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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - September 7, 1993 Page - 2 - PUBLIC COMMENTS (continued) Mr. Filipovich said, in the Minutes of August 16th, Item 5.B, in the middle of the first paragraph, " . . .in honor of former Mayor. . . . and" should be deleted. He said he did not mention the Mayor by Mayor. He said he also said, if private individuals wanted to do something they could. He said, at the August 16th meeting, he said Howard Kerr should resign, but Mayor Faria stopped him from going into the issue related to this, Ordinance 93-104, Chapters 6 and 7. He said, if he had been given the opportunity to speak, he may have convinced someone else to vote no. He said, on August 2nd, he said there was a conflict of interest. He said Mayor Faria denied him the right to speak and should not have done that. B. Susan Riskind-Poulsen, on Behalf of Broadmoor Neighborhood Association and Durant Manor Association, the neighboring association in Oakland, thanked the City Council in advance for approving the Consent Item for a four-way stop at Durant and Bancroft. She said this is the first time the two communities have done something together for their common good and hoped it would continue in the future. She expressed both Associations' gratitude. C. Bob Berger, 13475 Bancroft Avenue, spoke regarding a project completed by BANHA - Bancroft Area Neighborhood Homeowners' Association. He said BANHA is a new homeowners' organization formed recently by himself and Gordon Galvan. He said they contacted Cal -Trans and became the first people in the State to adopt an offramp. They planted 365 plants on the offramp from 580 onto Grand Avenue. He said it will be beautiful in the springtime. He said he hopes someone else does a similar project. Mayor Faria said Mr. Berger and Mr. Galvan really did something with this program and expressed the City's gratitude. Council Member Perry noted there were 23 active participants in the project. D. Scott Grubbs, 13475 Bancroft Avenue, spoke regarding Marina Park. He said he reads that Marina Park is running up a deficit by being there for the Park, the Marina area, and boat usage. He said this is hogwash. He said the City is currently looking at the feasible development of the Marina. He said there are 451 berths which could bring in $3.732 million over five years, which pays for the dredging. He finds it hard to believe the City only estimates one-seventh of the possible income in the 1993-94 proposed budget. He said he has found a $379,824 mistake. He said all the City has to do is advertise to get more boats into the Marina. He said this does not include sales tax