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51 | P a g e City of San Leandro, CA Fiber Master Plan In the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Capital Improvements Program, the City Council authorized funding to greatly expand public Wi-Fi at City Parks and other outdoor venues. City Staff has been working to secure mounting locations throughout the community to best deploy this service through a combination of fiber and wireless backhaul technologies. In addition, City Staff is experimenting with deploying a secure Wi-Fi service that would allow residents and visitors to have an encrypted internet connection equivalent to a password protected network. The Plan recommends that the City continue to support free, public Wi-Fi and looks for ways to deploy it in the highest areas of need, as part of the Digital Inclusion efforts. In addition, public Wi-Fi and infrastructure should be considered as part of new development projects whenever possible. The City should also make a concerted effort to promote its networks and inform the public of their existence. Examples can be physical signs, similar to “Free Parking Signs,” indoor stickers and placards, and continued online promotion. The map in Figure 20 depicts the City’s existing and planned Public Wi-Fi network. ADVISORY BOARD Smart Cities ultimately require the voice of the public in order to best serve them. Thus, the Plan recommends that the City formalize its Smart City considerations via the formation of a Smart Cities Advisory Board. This Advisory Board should include senior management from relevant departments, members of City Council, and members of the community and local technology business leaders. The Advisory Board should review and investigate Smart City applications that have been under consideration by the various City departments and “vet” those applications with a view toward determining feasibility and requirements. Review and investigation of particular Smart City applications would include: Figure 22. Public Wi-Fi Network Map