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Councilmember Thorne said he would be attending the League's Conference and questioned what was expected of him in terms of voting on resolutions. Mayor Hosterman said he was to attend in his capacity as a League representative, given the information and data made available, make the best decisions and vote that best represents the City of Pleasanton. Councilmember Thorne confirmed he would summarize his comments in writing. Mr. Culver said often times the League forwards the majority of the resolutions to be considered and in years' past they have been placed on the Consent Calendar for consideration. However, at times there is a grass roots support for some resolutions and they get circulated and presented at the League conference and the voting member must determine their vote. Councilmember Thorne suggested the resolutions identified be forwarded to the Council ahead of time for their comments or questions. Councilmember McGovern confirmed with the City Manager that AB 1234 requires elected officials attending conferences to provide brief reports on conferences, seminars and meetings. Mayor Hosterman said she had previously met with the City's Planning Commission members, except for Chair Anne Fox, who she just met with yesterday morning. They held a discussion and shared that she was rather surprised by some of the answers to her questions and questioned City Attorney Roush if she could share the results of her discussion with fellow Councilmembers. City Attorney Roush said all Commissioners were appointed by the Mayor and ratified by the Council. Whenever there is a discussion of concern for any Commissioner, he felt Brown Act issues come into play, and felt the matter could be brought to individual Councilmembers through a letter to the Planning Commission Chair, with copy to the Council in order that they all receive the information. Mayor Hosterman agreed to put together something, said there were a number of issues of concern to her, she shared instances where the Chair has engaged in activities outside of her role as a Planning Commissioner, she has received comments from the community and commissioners, she continues to be very uncomfortable with this, and will solicit feedback from the Council. Councilmember Cook-Kallio felt perception was part of the issue and clearly the Letter to the Editor was not intended to tie to the role of a Commissioner, and she wanted to make sure the Council could discuss it. City Attorney Roush said the Council was allowed to bring up items it wishes to put on a future agenda or request staff to bring back information. Councilmember Sullivan said there has never been an instance like this, he was uncomfortable about how the Council was handling it and felt there should be a structured process to handle the matter. Councilmember Thorne said his concern is that he wants to make sure the effectiveness of the Planning Commission is preserved, believes the Commission's product was a good one, but we also must respond to the public's concern that the Planning Commission process was obstructionist in nature, and he felt he would like to know the results of the discussion before going any further. Councilmember McGovern said she was very uncomfortable with the situation, said she did speak with Chairperson Anne Fox and her interpretation of what she said to the Mayor and to her were entirely different. She felt the Council was allowing people to spread rumors about people and then taking them as being truths. She said the other person she spoke to on the City Council Minutes 17 June 19, 2007