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DRAFT MINUTES Page 13 December 21, 2009 City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting that at the City Council Facilities & Transportation Committee meeting, the Committee recommended that staff slow down their work on BRT, as San Leandro is way ahead of the Cities of Oakland and Berkeley. Councilmember Reed expressed concern that the recent San Leandro Times article on the Measure WW projects could be confusing to the public. She commented that the City is doing great work in encouraging public involvement in the decision-making process, and she was concerned that the article made it appear that the community input on Measure WW projects was not considered. Mr. Hollister stated that the Chair and Vice Chair of the Recreation and Parks Commission (RAPC) have submitted a letter to the San Leandro Times to clarify the information in the article. Vice Mayor Starosciak expressed surprise with the San Leandro Times article on the Measure WW projects, and commented on the need to get the correct information out to the community. She commented that the processes utilized at the Measure WW Ad Hoc Committee meetings and at the RAPC town hall meetings were very different, and so the outcomes were also different. Vice Mayor Starosciak pointed out the offer of funding for the competition pool by the San Lorenzo School District, and the revenue that the pool would generate, and stated that this information was not considered in the public process. She pledged to continue to lobby for the pool on behalf of her constituents. Vice Mayor Starosciak commented that she attended the Alameda County Mayors Conference and the community meetings held by Kaiser. She passed on a suggestion by a constituent about th closing Joaquin between Washington and East 14 for improved walkability. Councilmember Prola commented that he and Mayor Santos attended the ERI (Energy Recovery Inc.) ribbon cutting; the Hispanic Business Council reception; the Wilson School PTA pancake breakfast; the signing of the beam at the San Leandro High School Arts Center; the Eden Township Healthcare District meeting, where he urged the Board to keep San Leandro Hospital as an acute care hospital with an emergency room; and the community meeting on the Kaiser development. Councilmember Souza thanked Councilmember Reed for mentioning the TeachBar, which was the winner of the Bayfair Entrepreneur award with federal lobbyist Len Simon, and solicitors in front of Pak n Save, who operate without a permit. Councilmember Gregory commented that he attended the Annual Moose Feed event; the Wilson School PTA pancake breakfast; the signing of the San Leandro Arts Center beam; and the Eden Township Healthcare District Board meeting. Mayor Santos made the following comments: he attended the Macao exhibit at the Main Library, which he co-sponsored; the Council has been invited to City, Yang Chun, and other cities in China in May 2010; he attended the Eden Township Healthcare District meeting with Councilmembers Gregory and Prola, at which he reiterated to the Board the need to keep San Leandro Hospital open.