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space being dedicated to the city as part of the Austin property proceedings and 231 acres of open space known as Castleridge which was recently acquired by East Bay Regional Parks District. The Task Force process will include three meetings, the first of which are slated for later in October, and is expected to conclude by spring of 2015. Members will be provided with background information and site visits as are necessary. The Task Force will also host two community stakeholder and one staff stakeholder meeting and implement an online survey to gather public input for development of the mission, vision statements and strategic plan. Integration of neighboring open space and the negotiation of interim access to Pleasanton Ridge will also be explored through this process, though any agreement must be well-planned and address immediate concerns that range from parking to circulation to neighborhood impacts. Any agreement that is negotiated will be vetted through both the city's and EBRPD's public processes before adoption. Ms. Yuan-Miu listed the proposed Task Force members consisting of one representative each from the Parks and Recreation Commission, Civic Arts Commission, Youth Commission, Bikes, Pedestrian and Trails Committee, Pleasanton Unified School District, the Museum on Main, Friends of the Alviso Adobe and two community-at-large members. Each representative was selected by the respective Commission, Committee or organization; the community-at-large members were selected by Mayor Thorne. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said it is important to ensure that any interim access does not diminish activities at the Adobe, which will require construction of a separate staging area. Mayor Thorne noted there were no speakers to address this item. MOTION: It was m/s by Narum/Brown to approve appointments to the Alviso Adobe Task Force as follows: Parks and Recreation Commissioner: Deborah Wahl; Civic Arts Commissioner: Sandra Jellison;Youth Commissioner Avni Patel; Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee Member: Richard Duffy; Pleasanton Unified School District Representative: Jacob Berg; Museum on Main Representative: Jim DeMersman; Friends of the Alviso Adobe Representative: Ann Pffaf- Doss; Community Member-at-Large Representatives: Mike Sedlak and Larry Messa. Motion passed by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Brown, Cook-Kallio, Narum, Pentin, Mayor Thorne NOES: None ABSENT: None 12. Review and consider a letter to Pleasanton's California Legislative Representatives regarding legislation to allow for extension of current Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) planning period in light of severe drought conditions Mr. Fialho presented a brief staff report. He stated that at its last meeting, the Council directed staff to draft a letter for its consideration asking local state representatives to take a leadership position in reconciling two conflicts within current state law. Each city is required under state law to adopt a certified Housing Element accommodating the city's RHNA needs and inherent in that law is a requirement that the city demonstrate an ability to accommodate that need if and when there is a demand for those obligations, regardless of the city's local growth management practices. The law does not take into consideration certain constraints that may occur locally, one of which is the current drought. The proposed letter asks the city's representatives to consider the introduction of legislation that would: 1) temporarily suspend the city's obligation to comply with RHNA until emergency drought restrictions have been lifted, and 2) extend the RHNA cycle by a time period equal to that in which the emergency restrictions were imposed in order to allow the demands of this obligation to be satisfied over a full City Council Minutes Page 6 of 8 October 7, 2014