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negotiations and arrived at some parameters, and appreciates all those involved. She continued to voice concerns with unfunded liabilities and hopes to be able to take that savings to the City and help to reduce it, which she said can be reviewed during the budget process. She thinks the community is what it is today because people care about it. Mr. Fialho thanked officers for leading by example. As the City Manager, he is always looking at the organization and trying to identify units that have a true and sincere commitment to the City, and their sacrifice is significant and it sets the tone for the rest of the organization. They really want to maintain sustainable benefits long-term. Mayor Hosterman echoed her comments from the last meeting and commended the process and voiced her gratitude to the entire police department. MOTION: It was m/s by Cook-Kallio/Thorne to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Police Officers Association for the term June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2014. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Noes: None Absent: None MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL Councilmember Sullivan stated in response to comments made earlier and a request to consider an ordinance, he asked for Council interest to agendize at the next meeting an ordinance that relates to retail and grocery stores; that any new use would have to submit an application to the City, an environmental review and economic impact analysis would have to be done, and also to require a CUP or an appropriate PUD for the approval of the store, require a public hearing with input by the community weighing in on the application, and a final City Council vote to either approve or deny it. He noted this is legal and doable and even if it does not get done for the current application, it will be there for future applications. He thinks this addresses local control issues and is an opportunity to give the City back local control over these types of decisions that affect the City's local economy, workforce and community. Vice Mayor Cook-Kallio said she brought this up with the Housing Element Task Force and thinks that given the increase in density, the Council should look at an ordinance and study this. While flexibility is needed, she was not sure it needed to be targeted at grocery stores, but some of the strip malls are very viable now and some of them are not, but all are in areas where increased density will exist. Councilmember McGovern said she always thought that a CUP went with the property, and to her if a CUP is placed on the project, it still goes with the property the same way permitted use does. She was not sure how this will help the City. She would like to have had staff had a report that identifies the differences and advantages to the City. She is not against big box stores, believes in competitive, free enterprise and that people have a choice of where they go and shop and that they do it for a reason. Some of these places help to bring down prices in other areas so that people can stretch their dollars. She suggested that staff first provide more information on the subject. Councilmember Thorne echoed Councilmember McGovern's remarks, stating that it seems there are rules where a CUP follows a property and he was not sure this could be changed. He was also not sure it was an appropriate charter for the City Council to be involved in making business decisions for companies and competition. He asked for more information before he would agree to look at an ordinance. City Council Minutes Page 24 of 25 February 7,2012