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MINUTES Pagel7 City or San Lcandro C~ty Council and San Lcandro Rcdcvelopmcnt Agcncy Joint Special Meeting--:-::~pri!}~!~004 Council member Grant commcnted that she listened to the audiotape of the meeting. She expressed appreciation for the Co unci I' s consideration of her as the alternate to the Congestion Management Agency and respectfully declined the position. Public Comments on Item 8.A.: Lou Filipovich, 15376 Laverne Drive, addressed the City Council, commenting that the approval ofthe minutes should be considered earlier on the agenda. M/S/C Stephens and Badger. Ayes: 6; Noes: 0; Abstain: 1 (Grant) S.F. Matter of Initiation of a Zoning Code Text Amendment to Consider Possible Expansion or Mailing Radius for Public Hearing Notification of Development Applications (provides update to Council regarding possible expansion of the mailing radius ILx public hearing notification of development applications). Councilmember Santos commented that he feels the current notlc1l1g radius seems adequatc and that increasing thc mailing radius will entail increased costs and starftimc. Ilc suggested the mailing radius remain as it is now. Mayor Young agreed with Councilmember Santos and noted that the City has had few problerns with noticing issues. She commented that the mailed notices have bcen revised to be more comprehensible. She suggested sta1J exercise t,'Teater care in the noticing of major projects and asked for a better understanding of the potential cost of expanding the mailing radius. Vice Mayor Glaze recalled the recent Council work session on the issue of public outreach and surmised that this item is in response to the Council's concerns about public notification. Mr. ./ermanis stated that Vice Mayor Glaze was correct, and this item is presented in response to the Council's feedback from the work session. Council had expressed concerns regarding the clarity of the public notices and the adequacy of the mailing radius (or projects. Staff responded by improving the noticing 1011n, and the next step is to consider a Zoning Code amcndment to expand the notification radius. Mr. Jemlanis indicated that it will take time and expense to research this project. Mr. Hom noted that there would be incrcased mailing costs and administrativc time associated with the expansion of the mailing radius, as well as an increase in the number of public inquiries. He pointed out that starr is not making a speci fie proposal tonight but instead is looking for Council direction to have staff explore the various options for increased noti lication and the accompanying Zoning Code Text Amendment. Mayor Young expressed concem that the staff time to analyze the potential legal, financial and other issues would take a signiiicant commitment or resources at a time of budget cutting. Mr. Hom acknowledged the process would definitely have a financial impact. He gave an example that the expansion of the mailing radius from 300 to 500