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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - October 2, 1995 Page - 2 - 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS Public Comments are limited to 5 minutes per person. The public is invited to make any comments related to Agenda items (including San Leandro Redevelopment Agency, San Leandro Parking Authority, and San Leandro Industrial Development Authority) or other items of public interest at this time. Comments regarding Public Hearing items will be heard during the Public Hearing portion of the Agenda. A. Troy Harper, 13517 Aurora Drive, said the City Manager stated at a Mulford Gardens Improvement Association meeting that financing of golf course capital improvement projects was linked to the sale of surplus golf course property, despite the proposed sale of bonds. He said the high bids on the gas collection project may have been the result of unclear specifications and it should be rebid, not negotiated. He said the proposal before the Council separated the gas collection system from the irrigation system, and a new Mitigated Negative Declaration is necessary. The City Manager explained that staff will work with the original bidder and negotiate a price. He said only the gas collection system will be negotiated; the irrigation system will go out to bid again. The City Attorney explained that the action before the Council was to adopt a resolution authorizing staff to negotiate a contract, and award of the contract would still require City Council approval . If changes need to be made to the Negative Declaration, they will be presented to the Council at the time of award of the contract. B. Guadalupe Peters, 513 Olive Court, said she and her neighbors have ongoing problems with rats coming onto their property from the area between their property lines and the railroad tracks and also from the BART parking lot. She said the neighbors have been unable to obtain adequate assistance from either the City or the County. The City Manager said City staff would meet with her and ensure the problems are solved. C. Rick Richards, 335 Peralta Avenue, President of Friends of San Leandro Creek, thanked Mayor Corbett and Council Members Perry and Loeffler and the many volunteers who participated in the Creek Cleanup. Mr. Richards suggested the City Council post a $10,000 reward to match that offered by Target Stores in connection with the recent incident at the store. He described efforts being undertaken by Target to prevent such incidents in the future. Vice Mayor Kerr asked if this could be an urgency measure. The City Attorney suggested the matter could be placed on the October 16, 1995 agenda. D. Lou Filipovich, 15376 Laverne Drive, read a document objecting to the Leadership San Leandro Program and stating that it is a partisan program and the City should establish a non-partisan program.