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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: January 16, 2018 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-012 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeff Kay <br />Assistant City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Discussion and Possible Action to Name the South Offices <br />Community Room after Former Councilmember Surlene Grant According to the <br />Guidelines Outlined in San Leandro Administrative Code Chapter 10 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff requests City Council direction on the naming the South Offices Community Room at 999 <br />East 14th Street (the former California Conservatory Theater) after Surlene Grant, according to <br />the procedures outlined in Chapter 10 of the San Leandro Administrative Code. <br />BACKGROUND <br />This report provides an overview of past City Council direction on this matter, as well as input <br />from the City Council Rules Committee and the Library Historical Commission. <br />Background Information on Surlene Grant’s contributions to the City of San Leandro <br />Surlene Grant was appointed to a position on the San Leandro City Council to fill a vacancy in the <br />District 2 seat in 1998. She was subsequently elected by the voters to serve two full 4-year terms <br />in 2000 and 2004. In doing so, Ms. Grant became the first African-American and the first person <br />of non-European descent to be appointed or elected to the City Council in San Leandro, after <br />more than a century of governance as an incorporated city. A key component of Ms. Grant’s <br />tenure on the City Council was a determined effort to ensure that the City’s leadership better <br />reflect the growing diversity of the community’s population. The success of these efforts is <br />demonstrated by the increased diversity in recent years of both the City Council and staff. In 2012, <br />the City hired its first Latino City Manager and, more recently, the City for the first time had a City <br />Council comprised of a majority of people of color. <br />Other significant accomplishments achieved during Ms. Grant’s tenure on the City Council <br />included passage of an inclusionary housing ordinance, a local purchasing policy, founding of the <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 1/9/2018