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Ms. McKeehan indicated the Liaison Committee does not make decisions, but does have conversations that lead to the need to follow up on certain items or favoring certain points of view. She acknowledged that when the Committee gets to that point it may be necessary for Mr. Brozosky to recuse himself. That point has not yet been reached. Ms. Ayala said discussions vary from meeting to meeting and Neal School is a very small part of that. Ms. McKeehan indicated staff will work on this. She noted there is also another subcommittee consisting of two Councilmembers and she wanted to avoid any possible difficulties with the Brown Act. (5) Ms. Hostennan requested staff to prepare a report on the status of the Energy Advisory Group outlining topics that Council would like the EAG to work on in the near future. She was concerned about the Committee spending a lot of time trying to decide what it wanted to tackle. She preferred to give them direction and focus. Mr. Brozosky said this was discussed when the Energy Plan was adopted in December. It was decided at that time that it was best for the Committee to decide what was important to bring back to Council in three months. The idea was the Energy Group was to take the lead in deciding what it wanted to do for the next couple of years. Ms. Hosterman felt Council should be narrowing the issues raised by the EAG and deciding what would be best for the community. She believed that would save time. Mayor Pico was surprised the EAG was acting on issues before all the appointments have been. He did not want to do anything until the committee appointments are complete. Ms. McKeehan believed this discussion needed to be covered in the team building workshop. Council needs to determine how it wants committees to be used. Do they operate independently to bring back recommendations, or does Council give them direction at the outset? Ms. Ayala agreed this should be discussed at the team building workshop. She was inclined to give direction to committees. It was determined that staff would bring back a report on the issues before the EAG. (6) Mayor Pico wanted to consider ending the metering program on Sunol Boulevard. With all the consmaction going on, he did not feel it made sense to continue it. He could have supported it when the meter was at Arlington, but now that it is moved to Sycamore, he felt another block of neighbors were being impacted to help another neighborhood. The metering program has shown that it is effective but he would like to suspend it until after construction. There was consensus to bring back a report on this. Pleasanton City Council 30 01/21/03 Minutes