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AN City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: January 6, 2014 <br />ONR x419 ` Staff Report <br />File Number: 13-621 <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Lianne Marshall <br />Assistant City Manager <br />Agenda Section: ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: 10.C. <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable <br />TITLE: Staff Report for Next Steps Following Arts and Culture Town Hall Meeting <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Receive summary/ debriefing regarding Arts & Culture Town Hall meeting and provide policy <br />direction to staff regarding next steps <br />BACKGROUND <br />At the request of the Mayor and City Council, staff organized a series of meetings with local <br />artists, musicians, and other community members with an interest in expanding or enhancing <br />the cultural life that is available in San Leandro. These meetings culminated in the San <br />Leandro Arts & Culture Town Hall meeting, which took place on Saturday, November 16th with <br />members of the public participating in an interactive meeting in the Karp Room of the San <br />Leandro Main Library. <br />The meeting began with an informative presentation from staff highlighting many of the <br />cultural amenities that already exist in San Leandro, as well as an overview regarding ongoing <br />efforts to expand these amenities throughout the community. Examples include the pilot <br />program currently being planned to install public art on utility boxes as well as the East Bay <br />Bus Rapid Transit Artistic Enhancement Project. A copy of that presentation has been <br />attached to this report. <br />Interactive group discussions then were facilitated by City staff using a S.W.O.T. analysis <br />(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) framework in order to develop and <br />prioritize ideas for advancing artistic and cultural life in San Leandro. <br />Analysis <br />The following conceptual ideas for advancing art and cultural life in San Leandro were <br />identified by the SWOT analysis, in order of prioritization: <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 1212312013 <br />