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Highlights of the Facilities and Transportation Committee Meeting of October 6, 2015
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
CITY COUNCIL FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
October 6, 2015
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
Sister Cities Gallery
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee Members: Mayor Pauline Cutter, Councilmember Corina Lopez, Councilmember Ursula Reed
City Staff Present: Deborah Acosta, Keith Cooke, Reh-Lin Chen, Kirsten Foley, Lianne Marshall, Austine Osakwe, Nick Thom
Public Present: A. Colombo (Olidata), Felix Cruz, John Davis (Durant Task Force), Cindy Fonzino, Leah Hall (SL Placemakers), Paula Hansen (SL Placemakers), Geoff Hernandes, T. Jackson (Climatec), Derick Lee (PilotCity), Lynn Mara, Gus Noland (Durant Task Force), Amy Robeson, Azucena E. Sierra-Van Dyke, Felipe Cano
1.B. Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Discussion Regarding Smart San Leandro: Renewable Energy Mesh Grid - Deborah Acosta
D. Acosta talked about San Leandro as an innovative city and the need for a Climate Action Plan that will involve the entire city in creating a community power grid. She introduced Olidata, a developer of renewable energy micro grids or "smart grids".
Felipe Cano, President of Olidata, presented Olidata's proposal for creating a renewable energy grid in San Leandro. San Leandro was chosen for its resources and its leadership in fiber optics; high speed internet is fundamental to their plan for smart grid. Their 5-year plan (to 2020) for San Leandro is to create sufficient power that will yield economic, social and environmental impacts for both citizens and visitors. Olidata's vision for San Leandro is to have 25% penetration/100 megawatts of energy generated in the next 36 to 48 months.
Olidata will work with Westlake Urban and Enel Greenpower (power company) on ...
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