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND FROM: Toni J. Taber, CMC
CITY COUNCIL City Clerk
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: April 5, 2022
SUBJECT: Request for Travel for Mayor's Staff
Recommendation
As recommended by the Rules and Open Government Committee on March 30, 2022, authorize travel, accept travel payments to the City of San Jose, and designate Mayor’s staff, Clay Garner, as the City representative to attend the Digital Communities Large City/County Summit in New Orleans, LA, from April 13, 2022 to April 14, 2022.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (Mayor) [Rules Committee referral 3/30/2022 - Item B.3]
COUNCIL AGENDA: 4/5/2022
ITEM: 2.14
FILE NO: 22-498
RULES AGENDA:
ITEM:
3/30/22
B.3
TO: RULES AND OPEN
GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE
FROM: Mayor Sam Liccardo
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR TRAVEL DATE: March 23, 2022
Approved:
Date: 03/23/22
Recommendation: Authorize travel, accept travel payments to the City of San Jose, and designate Mayor’s staff, Clay Garner, as the City representative to attend the Digital Communities Large City/County Summit in New Orleans, LA, from April 13, 2022, to April 14, 2022.
Location: New Orleans, LA
Meeting Date: April 13-14, 2022
Source of Funds: Center for Digital Government (cost of travel, food, and lodging) Purpose: Clay Garner is to be designated the City of San Jose’s representative for the Digital Communities Large City/County Summit, hosted by the Cen ter for Digital Government, a national research and advi sory institute focused on technology policy and best practices in state and local government.
As the Mayor’s Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Technology Advisor , Clay has been working closely with key staff in the City Manager’s Office to further the City’s Smart City and innovation initiatives.
With a conference format for cit y and county tech leaders (CIOs/CTOs), the Digital Communities Large City/County Summit emphasizes in -depth learning on topics including “Identity Management for the Future”, “Building and Structuring the Right Team for Gove rnment Technology”, and “Moderni zation versus Innovation”. The full agenda can be viewed here.
This opportunity will be used to help make progress towards the City’s Smart City Vision and innovation i nitiatives as well as to interface with executives from leading cities and organizations.