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File Number: 12 -310 Council at that meeting, and may change. The District expressed appreciation to the City for their support. 3. Discussion Regarding Community -Based Health Center- Next Steps Superintendent Cindy Cathey explained that the District is the recipient of a grant from the San Francisco Foundation to work with community partners to develop a plan to implement a Community -based Health Center on or near the high school campus. The Community -based Health Center is built upon a national research -based model designed to provide essential services to students and families who experience issues that, when ignored or go untreated, impact a student's ability to focus on learning. These services include: medical, mental, social, emotional supports and academic supports for students and their families. One of the biggest challenges is finding a facility large enough to house the health center. Currently the District has inadequate facility space to house such a center and is working with the City and County partners to explore options. Recently, it came to the District's attention that the Girls Inc. facility across the street from the San Leandro High School main campus is for sale and the District would like to explore the feasibility of this building for use as the health center. In order for the District to show an interest, there are many preliminary steps that must be taken, noting that recently the Board approved a contract with an outside consultant to provide a feasibility study on the property, and the next phase will be to perform a site assessment. City Manager Zapata shared a specific idea under consideration to facilitate the District's acquisition of the property, whereby the City would potentially provide a loan to the District, which would be repaid out of the District's Developer Fees fund. District staff appreciated the City's willingness to pursue this concept. Committee members unanimously supported the concept and expressed support to move forward. Next steps will be a joint presentation by the District Superintendent and City Manager to the entire City Council. 5. Discussion Regarding District Budget Community Outreach Program Superintendent Cathey commented that while the members of the committee had received letters and were serving on a committee, she recapped the District's collective efforts to improve education for San Leandro students and the importance of building understanding on how the budget works, and to ask the community what their priorities for schools are and their willingness to consider community funding for our schools. It was also noted that the City has added a link to the District's Community Survey on their website. 6. Spring Forum for Families and Children -Wrap Up Deputy City Manager Jacqui Diaz, on behalf of Mayor Cassidy, thanked the forum's planning committee for their contributions, commitment and willingness to contribute their time to make the Spring Forum on Children and Teens a success, adding that the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. She thanked Board Member Katz - Lacabe for his part in videotaping the keynote speaker, former California Superintendent of Public Education, Delaine Eastin. The committee thanked Ms. Diaz for all of her hard work. City of San Leandro Page 4 Printed on 611212012