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14. Older Americans Month Councilmember McGovern read the proclamation declaring May as "Older Americans Month" and presented the proclamation to Raymond Figueroa, Senior Center Representative. Christine Steiner Alameda County Commission on Aging, briefly discussed her 8 years of service to the area and noted the Mayors Conference will undertake new appointment for her replacement. She said she will continue to chair the Health and Safety Committee for the Commission, and invited everybody to their August 10th Annual Health Fair at Chabot College. Councilmember McGovern recognized Amador Valley's We the People group who took second place in the nation. 15. Public Comment Fred Norman stated that at the June meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the Mayor of Los Angeles will introduce a resolution to end the wars. He asked that Mayor Hosterman co- sponsor the resolution and that the Council support it. Councilmember Sullivan asked that identification of Council support be addressed under Matters Initiated. Chris Mosser, spoke of recent world and local events and California's economic collapse. Doug Miller, Post Commander for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6298, spoke of Saturday's memorial service for U.S. Army Specialist Jameson Lindskog who was killed in Afghanistan on March 29, 2011. On behalf of the VFW and Specialist Lindskog's mother and father, he thanked the many individuals and agencies for their support, service, and coordination of the event. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 16. Housing Element Update Status Report and Direction to the Housing Element Update Task Force Community Development Director Dolan stated the presentation will include background information and housing sites and a separate presentation on housing policies, programs and goals. The purpose is to provide the Council with a status report on the work of the Housing Element Update Task Force and a description of input received from the community, review proposed changes and to seek Council direction. He outlined tasks of the Housing Element Update Task Force, the general components of a housing element and explained how the City is assigned its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for housing. Planning Manager Stern gave an overview of the process and specific sites which the task force has addressed to date. She said that having established the number of acres needed to meet the City's share of regional housing allocations the staff and task force reviewed all available sites and eliminated some which would not be worth further evaluation. A list of 35 sites was originally developed and the task force discussed a number of criteria used to go through the process for refining sites. These included proximity to transit or freeway on-ramps, proximity to schools, parks, grocery stores, whether or not the site was an infill site and consistent with City Council Minutes Page 3 of 19 May 3, 2011