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operational efficiencies over the past several years; in FY 1986-87, the ratio was 7.5 employees per 1,000 residents. Though a combination of reductions in our workforce, maintaining a number of positions vacant and generating savings through systems improvements resulting from our continuous improvement efforts, the City continues to maintain its position of being the most efficient at providing services when compared to the II largest cities in California and the 100 largest cities in the country. Goals Overview This fiscal year the City departments will continue to consolidate and align their efforts toward reaching our vision. The following is a synopsis of the activities, programs and projects incorporated in our FY 2005-2006 efforts to meet each of these goals. A. Ensure a Safe Community In the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the City will continue to dedicate significant resources to the Police, Fire, Public Works, and Planning and Building Agencies, which are identified as having primary responsibility for attaining the goal of ensuring a safe community. The City demonstrates its commitment to this goal by providing public safety facilities that accommodate current and future needs of the City; recruiting and retaining quality public safety and code enforcement personnel; effectively and equitably enforcing construction and land use codes; and protecting the health of the community through high quality and reliable water, sewer and refuse collection systems. The City's community-oriented policing approach involves the community, private sector, other City departments, and outside agencies combining to achieve long-term solutions to persistent crime problems. In keeping with that approach, the Police Department is committed to enhancing its community outreach programs and strengthening its ties to neighborhood associations, community groups and non-profit organizations. During the past year, the Police Department's Community Relations Team (CRT) participated in numerous community events in order to pursue its efforts of fostering a productive police-community partnership. The major objective of the efforts of this team, which operates in conjunction with the Neighborhood Improvement Division ofthe Community Development Agency, is to provide community members with a comprehensive understanding of the various services that the Department offers and the means by which they may access those services. This program, in conjunction with the Westend District's Parenting Program, which educates parents as to their rights and responsibilities, support the Department's focus on prevention as a key strategy to reduce the future demand for police enforcement services. During the coming year, the Police Department will continue its comprehensive efforts to enhance the safety of our community by employing a proactive approach to preventing violent crime. Though the joint efforts of the Crime Analysis Section, the Career Criminal Apprehension Program Unit, the Directed Patrol Unit, the Gang Detail and the Patrol Division, the City will proactively utilize shared data to identiJy patterns of violent offenders and implement strategies to deploy our resources in order to prevent any additional victimization of our residents. Additionally, the Department, in collaboration with the Community Development Agency and the Proactive Rental Enforcement Program, will commence a Crime-Free Multifamily Housing Program. The structure of this program is designed to educate managers and tenants of high-density apartment complexes on techniques and methods of providing an environment that is relatively free of crime and disorder. In concert with this educational component, the program will include an inspection element to ensure that the mechanisms for improving the safety of the complex are in place. 5 Resolution No. eRA 2005-003 Page 12 of 22