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Page 31 <br />Discovery Interviews <br />Between December 1, 2023 and January 12, 2024, Pear Street <br />conducted group and individual interviews with twenty-eight (28) <br />local and regional policymakers and community leaders (see <br />Figure 3 to the right). <br />Figure 3. List of Interviewees <br />1.Mayor & City Council (6) <br />2.Senior Commissioners (7) <br />3.Senior Center staff (4) <br />4.Thomas Liao, Director <br />Community Development <br />5.Sheila Marquises, Director <br />Engineering & Transportation <br />6.Fei Mok, Sustainability Manager <br />City Manager’s Office <br />7.Kevin Hart, Interim Chief <br />Police Department <br />8.Brian Simons, Director <br />Public Library <br />9.Wendy Peterson <br />Senior Services Coalition of Alameda County <br />10.Patty Breslin <br />San Leandro 2050 <br />11.Surlene Grant <br />Former City Councilor <br />12.Dr. Arnold Chavez <br />Former County Public Health Worker <br />13.Shirley Gee <br />VACCEB <br />14.Zeke Sutherland <br />High School Student <br />The interviews were <br />designed to solicit <br />feedback on each <br />stakeholder’s vision and <br />high-level priorities for <br />San Leandro’s Age-Friendly <br />Action Plan, as well as to <br />understand what, from <br />their perspective, would <br />make the planning <br />process most successful. <br />Interviewees also shared <br />their ideas for potential <br />outreach and engagement <br />partners. <br />Information collected from <br />the interviews became the <br />basis for the project <br />options in the ranking <br />questions on the <br />community survey (see <br />page 35 for more <br />information). <br />City of San Leandro | Age-Friendly Action Plan