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MINUTES Page 5 City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-April 6, 2009 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS-CITY COUNCIL Public Hearing Comments are limited to 5 minutes per speaker, 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 Approval of Joint Agreement between the City of San Leandro and the Cities of Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Livermore, and Union City for Participation in the State of California Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, City Manager Hollister provided a brief background on the matter, and introduced Housing/CDBG Manager Tom Liao. Mr. Liao gave a short PowerPoint presentation, describing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and San Leandro's eligibility as a Tier 2 city for State NSP funds. Tier 2 jurisdictions must enter into a Joint Agreement to apply for the funds, with the City of Livermore acting as lead agency, and the Cities of Livermore and Union City have already approved the Joint Agreement. The cities are considering pooling their funds to further the Everyone Home Plan to end chronic homelessness in Alameda County. The Hearing was then opened to the public. There being no comments from the public, and without objection, the Public Hearing was closed. • Resolution No. 2009-046, Resolution Approving a Joint Agreement Between the City of San Leandro and the Cities of Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Livermore, and Union City for Participation in the State of California's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) (approves necessary agreement prior to applying for $559,007 in grant funds). (3153) M/S/C Prola and Souza. Ayes: 7; Noes: 0 With concurrence of the City Council, Items 10.B. and 10.A. were moved out of order to accommodate the large number of audience members in attendance for these items. 10.B. Resolution of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro Authorizing the Execution of an Ownership Participation and Loan Agreement with Alameda Housing Associates, L.P., Approving Financing for an Affordable Rental Housing Project Located at 1333 Martinez Street, and Authorizing the Execution of Documents in Connection with Such Financing (approves an agreement and loan for up to $9.1 million to construct The Alameda housing project). Mr. Hollister reported that this action is related to The Alameda phase of the San Leandro Crossings project. A request for a project labor agreement (PLA) for this project has recently been made by the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council and other union interests. Mr. Hollister noted that the Council has not had the opportunity to have a