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Chris Schlies, 699 Peters Avenue, concurred with Mr. Huff's comments concerning the Bernal Property and endorsed his suggestion for Council to consider an architectural competitive process for the Bernal Property, similar to what was done after September 11 for the World Trade Center, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and the park in Ashland, Oregon. He encouraged Council to prepare a Request for Proposal and allow enough time for a plan to formulate, perhaps by the time of the Bemal Block Party, which will occur on April 17, 2004. Jerry Wagner, 6344 Alisal Street, complained about littering and traffic. It was his understanding that the Bridle Creek residents on Sycamore Creek Road were not notified about the bypass road for the golf course. Brian Arkin, 3740 Newton Way, concurred with Mr. Huffand Mr. Schlies' suggestion for an architectural competitive process for the Bemal Property. He believed it would benefit this generation and future generations. He mentioned that many of the larger firms have a marketing department who might prepare the first proposal free of charge. He encouraged Council to prepare a Request for Proposal soon. Mike O'Callaghan, 125 W. Neal Street, mentioned there was a presentation at the Planning Commission meeting of September 10 by the Alameda County Waste Management Authority regarding the Green Building Ordinance as it pertains to residential construction. He objected to the action taken by the Planning Commission, because it was only posted as a presentation, not an action item. The Planning Commission took action to adopt an amendment to the Uniform Building Code and California Title 24 by directing staff to implement a condition of approval on all future larger housing projects. He objected to the Planning Commission setting major policy without bringing it to the Council. He noted that he is actively involved with the Chamber's committee on the Green Building Ordinance. He took strong objection to what had transpired because a staff report had not been prepared and only a memo was prepared between staff and the Planning Commission. He quoted a section from the memo, which stated, "that this would, in staff's opinion, achieve the same result as adoption of an ordinance." He would like Council to direct staffto bring this policy to Council as a properly noticed matter to allow for input from the community. Ms. Ayala asked Mr. O'Callaghan if Item 6B on the agenda was part of the discussion he was referring to. Mr. O'Callaghan stated no; however, he believed that Item 6B could have potentially been brought about from the action taken by the Planning Commission. He pointed out that the Uniform Building Code and California Title 24 were put into place specifically to keep small communities or communities in general from having a scattered building control process. He has had faith in this process for the last 30 years. He applauded the Certified Green Businesses who received awards this evening and noted that they received incentive awards rather than mandates. Pleasanton City Council 7 10/07/03 Minutes