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• Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - September 8, 1992 Page - 2 - PRESENTATIONS (continued) C. Resolution Nominating and Appointing Members to the Youth Advisory Commission, Districts 3 and 5 - Trinh Tran and Brady Ferguson. Moved from New Business to Presentation. Resolution No. 92-246, Resolution Nominating and Appointing Members to the Youth Advisory Commission, Districts 3 and 5 - Trinh Tran and Brady Ferguson. (1680) Introduced by Council Member Corbett, who moved its adoption, seconded by Council Member Polvorosa, and carried by the following called vote: AYES: Council Members Corbett, Faria, Kerr, Myers, Perry, Polvorosa; Mayor Karp ( 7 ) NOES: None ( 0 ) ABSENT: None ( 0 ) 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS A. Public Comments Regarding the Dunsmuir Heights Development, Oakland John Bailey, Dunsmuir Ridge Alliance, read a letter from Christine Scobee requesting that the City Council hold a Public Hearing in order for the community to present concerns regarding the proposed Dunsmuir Heights housing project in Oakland. He said it is of the utmost importance that the community at large address the City Council with concerns and provide data for the Council to make a meaningful opposition to the project. He said the City Council needs to get a sense of where the community stands on this project. Susan Goodman, President of the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association, concurred with Mr. Bailey' s request and concerns. She said her Association has been consistently opposed to the project, Associated Homeowners recently voted to renew its opposition, and the City Council has received a .list of names of people who have written to the City Council in opposition to the project. She said there were inconsistent and unanswered questions at the City Council 's recent Work Session. She said it is not just the North Area that is in danger from this project. She said an independent consultant should be hired to look at the project objectively and report to the City Council . She said she understands this is a critical time for the City's fiscal situation, but the cost for a consultant would be very small compared to the potential impact of the project. Council Member Corbett said, since the Work Session on this matter, there has been an Oakland Planning Commission meeting, of which she viewed a video tape. She said she was concerned with some of the Commission's comments at that meeting, and it appeared that the mitigations requested by San Leandro were rejected offhand by the Commission. She expressed concern about the Commission's attitude and said she thinks it would be appropriate to have a Public Hearing on this matter. She said changes have been made to the project, and it is