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MINUTlDS City (~~~an Leandro City Council Speci~~ Mceling-I~"cccIllber 9, "~.()02 Page () The Council agreed to pull Item 7 A from the Consent Calendar for fmiher discussion. 6. CITY COUNCil, REPORTS A. RepOlis on Intergovernmental Agencies Councilmemher Santos reported he attended the Alameda County Commission on Aging meeting On December 9. Councilmember Santos noted the budget for social services will experience a drastic reduction, and he has obtained a list of the County's proposed social service spending cuts. All social services, including senior and disabled services, are likely to be affected. Councilmember Santos mentioned Mercy Housing is interested in building affordable rental housing in the Bay Area and passed on infonnation to starr. Councilmember Grant reported Alameda County Housing Authority is also experiencing budget challenges passed down from the federal government. The rederal govemment hac; proposed cuts to some housing programs which will affect some of the projects the City is consideling. Councilmember Grant rurther repOlied the ACAP (Associated Community Action Program) Board will be meeting on December 18 to review over 30 applications and grants, and she will report the results at a future Council meeting. Councilmember LoefOer repOlied on the National League of Cities (NLC) conference, commenting that we tend to view the concept of our relationship with the nation as an appendage as opposed to the nation being a pati of our community's action. Having been to sevcral NLC meetings, Councilmember Loeffler said the report on these meetings should receive a higher Pliority on the Council agenda than under Council Comments at the cnd of the meeting. The issue of homeland security was addressed at the recent NLC conference, and it was learned the federal government will not assist local agencies in paying the costs. The national facus is on preparedness for war which translates into lesser priority lar funding oflocal issues. Councilmember Loeffler noted in the past there seemed to be hesitancy by the Council to share the lessons learned D"om the NLC conrerence and is glad to see the Council now openly discussing the conference events. He expressed gratitude to the City of San Leandro for the privilege of attending the NLC conference and shared some of the expeliences and learnings he received. 13. Reports on City Council Committees 1. Finance Committee meeting orNovember 21,2002. Accepted as Submitted. Council member Nardine congratulated the Public Works and Public Safety staff [or keeping their expenditures in jine, and thanked the City Manager ('or conveying the Council's concerns to staff.