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Shoreline CAC January 21, 2009 Meeting Highlights Page ~3 • University of California, Berkeley, architecture and urban planning students may want to be involved in the future of the Shoreline's development. B. Results of Revenue Measure Feasibility Study. Manager Battenberg gave a powerpoint presentation which included results of a Revenue Measure Feasibility Study from December 2007. Telephone interviews were conducted with voters' households; they asked what they felt was important in the community. • The top most liked features of San Leandro were its small town feel and central location. • The top most important issues/challenges facing the City were public schools and education, growth and development, and public safety including crime; the boat harbor closure was near the bottom of the list. • The top most use of the shoreline recreation area were the restaurants, walking trails and par course, and the play areas and picnic facilities. • There was general support for the boat harbor. • Once educated that the City would need to fund continued dredging of the channel and harbor, individuals were asked if they would support a parcel tax to fund the dredging, maintain the docks and restrooms, and repair the harbor master's office. Less than 50% of the persons surveyed would support a $60 parcel tax. • Keeping the boat harbor open and maintained is a relatively low priority for San Leandro voters. When read a list of 10 issues, voters rated reducing crime, improving the quality of education, and maintaining streets and roads as the relatively most important. In contrast, the boat harbor was rated as the relatively least important. • There is not sufficient voter support for a tax increase to fund the plan to dredge channel and harbor, restore and maintain the docks and the Harbormasters office. Discussion ensued regarding the following: • Was the survey performed apersuasive-type survey? The survey was conducted by a professional, polling firm, Godbe Research. City staff reviewed the questions and did not find the questions to be persuasive in nature. Two failure of two recent parcel tax measures for police services (which were individuals primary concern), leads us to believe that the survey's conclusion that a parcel tax to support dredging would have failed to garner the required two-third votes to pass is accurate. • Was the survey for full dredging? The $60 parcel tax would have generated approximately $2 million annually. • Could the notes or highlights from the Marina/Shoreline Townhall meetings held at the Main Library a few years ago be distributed? It was recalled that about 150 ideas came from that public workshop at that time. The meeting material from the Marina/Shoreline workshops will be distributed along with the next meeting's agenda.