Project List

Client:
Monterey County, CA
Project:
Citygate is currently performing an organizational review and analysis of Monterey County’s current homeless programs, funding, and coordination services. For this review, Citygate will identify, evaluate, and recommend funding sources and budget structure for the Homeless Services function; identify and recommend organizational best practices, including comparisons with like cities and counties; evaluate and recommend best practices for collaboration and coordination with various County departments, the Continuum of Care, local cities, school districts, businesses, and homeless service providers; and evaluate and recommend formal and informal organizational alignment, structure, and staffing for the Homeless Services function.
Client:
Port of Corpus Christi, TX
Project:
Citygate conducted a fire services staffing analysis for the Port of Corpus Christi to determine the cost, quantity, type, and recommended schedule necessary to staff a new 70-foot fireboat that will serve both as a Port security patrol boat and a firefighting asset. Additionally, Citygate recommended a Port organizational structure for an effective chain of command up through the Chief Operating Officer position, and provided input on considerations and implications regarding ongoing service delivery needs.
Client:
City of West Sacramento, CA
Project:
Citygate is currently performing a comprehensive operations and staffing assessment for the Police Department in the City of West Sacramento, California. This assessment will analyze staffing needs and service demands to determine an optimal staffing model, appropriately considering workload, performance measures, service delivery expectations, operating budgets, community priorities, and Departmental organization.
Client:
Western Riverside Council of Governments, CA
Project:
Citygate is currently performing an operational review and providing mentoring for the Western Riverside Council of Governments’ Finance Department. The operational review will include an examination of the Department’s organizational structure; a review of the financial policies, procedures, and practices; and a review of the Department’s operational functions, workflow processes, and documents to identify overall strengths and weaknesses and provide recommendations for streamlining procedures and processes. The mentoring will entail assisting the Finance Director in the development of long-range financial planning and forecasting models based on industry best practices and providing professional guidance and mentoring to key management staff as needed.
Client:
City of Los Altos, CA
Project:
Citygate, in partnership with COAR Design Group (formerly Jeff Katz Architecture), is currently conducting a police workload and staffing study for the City of Los Altos, California, as part of the City’s larger plan exploring options for renovating its current police headquarters facility or constructing a new facility. For this study, Citygate will evaluate the adequacy of staffing levels for current workload and whether Department command staff’s goals and objectives related to staffing and community service level expectations are being met; examine the current organizational structure; provide a structured and defensible methodology for the Department’s staff to use in projecting future staffing needs; identify where data and community needs indicate new service delivery methods are needed; identify any redundancies, gaps, and opportunities for applying best practices in the provision of core services; and make recommendations for staffing levels that will allow the Department to maintain or increase its current level of services, as well as recommend any emerging technologies that may assist or enhance intelligence-led policing strategies.
Client:
City of Oceanside, CA
Project:
Citygate is currently performing an independent operational and organizational assessment for the City of Oceanside Police Department, affecting current, future, and long-term organizational, strategic, and operational plans. This review will examine current and future service delivery, quality of service, service delivery expectations, community engagement, community priorities, Departmental organization, and staffing and deployment feasibility to maintain current and future organizational efficiency. This study will assist with establishing efficiencies to ensure City, Department, and community needs are met by reviewing programming, infrastructure, operational efficiency, and fiscal impacts of associated findings and recommendations across the entire organization, as well as identifying planned service delivery systems and staffing allocation models to best serve the community and achieve City Council and Department goals and objectives.
Client:
City of Hercules, CA
Project:
Citygate is currently performing an organizational and operations review of the Human Resources function in the City of Hercules, California. This comprehensive review will assess the effectiveness of the current Human Resources functions, policies, procedures, and operations and, based on the study findings, identify areas of operational success and provide a set of recommendations to enhance operations and effectiveness of the Human Resources function where indicated.
Client:
City of Minnetonka, MN
Project:
Citygate is currently performing a comprehensive operations and staffing assessment of the Police Department for the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota. This comprehensive assessment of the law enforcement services delivery system will entail review of Department functions, organizational structure, operational functions, staffing and service levels, and Department efficiencies to ensure current and future needs are met through efficient and effective operations. As appropriate, this study will coordinate with Citygate’s concurrent fire services study.
Client:
City of Minnetonka, MN
Project:
Citygate is currently conducting a fire department operational and physical asset study for the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota. This study will entail a thorough review and analysis of services, staffing, apparatus, and facility options for the Department, including a comprehensive Standards of Coverage document analyzing resource deployment to determine whether the Department is properly deployed to meet its community’s risks and expectations. This assessment will also include a staffing plan to meet the needs identified in the SOC analysis, a long-term apparatus plan, and a review of fire station locations and recommendations. The staffing analysis will identify strengths and weaknesses, if any, of the current staffing plan.
Client:
City of Angels, CA
Project:
Citygate is currently providing strategic planning and facilitation assistance for the City of Angels, California, as a follow-up to Citygate’s previous two studies for the City: the 2018 organizational review and budget stabilization study and the 2020 financial action plan in response to COVID 19. For this project, Citygate will interview key staff, City Councilmembers, and community members to gauge current operational efficiency, identify goals and priorities, and identify general and operational issues/priorities to assist in the development of Council priorities. Citygate will also review the City’s current fiscal condition at a high level to identify present opportunities and challenges.

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