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Project Overview <br />The San Leandro Smart City Initiative recognizes the critical role of <br />government in developing and maintaining a healthy ecosystem in <br />which its residents, businesses and visitors can thrive. Building on <br />the Lit San Leandro public/private partnership that has created an-�,, YJ YR1u:Y <br />existing and expanding 10 -gigabit fiber optic network, San Leandro u w u <br />is poised to leverage that digital infrastructure to transform our u �■■�.� <br />City into a vibrant digital society. GIGABIT NEIGHBORHOOD <br />San Leandro possesses the critical ingredients required for <br />creating a model, sustainable and digitally connected City: <br />• Leaders who inspire the pursuits of economic, social and environmental sustainability; <br />• A city government, business leaders, and community residents who collaborate; <br />• A proven ability to leverage existing resources through innovation and technology to improve services <br />and reduce costs; and <br />• Ongoing efforts to intentionally nurture an engaged and vibrant digital society that strengthens our <br />social capital and stimulates digital inclusion. <br />The digital foundation we've laid to date includes: <br />• Development of a public/private partnership, called Lit <br />San Leandro (LSL), which has created an 11.5 mile, UtSanLeandro <br />288 strand, 10 gigabit fiber optic network to stimulate <br />economic development and create jobs. <br />• An additional $4.2 million investment by the Economic Development Administration and the City <br />of San Leandro will add 7.5 miles to the LSL network in 2014. <br />• Over fifty businesses, co -working and incubator spaces in two cities (San Leandro and Berkeley) are <br />now connected to the LSL network, totaling 2.8 million square feet (s.f.) of commercial building space. <br />• Connection to LSL has attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars of reinvestment into a former <br />Dodge/Chrysler automotive plant to create a 350,000 s.f. technology center for advanced <br />manufacturing, known as 'The Gate". The Gate has leased over 50,000 square feet of new space <br />since May, including leases to two 3D printer manufacturers. <br />• A City of San Leandro and LSL partnership with U.S. Ignite, a White House program with a mission to <br />"ignite" the development and deployment of new apps with profound impact on how Americans work, <br />live, learn and play. In a competition sponsored by Ignite's partner, Mozilla Ignite, the City's team <br />took a first place prize in a gigabit fiber application: Remote Process Control. <br />• Recognition by regional and national media of the innovation represented by Lit San <br />Leandro, resulting in articles and videos published by the Wall Street Journal, San WSJ <br />Francisco Business Times, Fortune and CBS News. Lit San Leandro received a 2013 <br />Real Estate Deal of the Year Award by the San Francisco Business Times in the category of <br />"Infrastructure/Public-Private Partnerships <br />• The hiring of the East Bay's first Chief Innovation Officer, funded through a public/private partnership <br />to cultivate the creation of a thriving innovation and tech ecosystem. <br />• A visit by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski following the announcement of his Gigabit City <br />Challenge. The Chairman identified the critical need for more innovative public/private partnerships <br />like Lit San Leandro to create the fiber optic highways that enable "innovators [to] develop next - <br />generation applications that will drive economic growth and global competitiveness." <br />• Partnership with OSIsoft to install its PI software in all Municipal buildings, extracting data <br />out of all building systems, organizing it and making it visually accessible as a major step aESAN<F9�o <br />toward increased building efficiencies and reduced energy usage. <br />