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Minutes - City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting - June 26, 2000 Page 5 B. Council Member Loeffler remarked on the Disaster Council Meetings and questioned why Minutes from their recent meeting were not included on the Agenda. He voiced concern with communication between the Disaster Council and the City Council regarding potential locations for ARKS, the status of the two school districts in disaster preparation, soft-story apartment retrofit issues, the City's position on FEMA's proposed rule to have each City insure its public buildings, community participation in disaster preparedness, and indicated the Disaster Council needs to be expanded to include community agencies and the faith community. Council Member Loeffler questioned who has the authority to cancel Council Committee Meetings and indicated he would like clarification on how notifications are made. With regard to the Senior Survey, Council Member Loeffler noted the efforts of the Senior Services Foundation to identify the needs of seniors. He commended Kati Knox, Anne Hague, John Prochaska, Denice Kaplan and others for creating the voice for our seniors. He concluded by stating the City Council has yet to act on forming a Seniors Commission. The City Manager noted that a new Recreation Services Manager, Carol Knudtson, has been hired and comes to San Leandro from the City of Alameda. She will be starting in San Leandro on July 5,2000. C. Council Member Lothrop shared with the City Council two newspaper articles regarding grief and community recovery. She stressed the importance of the Criminal Investigation Department in this community as well as the role of dispatchers. D. Mayor Young conveyed the sadness felt regarding the recent tragedy at Santos Linguisa Factory. She commented that she has written a letter to the U.S. Mayors' Conference noting our City's tragic shootings. The Mayor outlined the specific actions the City has taken regarding guns; i.e., the special Business LiceQ.se tax on the sale of handguns, the efforts to eliminate "junk guns" and Saturday Night Specials, and the requirement for trigger locks at the point of sale for guns, as well as gun store employee background checks. The Mayor commented on her support of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' strong position against handguns and handgun proliferation in our Nation. The Mayor continued by reporting San Leandro is now ranked #5 in Alameda County with regard to population, with a recent count of 76,700 residents. She indicated that now makes San Leandro larger than the City of Alameda and gives San Leandro two votes on the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency.