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24 City of San Leandro | Economic Development Initiatives and Work Plan | May 2013 <br /> <br />5. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s visit to San Leandro/Lit San Leandro on February 27, <br />2013 at the invitation of Mayor Stephen Cassidy. <br /> <br />6. CIO participation on an economic development panel, representing Lit San Leandro, in <br />the 2013 Broadband Communities Summit in Dallas, Texas (April 2013). <br /> <br /> <br />Open Trench Policy – One of the policy recommendations contained in the City’s 2012 <br />Commercial Broadband Strategy is the development of an Open Trench Policy. According to the <br />Strategy: <br />A formal notification procedure coordinated with regional and statewide programs <br />should be implemented for street cuts. The goal of placing conduit any time a street or <br />right of way is dug into should be established. Conduit could be installed by <br />telecommunications service providers or the City. The cost of doing so is relatively low, <br />involving staff time and inexpensive materials. Similarly, information regarding <br />construction or upgrading of wireless facilities should be shared widely to encourage <br />joint use. <br /> <br />Accomplishments To-Date: City staff has conducted comparative research to identify examples <br />of Open Trench Policies used by other cities and regional entities. Staff has also begun internal <br />coordination efforts to explore how broadband expansion goals will coexist with infrastructure <br />development plans. <br /> <br />Business Attraction, Retention, and Expansion – LSL provides the City with a new and <br />still unique tool to use in its efforts to attract, retain and expand business and new investment <br />into the City. <br />• Attraction of new business and investments will focus on three <br />opportunity sites. Two of the three are existing sites under contract <br />with LSL; and the third site will be newly constructed tech office space: <br />1. Westgate Shopping Center: Rebranding and remarketing the <br />350,000 sf 2nd floor space as a Tech Hub specifically suited for <br />Advanced Manufacturing, Video, Cleantech and other Maker <br />Space type of business activities. <br />2. Bayfair Shopping Center: 47,000 sf, 2nd floor <br />space in the retail mall is being repositioned as <br />space uniquely suitable for software <br />companies.