[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 76 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING KELLY McADOO MORARIU

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                           HON. ERIC SWALWELL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 2, 2024

  Mr. SWALWELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Hayward City Manager 
Kelly McAdoo Morariu as her 13-year tenure serving Hayward comes to an 
end this Friday, May 3. 2024.
  Kelly graduated from The University of Kansas, receiving a Bachelor 
of Arts in political science, economics, and international studies in 
1998, going on to receive her Master's in Public Administration in 
2000.
  Kelly joined the city of Hayward in 2010 as an Assistant City Manager 
and transitioned to City Manager in 2016. As chief executive, she 
worked to tackle issues of homelessness, financial stability, and 
infrastructure.
  Kelly effectively led city efforts to respond to the homelessness 
crisis by implementing compassionate city policies, declaring a 
homelessness emergency, and negotiating increased housing in the city. 
Under her leadership, the Hayward Navigation Center opened in 2018 
along with the Depot Community Apartments to help transition unhoused 
individuals to permanent housing. Kelly also helped negotiate 
agreements with the California Department of Transportation to 
repurpose land held for a freeway bypass for market-rate and affordable 
housing.
  As city manager, Kelly also helped maintain a financially stable city 
budget by paying down unfunded retirement liabilities and securing 
numerous grants at the state and federal levels for infrastructure, 
social services, and more. Hayward's Measure C, passed in 2014, 
provided funding for a new Downtown Public Library, Heritage Plaza, 
retrofit city fire stations, and build a new Fire Training Center and 
Fire Station No. 6 in partnership with the Chabot-Las Positas Community 
College District.
  For 13 years, Kelly has diligently served the Hayward community. Her 
dedication to community engagement and collaboration has made her an 
asset at Hayward. I know that her presence will be deeply missed in 
Hayward. I wish her and her family success as she enters this new 
chapter as Santa Barbara's City Administrator.

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