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Staff Report for Nomination of a Member of the City Council to Serve on the Board of Directors of the San Leandro Improvement Association (Downtown CBD)
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that Council consider adoption of a Minute Order nominating a member of the City Council to serve on the Board of Directors of the San Leandro Improvement Association, the governing body of the Downtown San Leandro Community Benefit District.
BACKGROUND
On July 15, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2013-102, approving the creation of the Downtown San Leandro Community Benefit District (District). An interim Board of Directors, comprised of members of the District formation steering committee, was appointed in September of 2013 to oversee creation and functioning of the District. Currently, Councilmember Cutter and Jeff Kay, the City's Business Development Manager, serve as members of the interim Board of Directors. The District was incorporated with the California Secretary of State as the San Leandro Improvement Association on December 3, 2013 and subsequently approved by the IRS as a tax exempt 501 (c) (3) organization on July 10, 2014.
The early work of the interim Board of Directors focused on the administrative processes of establishing the corporation, hiring a management company to serve as District staff and securing contracts with service providers to begin providing services. In February 2014 the Board hired Oakland Venue Management to serve as the management entity for the District. Later in the spring of 2014, the Board contracted with Block by Block to provide ambassadors for the District. The ambassador program began operations in July 2014 and the ambassadors are now serving a hybrid maintenance/hospitality/security function throughout Downtown San Leandro.
ANALYSIS
The interim Board approved By-Laws on October 3, 2013. According to the By-Laws, the Board of Directors will have between 9 and 25 memb...
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