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4v. Contract with RRM Design Group regarding landscaping at Fire Station No. 4. Mr. Brozosky was concerned about the cost of this contract amendment. He felt City staff should start doing things that consultants normally do. He felt this was a good thing for the City's landscape architect to handle. He spoke to a landscape architect in town who felt the fee for the consultant was too much. This person felt a competition could be held among landscape design firms and a plan could be developed for free. He did not support spending $38,000 for the consultant. Ms. Ayala asked staff to comment on using the in-house architect. Ms. McKeehan said that would be possible, however, it is sometimes difficult to mix plans from different people. She suggested continuing this item for investigation and a report later. 4w. Ordinance 1880 regarding generator siting requirements. Sondra Bierre, 980 Riesling Drive, member of the Pleasanton Energy Committee (PEC), commented on the noticing requirements for medium and large generators. The Energy Committee worked hard to get broad noticing requirements because of the public outcry against the Enron plan. People were very upset that they had not received notice of the proposed plant. It would have impacted many residents from far away. It was to be located in an area that had a bowl effect that would have amplified sound and created a plume of air pollution. People in the Kottinger/Vintage Hills were the most outspoken at the Enron meeting. She urged Council to reconsider its noticing procedures for medium and large generators. A 1000 foot noticing area and a token newspaper ad is nothing for such a permanent structure. She asked Council to reconsider that. The proposed power plan would pay for the cost of noticing and the cost to the city should be nothing and staff would not be involved. She asked Council to support the recommendation of the Energy Committee. Matt Sullivan, 7882 Flagstone Drive, agreed with Ms. Bierre. He reiterated that there had been a very strong message to the Planning Commission from members of the public about noticing for the power plant. He noted that the Energy Committee had spent a lot of time debating notification. It was decided the applicant could afford to notify the residents of the city. The Planning Commission agreed with the recommendation of the PEC. A large plant can only be built in the Vallecitos area. The way the noticing is currently structured, only a few farmers would be notified. The only way to notify the City would be by a mailing and a newspaper ad. Ms. Ayala asked what size newspaper article was recommended by the PEC. Mr. Sullivan responded that for a medium generator, notice should be mailed to residents within 1.5 miles. For large generators, notice should be mailed to the entire city. (There was discussion on the size of large generators and whether they were controlled by the City or State and in what locations they could be placed.) Pleasanton City Council 16 05/06/03 Minutes