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MINUTES Page 3 City of San Leandro City Council, San Leandro Redevelopment Agency, and San Leandro Public Financing Authority Joint Meeting-May 15, 2006 Councilmember Nardine inquired whether the hotline will be answered by prompts or a live person. Steven Williams, Public Information Officer with Caltrans, indicated that the hotline will be handled by prompts with timely return of calls. The website information on the project will be updated on a daily basis. Councilmember Santos expressed concerns for workers' safety and noise mitigation. Mr. Dao indicated that standard block walls, with frontage landscape in most cases, will be built in accordance with FHW A standards to reduce noise levels by at least five decibels. A traffic noise study was performed as part of the environmental process. Both federal and state environmental studies were performed-FONZI (Finding of No Significant hnpact) for 'NEP A (National Environmental Policy Act) and Negative Declaration for CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act). Mr. Dao will forward copies of noise aspects of these studies to Councilmember Santos. Councilmember Badger inquired about penalties associated with failure to finish aspects of this project on time. Mr. Zabaneh responded that there are penalties for late lane closure pickup and liquidated damages. Mayor Young thanked the presenters and requested that Caltrans provide the Council with periodic project updates. Item 5, Public Comments and Item 6, City Manager and City Attorney Reports and Comments were taken out of order, in deference to the number of audience members in attendance for Public Comments. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS Public Comments are limited to 3 minutes per speaker, subject to adjustment by the Mayor. When you address the City Council, you should fill out a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk so the order of speakers may be determined and an official record of names and addresses obtained. The public is invited to make comments on items of public interest NOT listed on the Agenda. Fred Wroebel, San Leandro resident, addressed the City Council, requesting a reduction in the penalties on the business license fee associated with his income property and commenting on the lack of information provided by the City on business license requirements. Cynthia Lunge, Lucchesi Art Studio, addressed the City Council regarding the MacArthur Boulevard streetscape project, citing the San Leandro Zoning Code, Article 17, Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations with emphasis on its purpose to insulate surrounding land uses from adverse impacts.