CCMIN030105 - Laserfiche WebLink

recommended that Council look at public art and what types of memorials the City could offer people. Mr. Wolfe said that this artwork is the third piece: there is one piece of artwork at Kottinger Park and a bronze over in front of the Pleasanton Library that was donated by the Woods family. The concern expressed by this particular commissioner was that a pattern of only creating public art benches as memorials was being established. He expressed a desire for more variety in the approach and nature of such memorial projects, encouraging other options that are imaginative while striving for the highest quality. Ms. McGovern believed that many children and families would use Ryan's Bench. The roll call vote was taken as followa; AYES: Councilmembers - Brozosky, McGovern, Sullivan, and Mayor Hosterman NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Mayor Hosterman thanked the Gordon family for the opportunity to honor their son. 6._~.d General Plan Status and Schedule. (SR 05:065) Janice Stern, Principal Planner, presented the staff report. Mayor Hosterman mistakenly thought that Council had previously approved a sustainability element to the General Plan and that it be implemented this time around. She mentioned that the Governor's Office of Planning and Research website lists survey results of city and county planning activities. A portion of the survey has a section that lists the jurisdictions that have adopted sustainable development policies. She reviewed the City of Santa Monica's General Plan, which has a Sustainable City Plan, which looks as though it was parallel to the General Plan for some years, but then it looks as though the sustainable concepts were woven throughout the General Plan. She believed this is important insofar as this General Plan update is arguably the most important General Plan in the history of Pleasanton in that it will likely take the City through build out. When staff alluded to sustainability and those concepts, she believed it seemed to be more of an environmental view, which is important, but it is also important to carry this out through all aspects of the City and the future of the City, including economic viability. As a start, it is important to have the sustainability elements as a stand-alone document. As a new Councilmember, Ms. McGovern is concerned about the many elements of the General Plan. As the City approaches completion of a draft General Plan, she would rather have the process include periodic reviews of each of these elements as informational reports. This will give Council and the public a chance to see the direction of where things are going, and to also discuss additional concerns. Pleasanton City Council 16 03/01/05 Minutes