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CityCouncil | 2008-04-01 | 6 | would be informed if a project has to be delayed. Vice Mayor Tam stated the local action plan spans departments, while the telecom issue is just an Alameda Power & Telecom (AP&T) issue; inquired whether one project might be delayed if staff is shifted to another project. The City Manager responded said example could occur; AP&T is working on more than one project. Vice Mayor Tam stated AP&T staff is needed to work on reducing the carbon footprint inquired whether the same staff person might work on the telecom issue and the formation of the local action plan and whether said staff working on the telecom issue might delay the formation of the plan. The City Manager responded one could impact the other depending on workload; stated moving forward with the local action plan does require some of the same people [as the telecom issue]. having some of the same people work on multiple projects has been incorporated in the time estimates. Councilmember Matarrese stated there are a variety of issues from addressing the financial issue at AP&T to renovating Rittler Field, and Lincoln and Krusi Parks; said items do not belong on the same ranking sheet; getting a measuring mechanism for each item would be a far more productive use of time; the department work plans are excellent; some projects are interdisciplinary and can be separated out; the next step should be to get Microsoft Project or some other type of project tracking tool and assign due dates and resources; Council would need to make decisions about priorities if resources become impacted because more requests are added; finishing easily taken care of projects, which might be of less importance, might become important in order to get the project off the list. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether the list is composed of items Council has directed staff to complete, to which Ms. Perkins responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Matarrese stated the presented workload should be looked at objectively and resources should be allocated; there are a finite number of projects; some projects might be five years out because there are too many tasks for the current staff; said information needs to presented to Council and Council can make adjustments. Ms. Perkins stated Councilmember Matarrese's description is exactly how staff views their responsibilities to determine how to Regular Meeting Alameda City Council April 1, 2008 | CityCouncil/2008-04-01.pdf |