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WSL & Joint RACs Page 2 of 3 for the continuation of the Joint RAC and the existing members have served since that time. Currently, the Joint RAC has 8 active members of the originally appointed 16. The primary function of the Joint RAC was to put into action the Redevelopment Plan by working with staff to create a Five Year Implementation Plan. The Joint RAC assisted Agency staff in the creation of the 2004 Implementation Plan which was then adopted by the Redevelopment Agency. The Joint RAC, through the Implementation Plan, created the framework for the following projects and programs: Expansion of the Marina Auto Mall • The Redevelopment of the Islander Motel • The Implementation of East. 14th Street South Area Strategy Zoning Coded changes with the Project Area • The Assembly use overlay The creation of the Commercial Rehabilitation program West San Leandro/MacArthurBou1evard In order to assist Redevelopment Agency staff in the creation of the WSL Redevelopment Plan, the City Council appointed a Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) in November of 1996. This Committee consisted of stakeholders within and around the redevelopment study area including property owners, bankers, brokers and others with development expertise. In May of 1998, the CAC recommended that the Redevelopment Agency proceed with the formation of the WSL Redevelopment Project Area. Additionally, the CAC provided input to staff on the Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area which included the main objective of eliminating blight through a program of business retention, expansion, and attraction that builds on the area's strengths and diversifies the City's economic base. After presenting this recommendation to the City Council, the CAC was dissolved. The Redevelopment Plan was adopted in June 1999. The WSL RAC was formed in December 1998 as a 15 member ad hoc committee comprised six of business owners, six property owners and three adjacent project area residents elected by the business and property owners, and adjacent residents in the WSL Project Area. Several members of the original ad hoc committee were elected to the RAC. For the first two three year RAC terms, 1999-2001 and 2002-2004, the members of the RAC were selected through amail- in election process. When the second term expired in December 2004, the Council approved extending the term of existing members who wished to continue to serve. Currently, the WSL RAC has 10 active members of the originally appointed 15. While the CAC's role was to assist in the creation of the WSL Redevelopment Plan, the RAC's purpose was to provide input on policy matters which deal with the implementation of a Redevelopment Plan. More specifically, the RAC worked with staff to create the Five Year Implementation Plans which were adopted by the Redevelopment Agency in 1999 and 2004. The Implementation Plans, which are required by State Law, adopt specific goals and objectives including projects and programs that improve or alleviate the conditions of blight within the project area. The creation of the Implementation Plans was crucial in guiding redevelopment activities and directing resources to best execute the Redevelopment Plan.