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Responses to City Council agenda items – February 20, 2024 Item 2 Q: How are the positions on the EVC being transitioned? A: The business, educational and City Council representatives are coming off the EVC; those include Alameda County Fair Association, Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, Pleasanton Downtown Association, Hacienda, Stoneridge Shopping Center, Visit Tri-Valley, PUSD Board of Trustees, and the City Council. These partners have regular meetings with City staff and/or elected officials to discuss issues, including a monthly business partners meeting, the City- PUSD monthly liaison committee meeting, participating in the Chamber’s monthly EDGR meetings, and Hacienda’s general manager has several recurring meetings with staff, such that these individual partners are in direct and continuous communication with the City. As some positions were not filled in anticipation of the restructuring, there are currently 12 members on the EVC, including 6 business and community representatives. With the proposed structure, 5 industry sector representatives and one citizen-at-large member will remain on the committee; 3 new members would be recruited as part of the upcoming spring commission and committee recruitment process. The industry sector positions were identified based on the leading industries in Pleasanton’s economy, and incorporated into the new Economic Development Strategic Plan (i.e., life sciences, downtown business, information technology). The chart below outlines the transition between categories, as denoted by the positions in green font.