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MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL Councilmember McGovern said she received an email and has had several discussions about including other residential areas in the East Side Specific Plan process. She referred to several specific areas, represented by homeowners' associations, in the Stoneridge Drive area and said their feeling is that the Stoneridge Drive neighborhood that is represented is really only a small sliver along the east side and hardly representative of interests of the entire area. She asked the Council to consider making additional appointments. Councilmember Sullivan said he has heard similar comments and would be interested in re-examining the task force appointments. Mayor Hosterman said the Council carefully discussed the makeup of the task force including, to her recollection, the idea that experience has shown that the input of stakeholders who may not necessarily be full voting members is still well heard. She favored making no change to the task force makeup in order to maintain a manageable size and then allow them and any other stakeholders to participate in the process as in previous task forces. Councilmember Cook-Kallio acknowledged staff's previous comments that a larger task force would likely become unmanageable. Her experience on the Housing Element and Hacienda task forces demonstrated for her that the views of other stakeholders were given serious consideration, and that the benefit of that information was shared with the Council. She noted that members of the School District and Board have expressed the desire to have a seat at the table, as have other entities. She felt that the Council, through its at large appointments, would have the flexibility to assign any stakeholders it felt were underrepresented. She also cautioned against creating a disproportional amount of influence by assigning representation to what could be several relatively small residential areas. City Manager Fialho said that while he would not recommend that the Council deviate from what was approved, staff could provide a map showing what areas are currently represented and those that would conceivably be represented by the appointments that come forward. Councilmember McGovern said it was her impression that the Council intended to assign representatives from outside the east side area with its at large appointments, which is still her intent. Her concern is that an underrepresented process could lead to a referendum and asked the Council to seriously consider her request. Councilmember Sullivan supported her request and said one of the keys to success with the Hacienda Task Force was that all neighborhoods were well represented, something that was not accomplished here. He pointed out that late appointments were made to the Hacienda Task Force and that it is not unprecedented for the Council to do so in order to obtain the desired representation. Mayor Hosterman said she would like to keep with the current task force makeup. Using the information provided by staff, the Council can either appoint at large representatives from the neighborhoods in question or revisit the idea if a disparity is still apparent. Councilmember Cook-Kallio requested that staff include information about how many homes each neighborhood contains, as this might alter the Council's view. Councilmember McGovern encouraged any residents of the area in question to submit an application for at large appointment. City Council Minutes Page 4 of 11 June 5, 2012