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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - September 21, 1992 Page - 23 - CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS (continued) • Council Member Perry said an ABAG subcommittee is already looking into the issue of CEQA guidelines, in conjunction with the California EPA streamlining process. D. Council Member Kerr spoke regarding the recent fire at Manor Baptist Church. He said the community and church people have gotten together and are coming back very strongly. He said most of the damage was covered by insurance, and they are already busy putting it back together. E. Council Member Kerr said Harry Scott, Director of Vector Control for Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, said a child was bitten on the finger by one of the squirrels. He said the squirrels are a real public health problem. F. Council Member Perry asked staff to look into dimming traffic lights from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. as a means of saving energy and costs. G. Council Member Perry said the Telecommunications Task Force of the League of California Cities met last week. She said the South Coast Air Quality Board has sponsored three telecommuting and telework projects, and the Task Force has now gone to the Bay Area Air Quality Management group and suggested a telework facilities exchange between public agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties as a pilot project. They also explored funding with the PUC to look at how to eliminate commute miles to work and for work. H. Council Member Faria requested information from the School District on how they do their student enrollment for students outside San Leandro. He has been told that a lot of students who were removed from school last year have returned, and the School District has changed its criteria for outside enrollment. I. Mayor Karp discussed the situation in East Timor, an island that was occupied by Portugal from the 15th century until 1975 when it was invaded by Indonesia. He said it had a population of about 600,000 people, but 200,000 have been killed by machine gun by the Indonesian army. He said Indonesia buys armaments from the United States and uses them to kill these people. He said he is very bothered by the human- rights violations occurring, and he initiated a bill to stop all aid to Indonesia. He said the House voted almost 100% in favor of the bill , and tomorrow it goes to the Senate. He said he has talked to the Indonesian Consulate which denies it, but he has seen a video and has proof of atrocities. He hopes the government will cut off all aid for all armaments to Indonesia. •