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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2019 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:19-277 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.I. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Amend the City <br />of San Leandro Administrative Code to add Chapter 8 to Title 5 to Permit City <br />Elected and Appointed Officials and City Employees the Option to Have <br />Planning Applications that Affect Their Personal Economic Interests Be <br />Reviewed by Independent Third Parties <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council consider and approve the proposed resolution to amend <br />the City of San Leandro Administrative Code to add administrative regulations that allow the <br />option of an independent third party plan check for Community Development Department <br />applications in which City of San Leandro elected officials, appointed officials, and employees <br />may have an involved personal economic interest. <br />BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS <br />From time to time, City elected and appointed officials, and employees (“City public officials”) <br />either voluntarily submit or must submit applications (for example, to address Code violations on <br />their property) to the Community Development Department (“CDD applications”) that affect real <br />property in San Leandro in which they have a personal economic interest. To address any actual <br />or perceived conflicts of interest under relevant State laws, and/or counter any claims of bias for <br />or against the City public official, staff previously prepared a proposed resolution to amend the <br />City of San Leandro Administrative Code to add administrative regulations that allow the option <br />of independent third party plan review for CDD applications in these types of situations. <br />If a City public official chooses to have his or her CDD application reviewed by a third party <br />reviewer, the application would be forwarded to a third party reviewer with whom the City had <br />contracted for this service. The independent third party would analyze the City public official’s <br />application against the relevant City Codes, and provide services to the applicant similar to what <br />City staff would normally do for any other applicant. The independent third party reviewer would <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/14/2019