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DRAFT MINUTES City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-June 4, 2007 Page 11 Mayor Santos commented that he reviewed both ordinances, as well as the memo from the CLC and EBASE. He stated that in his opinion, there are many commonalities, and the differences could be reconciled. Mayor Santos noted that the City already pays prevailing wage for janitorial services, and the ordinance already contains cost of living adjustments. Councilmember Stephens commented on the Finance Committee's difficulty with the financing and implementation of the ordinance. He gave an example of requiring reports from contractors and the issues involved with monitoring the reports. Colincilmember Souza expressed appreciation for the efforts by the Finance Committee and staff in bringing the ordinance forward. She asked to what extent the City is already in compliance with the ordinance, what the implications would be of adopting more stringent guidelines, what the implementation costs would be, and what the City would need to forgo in order to provide additional enforcement for the living wage provisions. Councilmember Souza noted that the Council will need to find a balance in coming to an agreement on the ordinance. Mayor Santos remarked that he does not believe it will be a problem. He commented on the cost to society of homelessness and other problems experienced by the working poor. Vice Mayor Grant commented on Councilmember Souza's question regarding implementation costs, noting that this was a big discussion point for the Committee. The Committee was told that implementation could be handled through the Purchasing Division. Mr. J ermanis indicated that the cost for implementation would largely determine what provisions are contained in the final ordinance. Mr. Jermanis indicated that, based on Council's direction and input from the public, the ordinance will return to the Finance Committee for further review, and staff will provide a cost analysis for enforcement. Mr. Jermanis referred to Councilmember Stephens' comments regarding monitoring of payroll records, noting that this would be a time-consuming process. Councilmember Gregory commented that the City has invested a lot of time in the living wage issue, and he would hate to see an ordinance passed that was unenforceable. He commented on the progress of the Downtown Transit-Oriented Development Strategy, which could lower housing costs for workers who live in San Leandro. Councilmember Gregory asked if staff has met with the businesses at the Marina, noting that the golf course would be the most severely affected. Assistant City Manager Steve Hollister commented that the City's Purchasing Agent, Don Brockman, polled the lessees at the Marina. Mr. Brockman found that, under the current contracts, the impact would be minimal if a Marina zone was established, similar to that established by the City of Berkeley. American Golfwould experience the greatest impact, and the motel and restaurants would be less impacted. Mr. Hollister noted that most of the City's service providers would be unaffected by the proposed