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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - May 3, 1993 Page - 17 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) He said a cross section of the community was on the Subcommittee. He mentioned that, when the San Leandro High School pool was scheduled to be closed, he and a number of other people volunteered to fix it. He said there is too much complaining. He paraphrased a President and said people should not ask what their City can do for them but what they can do for their City. He said everyone will profit from this Tax, and the City Council should try to make sure the State provides funding for any mandates. Mayor Karp thanked Mr. Bender. He noted on May 8 there would be a volunteer painting program at San Leandro High School and at the elementary and middle schools. He invited people to participate. Dale Reed, 1560 Daily Court, Chairperson of the Task Force, said he agreed the City Council provided a very good cross section of the City on the Task Force. He said he was proud of every member of the Task Force, and they were willing to make tough decisions. He said they looked at revenue, the cost of services, and disaster preparedness. He said none of the problems were easy to solve. He said the report presented to the Council , which included the Transfer Tax, was a fine report; and it truly was a visionary committee. He said he hoped the City Council would vote in favor of the Tax. Jeff McGallian, 13985 Tahiti Road, said he was on the Task Force. He said the City Council asked a cross section of people to come up with these decisions. He said he feels the Tax will help continue taking care of the Police and Fire Departments and all services. He said people don't know where to cut. He said San Leandro is our home, and we need to take care of it. Al Rosenga, 534 Parrott Street, asked what the effective date of the Tax would be. Steve Meyers, City Attorney, said it would be effective tomorrow. Mr. Rosenga asked the City Council for a 45-day delay because there are people in the middle of escrow. Mr. Meyers said the administrative process for implementation would probably not take place immediately. John Jermanis, Finance Director, said implementation would probably not take place until the first of June because he would need to notify the County and the real estate community. Ralph Frey, said he was not a member of the Task Force. He said he moved to San Leandro from Hayward because he and his wife did not want to raise their children in Hayward. They chose San Leandro because of the quality of life. He said, if the quality of life deteriorates, realtors will have nothing here to sell . He said emphasis has been placed on whether this was the average cost. He said there is not a person in this City who would like to see the quality of life be the