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Minutes -City of San Leandro City Council, Page 7 San Leandro Redevelopment Agency and San Leandro Public Financing Authority Special Joint Meeting -October 18,1999 that are committed to this process from having served on the previous Finance Committee and may want to continue to participate in this process. Council Member Lothrop stressed the importance of getting feedback from the community about the City's budget process. She, too, indicated her disappointment that the meetings were not spread more throughout the City. She indicated that she feels it should be members of the Finance Committee that participate. Council Member Nardine indicated that she supports what Council Member Lothrop has said as she and Council Member Grant have not had an opportunity to serve on the Finance Committee, which she feels puts them at a disadvantage. She feels she needs a preparation period to enable her to be effective at these meetings. Council Member Glaze indicated that if the Committee is a committee of the City Council as a whole, then he feels the entire City Council should go out and try to make as many of these meetings as possible. But, if it is the Finance Committee trying to gain information on the preparation of the coming budget and what we are looking at in terms of long-range goals for that budget, then it should be the Finance Committee that goes to these meetings. He indicated that he would hope the City Council has budget workshops for the Council as a whole and the community. Council Member Loeffler indicated that as a former member of the Finance Committee and one who embraced the concept of a two-year budget cycle, as well as one who stepped down from the Committee because of his philosophical concerns about how things are done, he would be glad to participate in the budget workshops. He indicated that he strongly believes that the community needs to understand atwo-year model and get involved in the process. Vice Mayor Galvan commented on costs to provide services and indicated that the City has undertaken a study to provide information regarding the costs to provide these services. He noted that the initial phase of that study has been completed and that the next step for the Finance Committee will be to meet with the Department Heads and go over the initial findings of that study. C. City Council Comments 1. Council Member Nardine reported on having attended the League of California Cities Conference and indicated she attended a session on "Insight to Investing Public Funds and Fiduciary Responsibilities." She noted that the presenter was Bill Statler, who was the Director of Finance for the City of San Luis Obispo. She indicated that he was also born and raised in San Leandro and knows Tim Hansen and John Jermanis very well. She further noted that he has nothing but high remarks to say about both John and Tim.