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RESOLUTION Affirming the City of San Leandro’s Commitment to the “City as a Platform Manifesto,” to Support the Development and Implementation of Smart City Technologies and Innovation
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WHEREAS, it is an established goal of the San Leandro City Council to advance projects and programs promoting sustainable economic development, including transforming San Leandro into a center for innovation; and
WHEREAS, San Leandro has taken strides toward becoming a center for innovation by embracing and implementing high-speed connectivity, open data, and emerging technologies; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro has and will continue to actively seek opportunities to collaborate with other like-minded communities to share information and best practices; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro was represented at the TM Forum Smart City InFocus Conference in Yinchuan, China in September 2017 in order to build connections and share information with other communities from around the world; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro supports the development of a shared collaborative framework between residents, the public and private sector to drive the desired outcome of sustainability, inclusivity and targeted innovation that benefits cities and their residents; and
WHEREAS, by understanding, adapting and applying platform business model principles, cities can become regional or global knowledge hubs and innovation centers. Cities that do this will become better places to live and be better equipped to manage urban challenges - with more insight, precision and transparency. They will attract talent, create jobs and unleash innovation.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
That the City Council of the City of San Leandro supports the following tenets of the City as a Platform Manifesto, as developed by the TM Forum and directs staff to sign the manifesto on behalf of the City:
1. City platforms must enable services that improve the quality of life in cities; benefitting residents, the environment, and helping to bridge the digital divide;
2. City platforms must bring together both public and private stakeholders in digital ecosystems;
3. City platforms must support sharing economy principles and the circular economy agenda;
4. City platforms must provide ways for local start-ups and businesses to innovate and thrive;
5. City platforms must enforce the privacy and security of confidential data;
6. City platforms must inform political decisions and offer mechanisms for residents to make their voices heard;
7. City platforms must involve the local government in their governance and curation, and are built and managed by the most competent and merited organizations;
8. City platforms must be based on open standards, industry best practices and open APIs to facilitate a vendor neutral approach, with industry agreed architecture models;
9. City platforms must support a common approach to federation of data or services between cities, making it possible for cities of all sizes to take part in the growing data economy; and
10. City platforms must support the principles of UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.