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MINUTES Page 12 City ofSall Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-November 7, 2005 Council could direct staff to create an ordinance that would be effective in addressing the problem. Councilmember Grant commented regarding the EBMUD Bayside Groundwater Project, stating that she would like to see the Council make a formal statement regarding the project. Mayor Young stated that she plans to attend the EBMUD Board meeting and will make comments on behalf of the residents of San Leandro. Mr. Jerrnanis commented that the period between when the Final EIR was received by the City and the EBMUD Board's decision did not allow City staff adequate time to formulate a recommendation for the Council to take formal action prior to the EBMUD Board's action on the project. Mr. Jermanis noted that there is still opportunity for the Council to comment on the EIR after the Board's action, and the Mayor will make comments at tomorrow's meeting on behalf of the community. Members of the Council expressed appreciation to Mayor Young for attending tomorrow's meeting and providing comments to the EBMUD Board of Directors on behalf of the community. Councilmember Nardine noted that the City Council took action to direct staff to respond to the Draft EIR, and that action in itself was a statement by the Council. She commented that over the last two months, there have been problems in District 3 with PG&E transformers blowing out and leaving homes without power. Councilmember Nardine asked if the City could obtain information about PG&E's emergency preparedness plan and its response to service problems in the event of a disaster. Mayor Young noted that there will be a Disaster Council meeting on November 14, and she will bring up the subject at the meeting. Councilmember Starosciak commented regarding the runoff election provisions. She pointed out that under the proposed provisions, a candidate statement submitted in March would need to remain true through the runoff election in November. She suggested that it might make sense to allow candidates to make changes to their statements to keep them accurate. Regarding the EBMUD Bayside Groundwater Project, Councilmember Starosciak commented that she has been involved in the review of the project both as a member of the EBMUD Community Liaison Group for two years and most recently as a Councilrnember. She stated that she has studied the Draft EIR thoroughly in order to fully understand the issues, provided her comments to staff, attended all Community Liaison Group meetings and met individually with EBMUD staff and Board Members, and members of the Heron Bay Task Force and Heron Bay BOA. Councilmember Starosciak stated that based on her knowledge of the issues, she cannot oppose the project, and it is her personal opinion that EBMUD should be allowed to proceed. Councilmember Stephens echoed Councilmember Badger's concerns regarding vehicles used for storage and boats parked on neighborhood streets. He hoped that there would be consensus among the City Council to request that staff strengthen the regulations in San Leandro Municipal Code Sections 6-l-43o-0vernight Parking and 6-1-82o-Storage of Vehicles in the Street in order to gain control over the problems. Mayor Young suggested that staff also review community standards for businesses. Councilmember Santos recalled that he raised this same issue several months ago, and the City Attorney suggested that the current Community Preservation Ordinance may be sufficient to control the situation, noting that the problem may lie in the implementation of the ordinance provisions.