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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 19, 1993 Page - 26 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Council Member Faria asked what would happen if there was a freeway spill that goes into San Leandro's storm drains. Mr. Taylor said the State has jurisdiction and would do the remediation for it all the way through the system. He said Cal -Trans is a very responsible agency when it comes to spills on their facilities. Council Member Faria said it is common to see people draining their radiators over a storm drain and said he assumed public information would advise people they could not do that. Mr. Taylor said public information, on both the County and City level , is an important component of the program. Council Member Faria asked if the largest parcel in San Leandro is Bayfair. Mr. Taylor said it is one of the largest. Council Member Faria asked if there is a cap to the charge. Mr. Taylor said it is on a per acre basis. He said, if each of the Bayfair tenants had to get their own permit, it could well exceed the per-acre amount charged to Bayfair. Council Member Perry noted that the City would incur a $10,000-per-day fine if it does not comply with the program. She said it is a Federal and State mandate. She said it is not something she enjoys doing but is something the City has to do. She said all of the cities in Alameda County looked at the problem early on, which helped spread the costs to make it the lowest for the citizenry. She said, given the figures on the other cities, she understands it is also based 50% population/50% area, so it looks like San Leandro is getting more services for its dollars than some of the other cities that have higher populations. Mr. Taylor said it is difficult to make real comparisons, because you must take into account the demographics and the geography of the various cities. He said the 50% by area and 50% by population is for what' s called the General Program, and San Leandro's portion of the General Program is estimated to be about $135,000 next year. He said each city has its own municipal activities which they must do and different cities are doing it differently. He said San Leandro has been doing a lot of these things that are eligible for Gas Tax but has been funding them through the General Fund, primarily street sweeping. He said under Prop. 111 Gas Tax, there is an item called Maintenance of Effort; so if street sweeping is done with Gas Tax, then the same amount of money must be spent somewhere else, and the City does not have the money to spend. He said that is the reason the total street sweeping is included, because it is mandated and is not something which can be cut or funded in another way. Council Member Perry asked if this would come back for review every year. Mr. Taylor said it would. He said there would be one other contact with the City Council after the rate was established, when the number would be given to the Flood Control District, and then staff would have a final hearing to put the rate on every parcel within the City and put it on the tax roll .