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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Amend the City of San Leandro Administrative Code to add Chapter 8 to Title 5 to Permit City Elected and Appointed Officials and City Employees the Option to Have Planning Applications that Affect Their Personal Economic Interests Be Reviewed by Independent Third Parties
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council consider and approve the proposed resolution to amend the City of San Leandro Administrative Code to add administrative regulations that allow the option of an independent third party plan check for Community Development Department applications in which City of San Leandro elected officials, appointed officials, and employees may have an involved personal economic interest.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
From time to time, City elected and appointed officials, and employees ("City public officials") either voluntarily submit or must submit applications (for example, to address Code violations on their property) to the Community Development Department ("CDD applications") that affect real property in San Leandro in which they have a personal economic interest. To address any actual or perceived conflicts of interest under relevant State laws, and/or counter any claims of bias for or against the City public official, staff previously prepared a proposed resolution to amend the City of San Leandro Administrative Code to add administrative regulations that allow the option of independent third party plan review for CDD applications in these types of situations.
If a City public official chooses to have his or her CDD application reviewed by a third party reviewer, the application would be forwarded to a third party reviewer with whom the City had contracted for this service. The independent third party would analyze the City public official's application against the relevant City Codes, and provide services to the applicant similar to what City staff ...
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