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pursue the necessary steps for the City to join EBCE for service in- 202-1. Council also requested that the City supplement EBCEs community outreach with its own efforts, to ensure Pleasanton businesses and residents were fully informed on EBCE and its options to opt out and op up. Mr. Reda provided an update on the next steps required for the resolution and ordinance to be approved by City Council. After those steps on the City's end', the board of directors will vote on whether or not to accept the City of Pleasanton into the EBCE. The committee thanked staff for their hard work on this project and making the materials user friendly and easy to understand. Ms. Yurchak indicated that the same night of council meeting, Tracy also voted to join the EBCE. Ms. Brown questioned if at this point it was really necessary to have a formal vote on the EBCE at this point in the process. Ms. Green inquired why a special meeting wasn't held as they committee had offered to make themselves available. Ms. Yurchak indicated that there really wasn't time to allow for that to. happen with the preparation of the Council meeting and time sensitivity of this item. She said that in general the feedback seemed to be very positive and supportive from the Council and if it had been more of a difficult process, further involvement from the committee would have possibly been helpful. Ms. Yurchak indicated that the role of the committee has been fulfilled at this time. She said the committee was very effective in setting the criteria which was brought before the Council for consideration. Part of the council recommendation was for the City to be actively involved in a communication plan to the residents and business customers. There will be lots opportunities for the committee to be involved in events to promote the communication on EBCE (i.e. committee meetings, Fanner -markets, public events, special events, etc.) which will begin_ in early.. Spring. The committee was interested in helping with communications on this project and ensuring customers are aware of their options available with this program. Committee members Ms. Brown, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Chang, Mr. Daggy, , Ms. Green, Mr. Liu, and Mr. Gan all provided comments and feedback on their support of the EBCE Program. Mr. Reda indicated he worked with Hacienda Business Park to provide -updates on the EBCE for the Hacienda Business Park Newsletter which is distributed to 6,000 readers. He will continue to do so as more information. is to be distributed on the options of EBCE. Ms. Chang asked if staff could also contact the Diablo magazine with updates as they typically have information on the Tri -Valley area. 7. Updates from the Subcommittees East Bay Community Energy Evaluation: Ms. Brown indicated that she spent.a lot of time sending out emails to reach out to residents to show their support for the EBCE Program. Ms. Yurchak indicated that if any of the Council receives emails from the public, they are distributed to the entire council for review. Ms. Brown indicated that the subcommittee will continue their support for EBCE geared towards outreach and communication. The committee requested to agendize the EBCE for the January, 2020 meeting, for further formal discussion.. Climate Action Plan Update: Mr. Gan agreed to work on the CAP subcommittee. Energy & Environment Committee Minutes Page 4 of 5