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PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS City Council Liaison Report Councilmember Julie Testa offered two items from the February 19 City Council meeting: • During Meeting Open to the Public, 4th grade students form Walnut Grove Elementary School shared their concerns about the environment and asked the City Council to consider a ban on plastic straws and/or single -use plastics. • City staff represented an overview of housing laws and merging State legislation, as well as background on the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) and Housing Element process, as a foundation for additional discussion at the March 5 Council meeting. Discussion and Recommendation Regarding City Council 2019-2020 Two -Year Work Plan Prioritization Process Assistant City Manager Brian Dolan provided an overview of the City Council work plan framework, process and schedule, and that the approved work plan would then inform the development of the City's two-year budget. He noted the draft work plan included current projects and new projects proposed by City department heads; additionally, input was being solicited from the City's commissions and committees prior to consideration by the City Council. EVC members generally inquired about: • Timeframe for the work plan? July 1, 2019 — June 30, 2021 • Change(s) to the vision statement with the new work plan? o No changes made, although would be made as needed • What is needed from the EVC? o Recommendation and ranking of priorities proposed in the Economic Development section, and comment on other projects in the work plan Pamela Ott offered a brief overview of each of the projects in the Economic Development Section of the draft 2019-2020 Work Plan: • Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone • Expand Pleasanton's Life Sciences Industry Sector • Develop Coordinated Business Support Program • Fiber Master Plan Comments and questions from the EVC included: • What effort(s) is Pleasanton taking for 5G (small cell) technology as related to the Fiber Master Plan project? This is important, not only for economic development. o There is not sufficient fiber in the ground currently; a Fiber master Plan would set policy and define a coordinated effort o Fiber Master Plan is important to the proposed expansion of Pleasanton's life sciences sector — can the value of having 5G technology be quantified? ■ Perhaps for some projects such as the economic development items, but not for all projects (e.g., the community farm) San Leandro put fiber in the ground along with traffic infrastructure; is there opportunity for Pleasanton to do so?