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l\UNUTES City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-July 21, 2003 Page 15 Councilmember Grant reported she was appointed Vice Chair of the Alameda County Housing Authority. Mayor Young congratulated Councilmember Grant and acknowledged her contributions to the commission. B. Reports on City Council Committees 1. Business Development Committee Meeting of June 25, 2003. Accepted as submitted. 12. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Santos reported on sessions he attended at the League of California Cities Conference in Monterey. He mentioned an interesting session he attended on City and School District collaborations hosted by the City of La Calida Flintridge and suggested staff may want to check into the interesting joint agreements entered into by that city and school district. He also attended sessions on redevelopment and pointed out the need for the City to pay close attention to the actions the State proposes to take to address its budgetary situation which will adversely affect local governments. Vice Mayor Glaze added to the concerns of Councilmember Santos, pointing out that a shift in property taxes to the cities to make up for the loss of sales tax taken by the State will result in an equivalent loss of ERAF funding to schools. Councilmember Nardine reported that at the last City and San Leandro School District Liaison Committee meeting, the School District was asked to provide copies of their strategic plan and FY 2003-04 budget to the Council in preparation for the upcoming joint City Council and School Board work session on July 28. Mayor Young stated she was contacted by Shiyama Rickford at SBC regarding Council's consideration of a resolution relating to local investment in the telecommunications industry and requested the matter be referred to the Rules and Communications Committee for review. There was consensus of the Council to do so. Mayor Young noted over the past year there have been many comments concerning speeding in neighborhoods and around schools. She recently became aware that as a charter city, San Leandro could adopt a resolution doubling fines for speeding in school zones. Mayor Young requested Council give permission to staff to research the issue and return to Council after the recess with options. There was consensus of the Council to do so. Mayor Young also noted the problem of vehicles running red lights and asked if Council had an interest in having staff look into posting the fine for running a red light on signs at major intersections. There was consensus of the Council to do so. Mayor Young stated she has received requests from residents on Eveleth Avenue requesting consideration of their street for permit parking and suggested the Council consider waiving