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34 The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Mohr, Pico, Scribner, and Mayor Tarver NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Item 12d Proposed Chanqes to California Environmental Oualitv Act fCEOA] recommended by Association of Bay Area Governments' (ABA~) Modifications Subcommittee Ms. Acosta indicated the Committee is meeting again tomorrow and staff is asking for Council comments on the staff recommendations to the Committee. Mr. Pico wanted assurance that the CEQA process is not being simplified to the point of having no enforcement powers. Mr. Swift indicated that is not staff or the subcommittee's intent. The subcommittee is trying to make every action litigation proof, however Mr. Swift did not believe that was possible. Mr. Tarver appreciated staffs comments and agreed the object is not to dilute CEQA, but to expedite the process. Ms. Acosta suggested that if there are no comments, that the report be sent to the Committee as it is so Council can get its comments in early. When the matter comes before the full ABAG Board, there will be another opportunity to present information. Ms. Mohr requested clarification of the court assignments. Will that mean a group of judges will handle all the CEQA cases, thus becoming more knowledgeable? Mr. Swift indicated that those in the legal profession would love to have judges who only did CEQA litigation, but that could not realistically happen in the current superior court system. It was moved by Ms. Scribner, seconded by Mr. Tarver, to pass the staff comments onto ABAG. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Mohr, Pico, Scribner, and Mayor Tarver NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None 1/5/93 34