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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - January 21, 1992 Page - 8 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) June Catalano, Planning and Building Department Director, spoke regarding the Commercial Preservation Ordinance. She said the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance currently is enforced in residential areas, and the Commercial Preservation Ordinance was developed to include commercial and industrial properties. She said the community has indicated it wants the Community Preservation Ordinance enforced, and she said it is not possible to implement it with current staff. She said the proposal is for a phased increase in Business License Fees of 8% in 1992-93 and 7% in 1993-94. She said the Business License Fees would still remain relatively low because San Leandro's Fees are based upon the number of employees rather than on gross sales of the business. John Jermanis reviewed the costs associated with the Assessment Districts and discussed how the assessment engineer did the preliminary review. He said the equivalent per-dwelling unit fee is $4.98 per month and includes apartment units and mobile homes. He said the commercial fee is applied on an acreage basis of approximately 8 units per acre and approximately 4 units per acre for industrial . He said the fee would be collected with property taxes each year by the County. He reviewed the projected assessment for each year and subsequent years. He said there would be a Public Hearing each year. Mike Oliver said the proposal is a snapshot. He said the financial condition can get better or worse. He said the City Council has also identified 29 additional areas for review. The Hearing was then opened to the public. The City Clerk noted that letters had been received regarding the Financial Plan from The San Leandro North Area Business and Professional Association, David Davini , Jack Goodrich, the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce, Louise Lovewell , Judi Allum, and Dan Gatto. Bob Leigh, President of Associated Homeowners of San Leandro, Inc. , read a letter from Associated Homeowners that said all 14 of the homeowners associations felt the wrong approach has been taken to resolve the financial problems of the City. He asked the City to go into an immediate hiring freeze, requiring City Council approval for new hires. He said the City should evaluate the cost effectiveness of management bonuses and asked for the costs for last year and the current year. He said no mention was made in the City newsletter that the Assessment District plan was a five-year plan and not a one-year plan. Council Member Faria said the Associated Homeowners' letter said all the homeowners associations took the same position, but he had received two letters and talked to a number of other homeowners' associations who said they did not agree with the contents of the letter.