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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - November 18, 1991 Page - 16 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) service to the public, and adequate facilities for employees. It also improves the City's image. He said the Planning Commission recommends approval of the General Development Plan and the Negative Declaration. Council Member Perry asked what impact approval by the City Council would have as far as a time line and when the City Council must act on financial matters related to this proposal . Mike Oliver, Assistant City Manager, said if the General Development Plan was approved tonight a Specific Plan will be submitted to the Planning Commission and then to the City Council . He said the project would then be ready for preparation of plans, at which time specific costs could be developed. He said all of this financial information would come back to the City Council before further steps were taken. He said the Specific Plan process would be implemented first in order to design a project on which to make a decision. He said staff will have financial information on this matter for the City Council and they could decide then whether or not to continue with the project. Council Member Perry asked if concerns regarding parking on Lafayette had been taken into consideration. Mr. Oliver said they had. Council Member Corbett said she thought there would be some financial figures available for the City Council at tonight's meeting. Mr. Oliver said financial figures were no different than those presented to the City Council in an earlier staff report. He said more concise figures would be developed after approval of the Specific Plan. He said financing information would be available in 4-6 weeks but funds have been set aside for this project. He said they are also exploring alternative financing arrangements via the Redevelopment Agency. Council Member Corbett said she was concerned about considering this matter if the City is looking at financial cuts. Mr. Oliver said there are two parallel tracks on this project: one is what the community thinks, and the other is how the financing will work out. He said this information will all come together in January. Council Member Corbett also asked questions regarding the drop-off spot on East 14th Street and whether trees would be displaced. Jeff Abramson, Pacific Union Company, said as part of the Precise Development Plan a landscape architect will be looking at the existing trees, their compatibility with the site and the architecture and providing plans for an overall landscaping scheme. He said they would also be looking at the need for traffic signals in the area. He said at this time it is not anticipated that there would be changes in the traffic patterns, but traffic signal warrants would not be able to be obtained until the project was completed. Council Member Corbett said she would like to see a condition regulating parking from spilling into the neighborhoods.