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Amateur Jury; Item 40, appointments to the Livermore Airport Committee; Item 6a, discussion concerning an Interim Zoning Ordinance Prohibiting Land Use Approvals pending the General Plan Update; and Item 6c, Council Priorities for 2004-2005. Ms. Ayala made reference to agenda item 40 and noted that the Livermore Airport Committee would conduct a series of six meetings. She believed it was appropriate to appoint to the Committee one of the two councilmembers who will remain on the Council past November 2004. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR David Lunn, 2799 Reed Avenue, Livermore, addressed Council on agenda items 4e and 40. He has been a trail advocate for many years and commended the Rotary Club of Pleasanton for its work on trail improvements on the Arroyo Del Valle and related improvements near the Main Street Bridge. He noted that the Rotary Club of Pleasanton had a major role in the opening of this trail ten years ago. He commended the City for opening the Arroyo Mocho Trail last year. He noted that someone had made the comment that Pleasanton was the missing link on the trail connector. Last year, the City opened up the trail connectors, so now the City of Livermore has a short section, a missing link, across the airport property. He pointed out that a trail through the airport property would connect the Arroyo with the wine country. He noted that this has been a project of Vision 2010. Mr. Brozosky mentioned that the staffreport for agenda item 4j indicates that the overall annual maintenance costs might increase, as the contractor is required to pay prevailing wages to its employees. He asked if this was a direct result of a new State law? Mr. Roush noted that the increase in maintenance costs was due to a combination of reasons, primarily new State legislation. The Department of Industrial Relations has been issuing regulations concerning when prevailing wages have to be paid on projects involving public funds. There was also some new legislation that went into effect January 1, 2004 to clarify this requirement. Staff is finding that more and more projects that the City used to contract for, where prevailing wages did not have to be paid, now are required, either through State law or regulations implementing that State law. The City is now required to ensure that the contractors are paying prevailing wages. Mr. Brozosky asked if the City could expect this new requirement to be applicable to contracts in the future? Mr. Roush said that there would be a definite trend for most projects that will involve public funds to pay prevailing wages. Mr. Brozosky asked staffifit had any estimated costs for the addition of paying prevailing wages, or does the cost vary from contract to contract? Pleasanton City Council 2 05/04/04 Minutes