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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 14, 1993 Page - 14 - MATTER OF DISCUSSION REGARDING PROCESS TO FILL VACANCY - COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 (continued) Mayor Faria said it would be the Council 's responsibility to ask all the necessary questions during the interviews. Council Member Myers said the Subcommittee opened up the window to pick up applications, rather than allow more time until the interview date. The City Council noted the amount of time needed for the interviews would depend upon the number of applications received. Mayor Faria suggested that the successful applicant be sworn in and take part in the meeting on the 28th. Steve Meyers said there will be a very lengthy presentation to the Council of the Redevelopment Plan and EIR on the 28th. He said, if the appointee is going to hear the matter, he or she will be able to act at subsequent meetings, so it would be a more efficient process if they were actually a part of the deliberations on the plan. Mayor Faria noted the successful appointee could be given the documents on the Plan on the 24th. Vice Mayor Polvorosa suggested the meeting on the 24th start at 8:00 p.m. instead of 7:00 p.m. The City Council concurred. The City Council also directed that the order of the interviews should be determined by some type of random-order drawing. Council Member Corbett suggested setting a time for the length of each interview and posting a schedule at the beginning of the meeting on the 24th. Council Member Perry suggested that candidates be isolated and unable to hear each others answers. It was pointed out this would be a public meeting. The City Clerk suggested the Clerk's Office conduct an informal process to pull names out of a hat and provide the Council with a list of the order of interviews. The Council concurred. The Council discussed the amount of time to be allowed for each interview and agreed the length of time could not be determined until the number of applications received was known. Mayor Faria said the applicants must be very serious about what they are doing and understand what the time commitment would be. He suggested that the interview meeting not go beyond midnight.