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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: March 18, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Crystal Morrow DIRECTOR: Barbara Powell
Administrative Analyst II Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Selection of Conceptual Website Homepage Design
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept report, select one of three conceptual website homepage designs, and offer input on the
selected design so that it can be further refined.
BACKGROUND:
Since the City entered into an agreement with Civica Software in November 2008 to redesign the
City’s website, Civica has been working with the City’s Design Team to create an attractive
conceptual design that reflects the character of Saratoga and offers easy navigation for website
visitors.
The Design Team, which includes Brian Berg, Sunil Gupta, Bob Luetz, Lane Weiss, Dave
Anderson, Crystal Morrow, and Leo Salindong, has met several times to share information about
Saratoga and offer suggested improvements to help shape and enhance Civica’s conceptual
designs.
To facilitate development of a design that resonates with Saratoga residents, the Design Team
has carefully considered input from the Website Advisory Group—a citizen group that has been
submitting recommendations on upcoming design decisions to staff via email—before discussing
design issues with Civica.
The design selected by Council will be further refined based on input given by the Council and
the public. Additionally, the design will serve as the foundation for the development of
secondary website pages.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
Expenses associated with the development of a website design are covered under the City’s
agreement with Civica Software.
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
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The website development will be delayed if one of the three conceptual designs is not selected.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Implement Council direction.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Nothing additional.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A: Conceptual Design 1c
Attachment B: Conceptual Design 2c
Attachment C: Conceptual Design 3c