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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 17, 2013 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:13-308 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.B. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a <br />Contractual Services Agreement Between the City of San Leandro and <br />Freedman Tung + Sasaki for a Planning and Economic Development Study <br />(“Next Generation Workplace District Study”) Around the New Kaiser Medical <br />Center and the Lit San Leandro Fiber Optic Infrastructure in the Central San <br />Leandro Industrial Area for an Amount Not to Exceed $90,000 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The pending completion of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, which will be completed in <br />2014, and the installation of the Lit San Leandro fiber optic loop in the City’s central industrial <br />area will bring opportunities for significant jobs and economic development to the area. To <br />ensure that the central industrial area is able to accommodate the expected and future growth <br />and demands, staff proposes that the City contract with the internationally recognized urban <br />design firm of Freedman Tung + Sasaki (FTS) to develop a planning and economic <br />development study to create a vibrant, innovative and attractive 21st century workplace <br />district. A budget for the new Kaiser Medical Center area planning study was presented at the <br />City Council retreat in January 2013 and during the FY13-14 and 14-15 budget process. <br />Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a contractual <br />services agreement with FTS for an amount not to exceed $90,000 to prepare a Next <br />Generation Workplace District Study : Central San Leandro Industrial Area . <br />BACKGROUND <br />Within the City’s industrial areas , the Merced Street corridor (from approximately Williams <br />Street to Burroughs Avenue ) is where two transformational projects are occurring: the Kaiser <br />Permanente Medical Center and the Lit San Leandro fiber optic loop. Kaiser will bring <br />thousands of new employees, clients and jobs, as well as greater regional visibility, to the <br />central industrial area. Lit San Leandro brings cutting-edge fiber optic infrastructure unique to <br />San Leandro and creates opportunities for repositioning some of the older buildings in the <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/11/2013