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Mr. Church said the analysts would draft a report for presentation to the Council. Ms. Hosterman indicated the Energy Advisory Group (EAG) went through a charrette process using the Rocky Mountain Institute's format for developing an energy plan. She said it worked very well. Ms. Ayala believed Council had many issues pending and did not think there was a rush for this charrette. Mr. Brozosky thought there were some plans for Hacienda Business Park that were b~ing held up for this process. Mayor Pico said some properties were under consideration right now. If this process is delayed a year, the City will be receiving plans for those properties that will be difficult to reverse. The sooner this charrette is done the better. It not take a lot of time to prepare for and only requires an open mind for brainstorming. This is the barest tip of the iceberg for what could happen. It may mm out that none of these ideas are realistic or the impacts on other parts of town are too great. He wanted to do this sooner rather than later. These kinds of exercises and the demonstration that the City of Pleasanton is really interested in looking at creative alternatives to try to meet regional housing needs and affordable housing requirements are going to be essential in getting the housing element approved and convince people that the Council is truly interested in doing what it must to meet the objectives. He did not think that could be done within the timefi'ame set by the state, but he believed the City could demonstrate that it is serious about the issue. Mr. Campbell asked if this could wait until April? Ms. Ayala felt that would get through the priorities workshop and other issues. Mayor Pico believed that would be workable. He supported the list of possible participants as set forth in the staff report. He thought the MTC and ABAG representatives could be deleted. Mr. Brozosky expressed concerns about the list. He felt it was weighted towards developers and housing people. He wanted more residents in the group. He liked the 25 listed near the end by staffreport. Ms. Swift said the 25 were to be the minimum number to represent a cross-section of agencies or groups with a major role. The group could be expanded to about fitly if Council desired. Ms. Ayala liked the ideas on page 4 of the staffreport. Mr. Brozosky would like to add a representative fi.om the Parks and Recreation Commission. Pleasanton City Council 25 01/21/03 Minutes