The regular February 17, 2000, 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium with President Jim Spears presiding over the meeting.

1.1 CALL TO ORDER - President Jim Spears called the meeting to order.

1.2 SALUTE TO THE FLAG - President Jim Spears led the Board and the audience in the pledge of allegiance.

1.3 ROLL CALL - Directors Jim Spears, Dorothy Partridge, Jim Sherman, Millie Arieta and David Sloan were present.

1.4 Resolutions for Sgt Bill Eskridge, Deputy Terry Bartholomew and Deputy Margaret Shindelus.

Director Arieta presented the resolutions to Deputy Bartholomew and Deputy Shindelus - see attached resolutions. Director Partridge presented the resolution to Sgt. Eskridge - see attached.

1.5 Resolution for outgoing Board Member, Millie Arieta - Assembly member Ellen Corbett presented a resolution to Director Arieta from the State Legislature commending her for her community participation and dedication as an Association Board Member.

2.0 MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING -

2.1 Approval of Minutes of Meeting No. 1031 Thursday, - Director Sherman made motion to approve the minutes, with a second by Director Sloan, the motion passed unanimously.

3.0 COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC AGENCIES -

3.1 Alameda County Sheriff's Department - Deputy Lind presented the statistics for January 1999 and 2000. He stated that the statistics for stolen vehicles were up 12% from 8 to 9; Residential robberies have gone up 100% in 2000 from 2 to 4.

Deputy Lind noted that many residents may have seen the recent increase in graffiti for the San Lorenzo area. Graffiti has appeared on the Lorenzo Theater, Bertola's Restaurant, the Homes Association property, the Library and the back yard fences on Grant Avenue. There has also been a lot of graffiti behind Life Chiropractic in the flood control channel. Lind stated that the Sheriff's Department did arrest one juvenile who is responsible for the flood channel and possibly the fences along Grant. He said Deputy Goodwin, the SRO, has been working on the graffiti problem and detained the juvenile. Goodwin has inspected the other graffiti in the area, on the theater, library etc. and did not believe the same juvenile they detained was connected with that graffiti. He is doing further investigation on the areas.

Deputy Lind announced that he needs volunteers to help paint over the graffiti on an ongoing basis. The Administrator stated that her staff is putting together a list of willing volunteers for the Sheriff's Department. Deputy Lind said the department is soliciting graffiti volunteers from its Explorer Program. He asked that anyone who sees a graffiti problem should call him to report it at 510-667-7770.

3.2 CHP Department - Tuazon announced that Greg Schmecht has been appointed as an additional community services officer for the San Lorenzo area. Sergeant Perlstein was introduced and said that he works along with Sergeant Lott in the San Lorenzo area. As of January 1, 2000, eight (8) new officers have been hired by the department, seven (7) of which are now on the beat. Perlstein credited Sergeant Lott for pushing for this increase in officers to the area.

Tuazon reported that the statistics for January were as follows: there were 288 parking tickets for the unincorporated area, 71 for San Lorenzo; 212 fix-it tickets issued for the entire area; 1042 moving violations tickets for the entire unincorporated area, 205 in San Lorenzo. There were 102 traffic collisions for the unincorporated area, 11 of which were in San Lorenzo. The DUI arrests were 133 for January 2000 for the total unincorporated area with 168 vehicles being towed or impounded for the whole area; 27 of these in San Lorenzo. Officer Tuazon encouraged residents to call the CHP if the notice any violations or have problems at 510-581-9028.

Sergeant Lott announced that the CHP will be sponsoring a Bobby Sox team this year in San Lorenzo, and is trying to participate in more community events.

3.3 Supervisor Gail Steele - Not present.

4.0 FINANCIAL REPORT -

4.1 Approval of Jan. 2000 Expenditures - Director Sherman moved with a second by Director Sloan, that the Board approve the expenditures for January 2000. The motion was passed unanimously.

4.2 Discussion of Significant Variances - The Administrator said that there were no significant variances to report.

5.0 LIEN AND VIOLATION REPORT - The Administrator reported that there have been six (6) liens that have been released, and currently there are 217 cases open.

Inoperable/Unlicensed vehicle in front or side yard area    24
Recreational vehicle in front or side yard area              8
General Maintenance of property                             38
Vehicle parked on lawn or other unpaved areas                2
Others                                                      11
Total Number of Letters Sent in January 2000                83

                                                        Number    % of total

Inoperable/Unlicensed vehicle in front or side yard area  121     14%
Recreational vehicle in front or side yard area           118     13.5%
General Maintenance of property                           506     58.4%
Vehicle parked on lawn or other unpaved areas              49      6%
Others                                                     72      8.2%
Total Number of Letters Sent in 1999                      867

Director Partridge made a motion to approve the Liens and Violation Report. Director Arieta seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously.

6.0 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REPORT -

6.1 Business Development Committee Reports - Chair Kathie Ready updated the Board about the Business Development Committee (BDC). She stated that some of the members questioned the county as to who would have control of the money and why San Lorenzo's residential area was not included as was Castro Valley's in the project area. Lou Andrade had replied that county personnel did not feel San Lorenzo residents wanted the residential area included in its redevelopment plan. The county would be willing to survey the residential areas and would bring back information to the BDC to let it know whether areas in San Lorenzo could be included or not.

Ready reported that Reynolds had presented the group with pictures of problem businesses she had seen in the area and had wanted to know what the Association was doing. Van Huffel had stated that the Association is only responsible for homes, and does not include businesses. The county, through its Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance could pursue these businesses. Steele had asked the group to fax the addresses of these properties to her and she would make sure county personnel was at the next BDC meeting to report on the status of the county's actions.

Van Huffel had asked Ready to formulate a plan as to how the subcommittee chose San Lorenzo businesses in the Village Briefs. Ready would work with Weiss to formulate this plan and bring it back to the BDC at its next meeting.

A report regarding the status of the Task Force Committee was given by Mc Millan, who stated that the architect has included another plan that would incorporate the history of the area and include the rebuilding of the old San Lorenzo Barn in the shopping center as a restaurant, museum or other facility.

Member Mrak had reported on the Christmas in April program. She stated that she has produced flyers that she has been handing out and that Washington Mutual Bank employees are willing to volunteer for the project. She and Gin will be meeting with Arroyo High School Clubs at the end of the month to discuss having club participation.

Ready stated that the group had been updated on the San Leandro Chamber's involvement with San Lorenzo businesses. The San Leandro Chamber was trying to get San Lorenzo businesses involved with its Chamber. Van Huffel had reported that she provided labels for the Chamber several months back, so that it could forward a survey to the San Lorenzo businesses to see if they are interested, however she had been informed that the Chamber has not distributed this survey as of yet. Ready would follow up with the Chamber's president regarding the survey and the participation of San Lorenzo businesses.

6.2 Task Force for the Village Square - Weiss reported that the last meeting was canceled for this past Tuesday. The next meeting would be Tuesday, February 22th and encouraged all interested parties to participate. Weiss stated that the group is getting closer to finalizing the plans for the square area, and encouraged residents to view the three plans on the Website and give the group and the county their input. Limits have been suggested in the proposals with respect to the types of buildings, the colors and the heights.

7.0 ADMINISTRATORIS REPORT

7.1 Other Informational items -

Director Partridge noted that Jeff Bromstead is the new Sergeant for the COPP shop and he is the person to contact should residents have any problems or concerns.

The Administrator announced that the Lorenzo Theater had received status as a State historical resource. Carole Robinson from the Daily Review confirmed that the this information was correct and would be published in the next days paper.

8.0 OTHER BUSINESS -

8.1 Final Election Results - The Administrator reported that the turnout for this year was up by one percent -- 43% versus 42% last year. The number of ballots counted was 2422 as compared to 2369 from the previous year. The votes were as follow:

         Howard Beckman                      1703
         Pat Pebelier                        2575
         David Sloan                         2598
         Travis Thoms                        1335

8.2 President's Report - President Jim Spears read the President's Annual Report - see attached.

8.3 Discussion on Redevelopment -

The Administrator announced that the San Lorenzo Area had its first Town Hall Meeting about redevelopment for the area a few weeks ago. She stated that she was very concerned about who would have ultimate control as to how the moneys are spent. She had spoken with county personnel asking if the Association Board could have ultimate control and was told that the Board of Supervisors would have the final say. The Administrator suggested that the Board have a meeting with county officials to get clarity as to how much control the Association Board and residents can have with financial decisions of this project.

The Administrator was concerned as to how property values would be affected by the inclusion of residential units. She encouraged the Board to ask the county for more town meetings regarding redevelopment for the area. The Administrator stated that she had done some research and found that there were several areas in Southern California that were not happy with redevelopment. The main objections she saw were that the funds did not come as quickly as expected and there was a question regarding who had ultimate financial control of these funds. The Administrator questioned who would pay for the bonds if the money is not received back from the project.

Director Sloan stated that he concurs with the Administrator that the Association Board and the community should have control of where the moneys are being distributed. Director Spears stated that he was opposed to redevelopment of any kind. Director Arieta stated that the businesses in San Lorenzo do need some help and she is not certain if redevelopment is the right choice for the community. She stated that she did not feel redevelopment was needed in the residential areas.

Director Sherman stated that redevelopment should be considered for businesses only, he did not see the purpose of including residential units into the plan. Director Partridge noted that she had a lot of questions with respect to redevelopment and wanted to have a good discussion with both pros and cons addressed. She stated that it may be that redevelopment helps the commercial areas, but she is unclear as to whether residential units are in need of this plan.

Resident Ready stated that the information she had been given is that residential areas could benefit greatly from redevelopment. Sidewalks could be improved in the plan area as well as other programs offered to residents. She questioned why Castro Valley would include residential areas in its plan if it would bring down property values. Ready stated that she went out and looked at the residential area slated for redevelopment in Castro Valley and some of the homes in these areas are valued at $200,000 to $300,000. Resident Barros stated that a subcommittee should be formed to write down the questions and concerns residents have and present these to the county for an answer. He stated that at the town hall meeting there were many questions that the county did not address and he thought it would be helpful to have the questions in writing prior to the next town hall meeting. The Administrator stated that she agreed questions should be formulated and pointed out that residents need to know how money will be distributed between the county, libraries and recreational facilities.

8.4 Resolution for Library - Director Partridge read the proposed resolution in support of Proposition 14 - (see attached).

A motion was made by Director Sloan to support the resolution in support of Propostion 14, Sherman seconded. The motion was voted upon as follows:

       Roll call vote:
       Spear          Aye
       Sherman        Aye
       Sloan          Aye
       Arieta         Aye
       Partridge      Aye

8.5 Surcharge on Oro Loma dumping fee/escalation clause for recycling - John Partridge - Partridge spoke about two measures that would increase garbage rates. The first deals with a proposal that will go before the Board of Supervisors in the near future and would enact mandatory automatic annual inflation increases in the Measure D landfill disposal surcharge. Partridge explained that the Sanitary District is responsible for the disposal of garbage and contracts with Waste Management setting rates for this purpose. Currently the district is into four years of a ten year contract. The fees acquired by this proposed increase would be used for the promotion of education and public awareness about recycling. Partridge pointed out that recycling programs have been universal throughout the County for many years and have become an accepted part of residents' lifestyles. Education for these services should be decreasing not increasing. The proposal, if accepted would automatically increase the public funds available to the Recycling Board without regard to the need for and merit of the spending which will result. He pointed out that over time the recycling surcharge could climb in excess of 30% of the current fees.

The second measure that needs attention is an amendment to the Altamont Landfill Expansion EIR which provides for a surcharge per ton of solid waste processed at the San Leandro Transfer Station. This measure is a result of a suit brought against Waste Management and the County by the cities of Livermore, Pleasanton and the Sierra Club related to the expansion of the landfill. Partridge pointed out that additional garbage fees would be imposed on a large portion of Alameda County residents, for the benefit of Livermore and Pleasanton, who would be exempt from the increase. He noted that the unfavorable effects of the landfill expansion which the increase is being used to mitigate are very small to the Pleasanton and Livermore communities. The Altamont landfill is not in these communities, the trucks pass by these communities on the highway to this facility. Partridge urged the Board to speak against these proposals at a Board of Supervisors' Meeting and/or to forward a letter of opposition to these measures. Partridge noted that March 2, 2000 is the hearing on the Altamont issue.

The consensus of all Board members was to write a letter to the Board of Supervisors in opposition to these measures.

9.0 PUBLIC COMMENT -

Resident Barry Weiss encouraged residents and Board Members to support Proposition 12 on the upcoming Primary ballot. He stated that this Proposition would allow for a local bond act that would go towards the acquisition of parks. He stated that the County of Alameda would get 5.6 million dollars from this bond and would benefit the smaller unincorporated areas. He also asked that residents and board members also support Proposition 13 the Water Bond Act.

Resident Anne Marie Mrak asked whether a link could be established between the San Lorenzo School District and the Homes Association web sites. This would be very beneficial for residents when they are trying to research schools in the area.

Resident Kathie Ready questioned whether the Board regarding house paint colors. She wanted to know if the Board had approved a pink house which was recently done on Primero. The Administrator stated that the Board did approve the color of this house in a work session. President Spears talked with each of the neighbors surrounding this house and none of them objected to the color. Ready questioned why someone should have to approve colors if they are approved in this manner. Sherman stated that he does not particularly like the color, but the information he received was that the ten (10) neighbors around this residence had no objection to the color, so he saw no other recourse but to approve the color.

Mrak asked if the Association or the CHP could print something about the residents' house addresses. She stated that many homes do not have addresses that are large enough to be seen by emergency personnel or other residents, this could be dangerous.

10.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS -

10.1 Youth Resources Committee - Director Partridge - Director Partridge announced that the Valentines Dinner Dance held last Friday was a success and thanked all who supported the event and those who volunteered their time for it. The fund-raiser made over $1200 for the youth and the group also received a check from the San Lorenzo Village Foundation for $1000.

10.2 Airport Committee Reports - Sloan reported that there is a National Airport study that is focusing on whether the fumes from Airports are causing cancer. He stated that at the next Board of Supervisors meeting, Tony Santos will be presenting a film to the Supervisors addressing this issue.

10.3 Council on the Prevention of Drinking and Driving - Director Spears - No report.

11.0 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS -

Arieta thanked the Administrator for all that she has done for the board while she held a seat as a member. She enjoyed working with her and appreciates all her hard work and guidance.

Sloan suggested that the Board of Directors and the Business Development coordinate a meeting together where the conu-nittee and the Board can talk about what they both see for the upcoming year. And to discuss how each group can do things differently to work more efficiently together.

Partridge thanked Arieta for her years of dedicated service and hard work.

Sherman stated that Arieta knows how he feels and wanted to relay that David Sherman wanted to be at the meeting tonight but had a conflict. He had wanted to wish her well in all her future projects.

The Administrator presented a gift from the Association to Arieta for her service on the Board.

12.0 ADJOURNMENT - President Spears adjourned the meeting at 9:58 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dorothy Partridge
Secretary-Treasurer

Recorded & Transcribed By: Kathleen Harrigan, Sr. Admin. Assistant
Reviewed By: Nancy Van Huffel, Administrator