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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - March 15, 1993 Page - 30 - CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS (continued) H. Council Member Kerr noted there has been a lot of graffiti in the Washington Manor area lately and asked if there was some way to offer a reward or some way to increase penalties. He said graffiti is continually applied to his fence on Norton Street and also on fences on Lewelling and Washington and throughout the area. Mike Oliver said Community Standards has been working with the juvenile officers and some arrests have been made. I . Council Member Polvorosa said 11 boys have been arrested and 4 will be prosecuted. He noted that, every time the Cal -Trans wall is cleaned off, it is immediately graffitied. He said the Washington Manor Shopping Center is doing a good job of cleaning the graffiti off their walls. J. Council Member Perry said she attended the East Bay Economic Summit last Friday at Cal -State, Hayward. She said members of the State Legislature, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB) , businesses, and education interests were represented. She said she asked at the meeting why there was no city representation, but her question was not answered. She said she stated that, without cities providing police, sewage treatment, job development, etc. , there would be no sound economy. She said, although her question was not answered, her comments did go on the record. She said it was mentioned the Governor proposed a budget with an $8.6 billion shortfall . She said the budget proposes shifting $2.05 billion in city, county, and special district taxes to education, as well as $300 million in Redevelopment and $150 million in Enterprise Funds. She said this gives an indication that the cities' money is in jeopardy, if not gone. K. Council Member Perry said she had the summaries from the Fiscal Economic Conference from Alameda County and Contra Costa County, which she will make available to the City Council . She said she also had the League of California Cities' booklet on lobbying on how much each city will be affected by property taxes already taken and those proposed to be taken. L. Council Member Perry said on Thursday she will be attending the League of California Cities Telecommunications Task Force in San Francisco to look at new technology. M. Mayor Karp said the Redevelopment Agency could be in jeopardy of having its pockets picked. He said it will be recommended that some City properties be transferred to the Redevelopment Agency and bond issue to protect the City from the State.