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Minutes -City of San Leandro City Council, Page 5 San Leandro Redevelopment Agency and San Leandro Public Financing Authority Special Joint Meeting -October 18, 1999 learned" on topics such as Disaster Resistant Communities; Apartment Building Retrofit efforts; Homeowner Retrofit Programs; neighborhood islands; water supplies; historical preservation; and language issues. His comments were submitted in writing. They are attached and incorporated herein. 2. Council Member Lothrop indicated that she is a member of the League of California Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee and as a member of that committee she has been asked to participate in a working group that will be meeting four times over the next year in Sacramento. She indicated that it will be an AB939 Working Group that will respond to the growing number of problems related to how progress toward AB939 goals are being measured and to evaluate potential alternative ways of measuring AB939 compliance. She asked for City Council consensus and support for her participation in that Group, as it will entail some use of staff. The Council was supportive of her participation. B. Reports on City Council Committees Council Member Glaze expressed concern with the reporting out of information from the City Council Facilities Committee. He questioned why a reporting out of the various Committees was no longer being listed on the City Council agenda. Discussion ensued regarding previous Council actions regarding the reporting out of various committees. It was noted that the only items listed on the City Council agenda would be those items that are considered "action items." The only progress reports from the Facilities Committee have been through the written reports that the Library has been sending out monthly. Vice Mayor Galvan indicated that he feels it is important that at least once a month the City Council hear from every committee. Council Member Nardine noted that the Facilities Committee meets the same time each month. It is the second Tuesday at 4 p.m. every month. Council Member Loeffler indicated that he is an advocate for some kind of summary to be done of the committee meetings. He indicated his concern that three Council Members are empowered with knowledge on a committee and a discussion that often does not get out to the full Council, but the conversation gets out to the community. He feels the balance of the City Council is sometimes left in the dark. He does not feel that is the way things should operate. He stated that the public often does not have the time to attend these committee meetings. He feels there is an opportunity to provide information in a variety of forms in addition Co reporting out.