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l\lINUTES Page 2 City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-NOVEMBER 3,2003 . A presentation was n1ade to Alameda County Sheriff Charles Plummer for his 51 years in law enforcement service. The Mayor and City Council made a contribution from the Mayor's Community Fund to the San Leandro Library Foundation for the Trivia Bee. The Mayor and City Council made a contribution from the Mayor's Community Fund to the Bay Area Black ComITIunity Fund in memory of Sheila Hill-Fajors. A letter of congratulations was sent to Bud and Barbara Veirs on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary. A certificate of recognition was presented by Vice Mayor Glaze to members of the Eden Lodge 90 Plus Club, residents of Eden Lodge who are 90 years of age or older. . . . . 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS Public Hearing Comments are limited to 5 minutes per person, 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. A. Matter of an Ordinance on Historic Preservation and Adoption of an Incentive Program (approves adoption of ordinances to: 1) replace the existing historic preservation ordinance with one that has a three-tier system for designating historic structures and 2) establish criteria for determining which buildings shall be designated historic, and develops a public review process for evaluating alterations, relocations and demolitions of designated historic structures. This also includes changes to the Building Code related to demolition of non-designated buildings and adopts an Incentive Program for property owners of historic structures.) This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, City Manager J ermanis gave an overview of the item. He acknowledged the work of the Library- Historical Commission and staffs of the Library Services and Community Developn1ent departments working in collaboration to present the matter for Council consideration. Mr. J ermanis introduced Library Services Director David Bohne, who described the intent, purpose and provisions of the Historic Preservation Ordinance. He pointed out while the most important historic sites, or landmarks, would have compulsory participation by the property owner, the next level of historic sites, merit resources, would have voluntary participation. This unique feature of the ordinance was incorporated in response to the public input received. Mr. Bolme introduced Library-Historical Commissioner Denise Kaplan, who gave a PowerPoint presentation which described the process used by the Library-Historical Commission, highlighted the points the Commission felt were most important to en1phasize, listed the Commission's recommendations, described the proposed incentive program and outlined the next steps in the process. The Hearing was then opened to the public.