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He also wished the Foothill High School Civics Competition Team good luck in Sacramento. Mayor Pico joined him in wishing good luck to the Civics Team. He then announced that there are several vacancies on various commissions and urged members of the community to apply. Other Speakers Bruce Fiedler, 251 Kottinger, indicated Council had approved a grant for Pleasanton Gardens improvements and stated the screen doors have been installed and look great. He also thanked Council for approving a traffic light at Kottinger and First Street. He then showed all the applications he has received for affordable senior housing at Pleasanton Gardens. Even though there were no current vacancies, over 100 applications were received. Most of the applicants have incomes two to four thousand dollars less than what is called extremely low income. He asked Council to keep this in mind as it develops housing policies for the community. Finally, he referred to the fact that Zone 7 will take ownership of some of the gravel pits and will use them to store water. He asked if those areas could be developed in such as was as to be a favorable habitat for birds, reptiles and small mammals, as well as to be open for "gentle" recreational uses by the citizens of the Tri-Valley. Matt Sullivan, 7882 Flagstone Drive, stated that in November 2000, the Planning Commission had recommended that Council draft an energy strategy to deal with the current energy crisis. That recommendation arose because of the application to build a 45 megawatt power plant, which has since been withdrawn. The Commission believed there should be a community approach to the energy crisis to see if something could be done to protect the residents and businesses, as well as to find more environmentally responsible solutions than have been proposed to date. There are state and federal proposals to solve the problem but he believed there were things the City could do as well. He suggested a community energy authority for power purchases; programs for funding energy efficiency projects to reduce demand for power; establish a "green building" ordinance requiring new and reconstructed buildings to meet energy efficiency requirements; join a regional or statewide power associations such as the Northern California Power Association to help with aggregate purchases of power and perhaps to invest in purchase of power generation equipment.; or review establishment of a municipal utility. He felt there were many options and these could be reviewed at an energy workshop to be held next month. He indicated he had spoken to Robert Laurie, a Commissioner of the California Energy Commission, who is supportive of the City reviewing and developing some kind of energy strategy or plan. He believed there was state legislation being proposed that would require counties to have energy plans. He urged Council to set the workshop and move forward with these proposals. Mr. Sullivan then expressed his concerns about the PG&E routing of transmission lines. He felt an alternative that has not been considered is demand-side management. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy has just issued a report that Pleasanton City Council 3 02/06/01 Minutes