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Mr. Brozosky inquired if it would make sense to send these priorities to the Committee <br />first to see if the members agree. There are new members and he wanted to make certain they <br />agree with the focus. This is a good start, but there may be other issues to be added after <br />discussion. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hosterman said these priorities come directly from the Energy Plan and is only a <br />reiteration of what the Committee has already worked on to date. The Council direction would <br />merely encourage them to continue on the same path. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky felt there were issues he was interested in or a Committee member might <br />be interested in that were not reflected in the words chosen for some of the priority areas. He felt <br />it would be a good idea to allow the Committee members to come back to Council with <br />suggestions. There may be no changes, but they should have the opportunity. <br /> <br /> Mr. Campbell indicated the newly appointed members have not seen the action plan and <br />may have suggestions or new ideas. <br /> <br /> Mayor Pieo said there has been criticism about creating committees and not providing <br />enough guidance. This is a different approach by providing guidance and nothing prohibits a <br />committee from coming back to Council to request modifications. This would just set the <br />general direction and some goals to achieve. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hosterrnan felt this presents great latitude for the Committee. There are many items <br />to consider and she felt this was just giving the direction in which to head while working on all <br />these different issues. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky asked if the list was the priority of items on which to work. Does Council <br />want the Committee to work on items in this order? The Energy Plan had listed Advocacy as the <br />number one priority and he supported keeping that order. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hosterman said the Committee would be allowed to work on areas as it feels is <br />appropriate. The idea is not to say work on "A" first and then do "B". There are people who <br />will be interested in working on different projects and that can be done simultaneously. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky said there was mention of incentives in the report and he asked if the <br />funding for that would come from the City, state or federal grants, or where? <br /> <br /> Ms. Hosterman said that is what the Committee would determine after exploring a <br />number of possibilities. It would identify what programs to implement and whether they were <br />feasible. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky did not support anything that would add to the cost of housing or to the <br />cost of doing business in Pleasanton. He asked what was envisioned for the Energy Element in <br />the General Plan. He could not conceive what that would be. <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 26 02/18/03 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />