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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 15, 1992 Page - 19 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Development of financing plan for seismic retrofit of the Civic Center and fire stations - He said staff will come back to the City Council with a cost estimate and financing plan. Reductions made in the Alternate Financial Plan - He said a one-year elimination of depreciation and acquisition of vehicles and computers would result in an $800,000 savings, consisting of $530,000 in depreciation and $170,000 in acquisition. He said this could be an appropriate course of action pending the outcome of the State's actions. He said he would like to keep the reduction at $250,000 for the time being. Funding for Social Service Agencies - Mark Adcock, Assistant to the City Manager, said the Human Resources Commission had recommended funding in the amount of $203,393. He said funding was proposed for nine agencies and he provided a general overview of each of the agencies. He said the City Council had expressed interest in revamping the way requests from Community Assistance agencies are processed, and that a review process through the Recreation and Parks Commission will be suggested for Fiscal Year 1993-94. Council Member Perry asked if the Classical Philharmonic Orchestra had requested funding from any other cities. Dick Lind of the Orchestra said they requested funds from the cities of Hayward and Pleasanton, but had not received a response yet. In response to questions from Council Member Corbett, Mr. Lind said the Orchestra has been in San Leandro for three years. He said initially all five performances were held in San Leandro, but the Orchestra found it needed to regionalize in order to attract support. Therefore, it changed its name and holds performances in Hayward, San Ramon and Pleasanton, as well as San Leandro. He said this year all three San Leandro performances will be held at the Crossroads Church which has a capacity of 1 ,500. He said the performances have averaged 400 attendees, which is the capacity of the Methodist Church where the orchestra has played. He said about one-third of the budget was from ticket sales. Council Member Faria said it appeared that the Orchestra's personnel costs have increased from $77,000 to $160,000 this year. Chad Pennebaker, representing the Orchestra, said the Board had approved hiring a manager and had approved additional funds for hiring performers. Council Member Faria said this increase seemed excessive. Mr. Pennebaker agreed, but said he did not prepare the report and did not have an answer at this time. Council Member Perry said this is why the Council requested a copy of the Orchestra's budget last year. She suggested that the funding for the Orchestra be pulled and moved into the Special Non-Departmental Services Contingency account, pending the submittal of more data and a response on funding by other cities.