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Minutes - Joint San Leandro City Council/ Page - 19 - San Leandro Redevelopment Agency/ Alameda County Board of Supervisors Meeting - June 28, 1993 JOINT PUBLIC HEARING (continued) CC. Tom Grigsby said an earlier speaker indicated that 33% of total funds of this project was going to be directed towards Bayfair. He said he read in the Daily Review that figure was 50%. He said it bothered him that this kind of dollar value is going to be very causally spent on Bayfair. He said, if this is a true statement, staff's presentation was very one-sided and poor in speaking of blight and unsightly conditions in an entity such as Bayfair. He said parking and security have some values. June Catalano said there is approximately $161 million out of $320 million that could be in the Bayfair area, including improvements to connections to BART, public parking in the area parking garages, and the kinds of improvements that would improve the entire area of that part of town. That is one reason why the City and County have agreed on that as a stimulus. Not a half or even a third will be given to Bayfair. Mr. Grigsby said this is a tremendously large project. He said he has a strong concern about the City Council driving this project. He said the City ought to be doing it, and consultants should be looking at it too. Mayor Faria agreed and said the City has specialty consultants, other consultants and staff working on it. It has been studied for quite a while and it will continue to be studied. DD. Laura, 1712 Pacific Avenue, said if there is a project in mind, she would like a graphic presentation of what the project is. The workshop last week came off sloppy. She said her parents own property next to Siempre Verde Park. Some of those people who use the park leave condoms, diapers, syringes, etc. around her property, and as soon as she fixes one thing, does planting or puts in a sprinkler, people come in from the park and tear it up. Maybe these people don't care as much as people who live there. When the parks are fixed up they overflow into the residential area. Sometimes these people say nasty comments. You can't say anything because you don't know what they are going to do. June Catalano said there may be confusion regarding the project. The General Plan that is already in existence will be the document that will be the land use rules for this plan. That document is available for review. No changes are being made related to this project. The General Plan and Zoning are available. There are a number of specifics. Projects under this redevelopment plan are public improvements and incentives to business that will be made available. Copies of the Redevelopment Plan are available. EE. Dana Johnson, said the idea is very good, but asked who will be responsible for these areas, such as lawns and sidewalks. He said, in light of the fact that the County is broke, who will take care of that? He asked if this was too big a project to undertake at this time. Adolph Martinelli said many of the projects on the list do not require maintenance. Facade renovation is maintained by the business person. The undergrounding, curb, gutters and sidewalks require no maintenance. Some projects are proposed to be funded for HARD; there is some pass through to have ongoing maintenance of public improvements.