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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Item 6a Informational report re;lardin,q the West Nile Virus Public Education Proqram. (SR 05:117) Jeff Zolfarelli, Assistant Fire Chief, presented the staff report. Ms. McGovern thanked staff for providing this information to the public. In response to an inquiry from Mr. Brozosky, Mr. Zolfarelli said residents may call Pleasanton Animal Control to report dead birds and squirrels. There was no action taken on the West Nile Virus Public Education Program as the report was for informational purposes only. 6...~b General Plan Viaion Statement. (SR 05:115) Janice Stern, Principal Planner, presented the staff report. Mr. Fialho noted that Council has four options to consider. The first option is the amended version of staff's initial proposal for a vision statement and draft principles. The second option is Planning Commissioner Robert's proposal, which is succinct and staff would be comfortable with this option. The third option is Ms. McGovern's modifications, which are slight in nature. Staff has identified the changes in bold type. The fourth option is a process. Staff is recommending holding community workshops to validate the various draft General Plan Vision and Principles statements. This would allow the community to reach general agreement on core values and overarching goals prior to discussions of specific goals, policies and programs or map alternatives. Alternatively, Council could accept one of the draft Vision and Principles statement to assist staff as it frames the General Plan discussions as it moves forward. Ms. McGovern had considered asking Council to consider this a first reading of the draft Vision and Principles statements. She would like to give Mayor Hosterman the opportunity to have input and allow the community to see what Council is proposing through the Pleasanton Weekly and other notifications so that at Council's next meeting, it could ratify a particular Vision and Principles statement and then decided whether it wanted to hold community workshops to obtain input from residents. Vice Mayor Brozosky invited public comments. Judith Geiselman, a Pleasanton resident, applauded the decision to have a Vision Statement and the work that staff has done. She believed the City needed a vision statement, which is relevant to the General Plan update, Vision Statements are widely accepted and expected as standards of procedures throughout organization development. She believed a vision statement must be thoughtful, realistic, and generic enough but specific enough, applicable to current times, visionary, and owned by the community at-large. She was .... concerned about rushing the process to create and adopt a general plan vision statement. In order for a vision statement to be more objective and pure as a product, the process that staff has suggested to obtain community input now and to have a vision statement before Council proceeds further in the General Plan update accomplishes these objectives. She preferred Pleasanton City Council 5 05/03/05 Minutes