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The members of the Grants Management Working Group have exemplified our City Values of Excellence and Collaboration. This team has significantly strengthened the City’s ability to keep a close watch on the non-profit organizations that receive local taxpayer dollars. Their goals have been to ensure the financial health of community organizations that provide valuable services to our residents, and to help them achieve the specific results that they committed to deliver. Members of this team come from a dozen different City departments, and they clearly demonstrate how collaboration benefits our community.

The Senior Nutrition Program Transition Team stands out for the City values of Collaboration and Innovation. The team, which worked with representatives from the County of Santa Clara and community organizations, found a cost-effective way to help meet the nutritional needs of our seniors during these difficult budget years. Their creative solution transitioned the City from a “cook-on-site” program to a regional-cooking model, with minimal impact to seniors, This new model allowed the City to continue serving nearly 1,000 hot meals a day, while saving $600,000 dollars!

Senior Nutrition Task Force

Pete Constant, City of San José, City Council
Liz Kniss, County of Santa Clara, Board of Supervisors
Marilou Cristina, Catholic Charities
Albert Balagso, City of San José, PRNS (Retired)
Frances Jones, City of San José, Senior Citizens Commission
Connie Langford, Council on Aging, Advisory Council
Steve Schmoll, Council on Aging 
Colleen Hudgen, County of Santa Clara, Senior Commission
Lee Pullen, County of Santa Clara, Department of Aging and Adult Services
Mary Ruth Batchelder, La Comida de California
Patricia Gardner, Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits
Lori Andersen, The Health Trust
Fred Ferrer, The Health Trust
Susan Fent, YMCA of Silicon Valley
Sophie Horiuchi Forrester, Yu Ai Kai

The Landscape Maintenance Service Team has found new ways to keep San José clean and free of weeds and debris, while minimizing the use of City resources.  The team has converted landscaping on median islands and roadside parcels to simpler, lower maintenance landscapes and enlisted community volunteers to assist at 78 different locations. In addition, they have partnered with the County Department of Correction’s Alternate Work Program, which has contributed 34,000 hours of participant labor a year. These may be difficult times, but they’ve led to creative solutions from the landscape maintenance team.

Brian Birmingham Tom Brugge Rodolfo Flores Jack Goins Al Haro

Richard Key Christopher Krygier Manuel Medina Jaime Pimentel Joe Pomeroy

Max Rodriguez Steve Romero Jesse Salas, Jr. Jim Silva Robert Sotelo

Vernon Travers Chuck Wehrle Lynette Wosick Mike Zapien

Last spring, the Convention Center Financing Team closed an innovative bond transaction to finance the $120 million expansion and renovation of the San José McEnery Convention Center. This effective public-private collaboration brought together many partners to enhance a facility vital for the economic success of our community. The Team combined new hotel tax revenues with support from the City, the Redevelopment Agency, and Team San José to achieve excellent bond ratings and a successful sale. Now under construction, the convention center will become a more attractive, more efficient, and more competitive facility that brings more meetings to San José and more business to our downtown.  The project is a perfect example of the City values of Innovation and Collaboration.