1. Call to Order - President Jim Sherman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

2. Presentation by Civic Partners - Steve Semingson gave a presentation showing slides of similar mixed-use developments that his company has been a part of. He emphasized the fact that down town areas are changing and his company has found the most success with this mixed-use type of development.

3. Discussion of Alameda County Staff Report
It was noted that the next planning commission hearing date for the Specific Plan would be August 6, 2001. This would not be the final discussion on this issue. An EIR must be presented at this time, which will have a comment period that will extend 30 days or more. Even after the Specific Plan is approved, the developer will need to present the plans for a conditional use permit prior to approval.

A) Height Limits - Staff noted that 60 to 65 feet would be the highest the development would go. The buildings would not all be this height, the area near residences would be scaled back to only 2 or 3 story houses. The highest buildings would be near Hesperian. Some residents voiced concerns over having such high structures up against Hesperian and close to homes. Other residents were concerned that if a height maximum is imposed it would preclude development in the area.

The consensus of the Board was to wait until more information and plans can be brought before it, prior to making a recommendation.

B) Lorenzo Theater - Reclassifying the property as HP designation
County staff noted that the Specific Plan already intends to maintain the theater as a theater. County is still in its preliminary stages of creating an inventory of historical areas in all unincorporated areas of the county. Staff noted that by designating one building "historical" may be difficult and cause problems when developing the area. It noted that the theater is already noted as a "historical landmark" by the state and thus cannot be torn down.

Larry Leal of the Lorenzo Theater Foundation spoke for the foundation. He stated that the theater could still be torn down even though it is designated as a "historical landmark". By giving it an HP designation it would insure the theater's preservation. He encouraged the Board members to support the theater and the foundation by voting to include it as an HP designation.

The consensus of the Board was to have county staff bring bring back what "pros" and "cons" of each zoning designation. Director Ready also asked Leal to bring back a "plan" for the theater that both the owner and the foundation are agreeable to for this next meeting.

C) Historic Barn - To be incorporated into the plan
Mary Ann McMillan from the "Save the Barn" committee spoke of the barn's history and her groups interest in saving the barn and incorporating it into the Specific Plan. Residents questioned the financing of such a structure. McMillan answered that if the barn was incorporated into the plan, financial grants would be sought to fund the project. Space was also questioned. Mc Millan stated that the barn could be built smaller.

The Administrator pointed out that the Specific Task force had noted that the barn be part of the Specific Plan if the developer wanted to refurbish it as a restaurant or historic facility. No direct wording was suggested to be put into the plan about the barn.

It was suggested that wording be put into the plan that would state the developer "consider" the barn as part of the Specific Plan.

The consensus of the Board was to have staff draft up language into the plan that would suggest a developer "consider" using the barn as part of the development for the area. The Board would then review this language at the next meeting regarding the plan.

The Administrator would coordinate a time to meet again to discuss these issues. It was noted that the next meeting would be separate from the monthly Board meeting of the Association.

Senator Liz Figueroa addressed the Association prior to its regular Board meeting on the current status of the energy crisis. The Senator stated that the problem occurred in part due to the huge population growth in the Silicon Valley. She noted that there will be a continued demand for energy supplies and California will have an additional 10 power plants up and running before the end of the year. The Senator asked residents to call her office if they are having a problems paying their electric bills. There are programs available for some residents who are facing doubled or tripled electrical charges.

The regular meeting of the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association Board of Directors was held Thursday, June 21, 2001.

1.1 CALL TO ORDER - President Jim Sherman called the meeting to order at 9:50 p.m.

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

1.3 ROLL CALL - Directors Jim Sherman, Pat Pebelier, David Sloan, Kathie Ready and Enrique Barboza were present.

2.O MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING - Director Sloan moved to approve the minutes from the May Meetings, No. 1051 Director Pebelier seconds the motion. The minutes are approved unanimously.

3.0 COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC AGENCIES - Deputy Jukich reported that the Cop Shop will have a crime prevention booth at the Alameda County Fair starting tomorrow. National Night Out will be held August 7, 2001. The Cop Shop fund raiser/BBQ will be held Friday, August 21, 2001. The next Sheriff's citizen academy will be Fall of 1991.

3.1 Alameda County Sheriff's Department

Statistics for May 2001 - San Lorenzo

Graffitti                 6
Auto Burglaries           5
Commercial Burglaries     1
Residential Burglaries    2
Robberies                 2
Stolen Autos              8
Recovered Stolen Autos    1
Grand Theft               1
Attempt Auto Theft        1

3.2 CHP - Officer Dowle provided May Traffic /Parking statistics.

CHP Traffic Statistics for May 2001

                          # of tickets for entire
Type of Ticket          unincorporated area of County     # in SLZ

Parking Tickets                    209                       11
Fix-It Tickets                     195                      n/a
Traffic Citations                  820                      210
Traffic Collisions                  95                       21
DUI                                110                      n/a
Vehicle Towed or impounded         153                       23

A resident asked if something could be done about big rigs going down Via Arriba and parking in the Wendy's parking lot. Officer Dowle stated that he would look into this.

3.3 Supervisor Steele - Steele spoke about the redistricting meeting that would be held in the San Lorenzo Community Hall on Wednesday, June 27, 2001. Steele stated that there would be several maps showing possible redistricting. She stated that the Supervisors are having several different hearings regarding the redistricting throughout the county. Steele stated that the redistricting is done so that each Supervisor represents a similar number of residents for an area. She stated that she may have to give up San Lorenzo in this redistricting process. Keith Carson's district is currently 30,000 residents under what it should be, Lai-Bitker's district (Alameda/San Leandro) is 15,000 residents under and between she and Scott Haggerty there is an excess of 20,000 more residents than they should have. Steele stated that she felt that San Lorenzo would be better served by Lai-Bitker's district (Alameda/San Leandro) which currently does not have any unincorporated areas and whose school district already crosses into San Lorenzo. Steele stated that she is not stuck on any one plan at the moment, and encouraged residents to review the maps presented at these local meetings and give input. She said that she would recommend that San Lorenzo be teamed with San Leandro due to similar issues, separate from the Ashland and Castro Valley unincorporated areas. Three unincorporated areas for one Supervisor would be very difficult, and she would recommend that at least two (2) Supervisors split these unincorporated areas.

The Administrator stated that the more Supervisors dealing with the unincorporated areas, the better. She stated that she would like three (3) Supervisors representing the area for better support and representation of the unincorporated area on the Board.

Resident Mrak supported Steele's recommendation to reconfigure the district to team San Lorenzo with San Leandro.

3.4 Youth Advisory Commission - No representative available.

3.5 Public Comment - None. The Administrator referred to a letter Mr. David Sims was going to read at the meeting regarding the Rebar Business and the EBMUD groundwater project. (See Attachment A). Mr. Sims was unable to stay for the Board meeting. A copy of this letter was given to Supervisor Steele.

4.0 FINANCIAL REPORT

4.1 Approval of May 2001 Expenditures - Director Sloan moved with a second by Director Ready that the Board approve the expenditures for May 2001 . 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 were no significant variances in May 2001 and there have been no liens released.

She stated that the break down for the violation letters sent from May 1-31, 2001. The break down for these letters is still being worked out (due to the new violation codes). There were a total of 92 letters sent for May 2001. She also stated that from June 1 through June 21 there were 199 letters for violations sent of these 52 were sent for Holiday Lights still being up on houses. Staff is working diligently to keep up with CC&R violations.

6.0 BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (BCDC) REPORT - See Attached (Item B).

Chair Anne Marie Mrak presented an award for the BCDC's first home recognition of the month. The award was presented to Bennie and Olita Ghiglione at 24 Via Hermosa.

A motion had been made and approved by the BCDC to recommend to the Association Board that it approve the operation of Challenger School at Bockman and Via Barrett in the old Barrett Jr. High site.

Director Ready made a motion to accept the recommendation of the BCDC to approve the operation of Challenger School at the old Barrett Jr. High site. Director Sloan seconds the motion. The motion carries unanimously.

The Administrator will write a letter to the Alameda County Planning Department before their Conditional Use Permit hearing with the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association's Board approval of the Challenger project.

7.0 ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT

7.1 Authorization for President to sign agreement with the County for purchase of a new street sweeper - The Administrator asked for a motion to authorize the Board President to sign an agreement with the County to purchase a new street sweeper which is already included in the new fiscal year's budget.

Director Sloan made a motion to authorize the President of the Board to sign an agreement with Alameda County for the purchase of a new street sweeper. Director Pebelier seconds the motion. The motion carries unanimously.

7.2 CC&R Update - The Administrator stated that she had completed a letter for homes which still have holiday lights up as well as those that are in need of paint. Staff is doing a sweep of the entire village, going from house to house noting any violations. She stated that Wednesdays street sweeping area is already complete, and the entire Village should be complete by the end of summer. Director Ready questioned whether a general letter was sent to every homeowner noting the new policies related to the CC&Rs. The Administrator stated that she wanted to wait until the holiday light letters were sent and wanted to clarify the car port policy prior to distributing the letter to all residents. Resident Mary Reynolds stated that she thought the car port recommendations given by the CC&R committee had already been adopted by the Board. Director Ready stated that the Board discussed the car port recommendations and just finalized these in writing, Reynolds suggested that the general letter be sent out immediately so that there are not any misconceptions about what is or is not being enforced with relation to the CC&Rs. The Administrator stated that she would draft such a letter and distribute it as soon as possible. Reynolds stated that she would volunteer to help with the distribution of these letters.

7.3 EBMUD Groundwater Project Update - The Administrator stated that a letter was drafted about the concerns the Association had with the Groundwater Project. This letter was sent to all elected officials for the area. The Board also met with a small group of people from other communities who would be affected by the project. Common concerns and issues were discussed at this meeting so that the group could develop strategies and coordinate their efforts. The Administrator said that the independent report Heron Bay requested will be done by next week.. The comment period for the EBMUD Groundwater EIR has been extended for an additional month.

8.0 OTHER BUSINESS

8.1 Redistricting Strategy - The Administrator noted that Supervisor already addressed this issue. She reiterated that it would benefit San Lorenzo and other unincorporated areas, to have at least two (2) out of the five (5) supervisors to represent these areas. The Board concurred and requested that a letter be sent stating our position.

8.2 AC Transit Bus Lines - The Administrator stated that bus line 93 out of San Lorenzo will be taking a different route and recommended addressing this issue at another meeting. There were no objections from the Board members.

9.0 PUBLIC COMMENT - None.

10.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS

10.1 Airport Committees - None.

10.2 Council on the Prevention of Drinking and Driving - Director Sloan stated that the Council did not do well at the Cherry Festival. The council's participation only took in $5.40. The council will be participating in the Zucchini Festival in August.

11.0 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS - Director Pebelier thanked all those who stayed for the meeting. The Administrator asked that the audience bow their heads in remembrance of Director Sherman's sister in law who died earlier in the week.

12.0 ADJOURNMENT - Director Sherman adjourned the meeting at 10:52 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Pat Pebelier
Secretary-Treasurer

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