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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - January 21, 1992 Page - 17 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) responses to the questionnaire not to cut police and fire. She said that is 500 of the cost of the General Fund so those funds have to be made up in some other area. She said she supported youth programs when she ran for City Council and said she would hate to give. up the School Resource Officer, latch key, and other youth programs. She said she shared the concerns related to possible increases in assessments and the Finance Committee had pared the assessment down to half of the original proposal . She said she did not see the Assessment District as a total solution, but it must be used as an option. She said if the Assessment District goes forward it will be discussed over the next several months. She said dialogue needs to be established and input is needed. She said she wanted guarantees that staff will be looking at all other options as equal components of the program. Council Member Faria moved to approve the plan. Council Member Santos seconded the motion, with a recommended amendment to provide a subsidy program for low-income property owners. The amendment was accepted by Council Member Faria. Vice Mayor Glaze said two years ago the City took the easy way out and cut $2 million from the budget with the hope that the economy would pick up. He said things have not picked up and additional cuts had to be made this year. He said the public says they want to maintain existing levels of service, but it won't be business as usual until the economy picks up. He said we have the ability to change within our grasp; everyone has the ability to change our City and our Country. He discussed the trade imbalance between the United States and Japan. He said the same thing happens when San Leandro residents shop and buy outside of San Leandro; revenue is lost by the City. He said if we give up on our City or our Country, we are giving up on ourselves. He said we must buy San Leandro, buy American, and recapture what we once were.