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Plan. She applauded Council for its involvement on the Tri-Valley Transportation Triangle Policy Advisory Committee, as she would not want the City to give up or take responsibility from the State and Federal governments. She asked Council not to conduct a statistically valid survey unless it would take the input seriously. She liked what she heard and observed this evening with respect to the Veterans Memorial Building. As a member of this community, it feels good to have a Council that speaks its mind while being sensitive to others. Mayor Hosterman closed the public comments. Mr. Brozosky noted that one of the new elements being considered is the Energy Element, and the staff report indicates that the Planning Commission would review this material. He asked if the Economic Vitality Committee and the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, similar to the process for adopting the Green Building Measures, would review this material. Mr. Iserson said staff had not planned on doing this, but it certainly makes sense to have the Energy Element be reviewed by other commissions and committees. Mr. Brozosky believed that a policy is more important than a measure, which requires the same type of feedback. He believed sustainability has always been a theme and part of the General Plan. With respect to the sustainability element of the General Plan, he preferred staff's suggestion to have this element as a thread throughout the entire General Plan. If Council were discussing land use issues, he would prefer to have the sustainability portion of land uses connected with it. He believed that all of the City's General Plans have been important, particularly, the General Plan of 1996 which was the year when the biggest change occurred in this community. Ms. McGovern said she has reviewed other City's General Plans, particularly the City of Novato's. She found it interesting that the City of Novato's strategies for sustainable economic development recognize interrelationship between land use and land value, transportation, quality of public service, and supporting infrastructure and environmental protection. Therefore, this element must be viewed in context with the other elements of the General Plan, and in aggregate, they identify policies and their impacts. She noted that this supports what staff was stating in that sustainability is an over-arching goal of all of the elements of the General Plan. She believes it is important that each of the sections contains something on sustainability and follows the over- arching goal. Mr. Sullivan believed it would be appropriate to have the Energy Element be reviewed by the Economic Vitality Committee and the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce. He noted that this process was followed for the Green Building Ordinance. Changes were not made based on the Economic Vitality Committee and the Chamber of Commerce's comments, but provided as developed by the Energy Committee and the Planning Commissions with the comments on the side. He is a strong believer in community involvement in the General Plan update process and with any other matters. He believed the City has done an adequate job in reaching out to the community. There are other people that the City has not reached and Council needs to figure out how to reach these people. He would prefer to bring people into the process and have them help Council develop the plan. He gets nervous in sending out surveys because people Pleasanton City Council 19 03/01/05 Minutes