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Proposal <br />  <br />page 1 of 9 <br />Consultant Proposal <br />Seed Collaborative, LLC (Seed or Consultant) respectfully submits the following proposal for <br />facilitation of a site-specific facilitation planning process for the creation of the Steven Taylor Sanctity <br />of Life Memorial Park in Council District 6 located at the San Leandro Marina. <br />Pursuant to the leadership of San Leandro Council (Council), Seed shall provide an open, public <br />process, convening hearings and working closely with park stakeholders that center community <br />voices with a diversity of lived experience to ensure a robust and equitable community engagement. <br />Additionally, Seed shall enhance the general planning principles of public space development and <br />those practices that promote equity, diversity, and inclusion for the broadest reach of constituencies <br />in San Leandro. <br />Background <br />Given the tragic circumstances of Steven Taylor’s passing, the City of San Leandro is engaging in a <br />planning process to conceive a memorial within an existing park to honor the life and circumstances <br />of Mr. Taylor’s death and acknowledge the sanctity of all life. This public space will be carefully <br />designed as a Commons for “All” in which to bolster community understanding, reconciliation, and <br />awareness of belonging among other sentiments, and to promote healing among the residents of San <br />Leandro. <br />Consultant DEI Approach <br />Consultant’s approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is through the lens of Targeted <br />Universalism (TU). The TU approach was conceptualized by Seed co-founder john A. powell and <br />entails establishing universal goals pursued by targeted processes to achieve those goals.1 <br />Consultant approaches all client engagements through the lens of a collaborative learning-exchange <br />based on a consensus-building process that works to transfer lasting institutional benefits. Integral to <br />Consultant’s philosophy is designing solutions that work for our clients, which is why we custom tailor <br />our approach to fit our clients’ needs. <br />Our engagement will begin with a level-setting meeting to discuss the objectives of the consulting <br />project and the key milestones that will be achieved along the way. <br /> <br />  <br />1 https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/targeteduniversalism