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CITY OF SAN LEA~IDRO MEMORANDUM Date: June 29, 2009 To: Business and Housing Development Committee From: Steve Hollister, City Manager Via: Luke Sims, Community Development Director Cynthia Battenberg, Business Development Manager By: Elmer Penaranda, Senior Development Project Specialist Subject: DISCUSSION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION FOR COMPOSITION OF THE NEW REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RAC) In October 2008, the Redevelopment Agency/City Council by various resolutions, discontinued the West San Leandro/MacArthur Boulevard (WSL) and Alameda County-City of San Leandro (Joint) Redevelopment Advisory Committees (RACs) and approved the formation of a new Redevelopment Advisory Committee that would provide input to the WSL, Joint and the Plaza project areas and on housing set-aside funds on a quarterly basis. In order to select a diverse group of stakeholders, the City's outreach efforts included written notices to business and property owners within the project areas, and residents living within 500 feet of the project areas. In addition, press releases were distributed and an advertisement placed in the local paper. Information was also placed on City's website and notices were sent to homeowners associations, business associations, Chamber of Commerce, individuals suggested by City Council members, and to housing experts. Applications were also sent to the former members of the discontinued WSL and Joint RACs. Seventy-one applications were received of which three were late and five did not qualify. The applicant names were forwarded to the City Council in April, and copies of the applications were forwarded to the Screening/Interview Panel, consisting of Mayor Santos and staff from the City Manager's Office and the Office of Business Development. The panel rnet on April 27 and reviewed the applications with the goal of city-wide representation, participation of new and long term members of the community, individuals who have participated in City committees before and new people who want to get involved. At that meeting the panel agreed on the property owner, business owner and housing representatives. The panel decided to interview three to five residents from each project area as many of the candidates were unknown by the panel. Interviews were held on May 22 and June 3 and based on the quality of the candidates, the panel is recommending the following candidates, which includes two at-large residential representatives.