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MINUTES Page 7 City of San L<.:andro City Council and San Leandro Redevclopmenl Agency Joint Special Meeting --.JANUARY 26, 2004 Vice Mayor Claze arrived at the meeting and took his seat at the dais. Mayor Young reported that the EBDA Board has been working with LA VWMA and Vice Mayor Glaze on a community meeting to be held on Thursday, January 29 for the residents of Heron Bay and any other interested persons regarding the LA VWMA super sewer project which is now being constructed through San Leandro streets. B. Reports on City Council C01111nittees I. Disaster Council Meeting of January 7,2004. Accepted as submitted. 2. Iluman Relations Committee Meeting of January 8, 2004, Accepted as submitted. Councilmember Santos asked why members of the faith eomlnunity have not been attending the lIuman Relations Committee meetings. Couneilmemher Badger commented that he also wondered about their lack of attendance. Councilmemher Grant noted that it may he due to the change in the committee's meeting schedule, City Manager Jermanis inclicated that stare have developed a mailing list and email list of faith community members and is keeping them infoTInecl of the committee meetings. Councihnemher Grant noted that when thc faith community or non-pro fit organizations arc concerncd about a particular issue, they will usually let Councilmembers know. Mayor Young noted that one year while she was serving on the committee, the committee and the faith community jointly sponsored a Thanksgiving celebration at St. Leander's. She suggested it might he a good idea to try a similar event again. Councilmember Grant agreed that some type of joint event would be a good idea. She mentioned that she' cl heard the Interf~1ith Council had disbanded. 12. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS Counci Imember Santos comrnented that last Saturday he attended the dedication of a 120,000 square-foot warehouse on Doolittle owned by a group of SikI1 businessmen, Council member Santos stated there were approximately 400 people in attendance, and he was "adopted" by the Sikh community and presented with a plaque. He noted several people expressed interest in locating their businesses in San Leandro. Councilmembcr Santos commented that he observed cars speeding on Virginia Street, and residents asked irthe City could look into a trallic-calming program for their street. COLlncilmember Santos acknowledged the many comments on airplane noise heard by the Council at tonight's meeting. He noted he has been involved with the issLle since the 1980s. Councilmember Santos pointed out that it has taken three years to work out improvements to the settlcment agreement with the Port or Oakland, and thc insulation program is just one of lnany improvements which have been lnade. He noted the noise insulation program will be