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Minutes -City of San Leandro City Council Meeting April 5,1999 Page 5 (c) Motion to Approve Revised Application for Boazds and Commissions. Council Member Lothrop indicated she feels the revised questions will discourage individuals from participating in the application process. The following Motion was then introduced: Minute Order No. 99-15. Motion to Approve Revised Application for Boazds and Commissions. (1156) The City Council approved the revised Application for Boards and Commissions. M/S/C Galvan and Grant. Ayes: 5; Noes: Lothrop and Nardine C. City Council Comments 1. Council Member Grant expressed concern with the continued comments by members of the public regazding why the Council is using speaker cards and the limited time for them to speak. She suggested the Ciry Attorney address those comments during open session so it is clear what authority the Council is basing this process on. There was Council consensus for the Ciry Attorney, in open session, to address the public's comments regazding the use of speaker cazds. Council Member Grant reported on her recent attendance at Forum `99 for the National Forum of Black Public Administrators. It was a week-long conference of classes and networking. She participated in a forum on Environmental Justice and Local Decision Making where she facilitated a discussion on the issues of development, jobs, and community outreach. Issues of environmental justice and whether the citing of a manufacturing plant in a particulaz community is a good thing was also discussed. Other topics that were discussed were the Y2K issue and the airline industry's impact on mid- sized municipalities. She also attended a Public Policy Forum where they focused on the issues of regionalization and community development. She will shaze her notes with everyone. Council Member Grant concluded by saying she went on a personal trip to Houston. She visited with a friend who is a developer of a shopping center where they invested about $3 or $4 million to develop a center that is now grossing $17 million in sales. She noted that was very interesting.