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Price and reliability and when you can deliver that to businesses it would benefit the town. Sonu Agarwal said that personally it has to come out clearly. What are we trying to do here by getting local control. We don't really outline the risks. What does local control buying mean. Dave Walden has a lot of respect for Jill Buck, but a fear that he has is that the government agencies would be involved. What is going to be the expense and the expertise of the people who are doing it. It's a new level of government. Can't we manage what we already have. April Mitchell would like to know what part would be rebated to the community. We would get more support if that were clear. Discussion re: ED and Fiscal Element of General Plan: Janice Stearns, Principal Planner, discussed the Economic Development and Fiscal Element. There are three pieces they would like to discuss with the EVC. One is background material, what are the strengths, trends, and trends that we have been riding and what have we not been looking at. It's a picture of Pleasanton's economy. The second piece would be to look at the alternatives to provide us with some sort of model to evaluate. How can we evaluate those two in fiscal terms and what do these alternatives do for sustainability. Business attraction and retention, short term or long term. What can we do to make sure business remains in the community. Staff recommends that we choose Bay Area Economics. June 7fh is the council meeting. They are proposing a great deal of work and the community's input and would be vital. Janice asked if the committee would like to meet as a whole or as a subcommittee. She doesn't have a contract or dates with the company but she does know that they will be returning this summer. She asked for an hour and a half for each meeting. Ms. Stearns would like 8 to 10 people to carry it through. She would like a core of people who could consistently come to the meetings. John Mahoney asked Pamela Ott to tell the committee a little more about how the daily work goes into this task. Mr. Mahoney has an interest in the climate of the city for Pleasanton. He asked if the consultant could put together a list of dates, and topics for each meeting. Pamela Ott said that it's important to her but it's the bigger picture. She thinks the committee brings a broader perspective. Because it's the general plan it's the bigger vision. It's her role to carry out the tasks. The meetings would be very important in helping with Ms. Otts daily tasks. Matt Sullivan said that from an economic standpoint, we need to put a plan in place from a fiscal standpoint. We need to have a build out plan. We need to look long term from a fiscal standpoint. Mr. Sullivan would like to see when we develop a