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having a vision statement in bullet format as it easier for the community to identify certain core principles rather than a narrative. She believed it was very important to have the guiding principles, which identify the core values as to how the City will conduct its business. She expressed her concern regarding the amended Vision and Principles Statement from Commissioner Roberts because she believed a majority of these core values were taken from the goals of the 1996 General Plan. She was hopeful that the community is given the opportunity to have input and reach general agreement on the General Plan Vision Statement. Vice Mayor Brozosky closed the public comments. Mr. Sullivan said a vision statement is missing from the General Plan. A vision statement is an extension of what the City would look like towards build out. He supported staff's recommendation to hold community workshops in order to obtain input from residents. He pointed out that social sustainability is an element that is missing from the General Plan and it should be included in the overall Vision Statement. He believed certain elements of the General Plan could be worked on in parallel to scheduling community workshops and reaching a general agreement on the overall Vision Statement to guide the General Plan update. Mr. Fialho said staff could pull together a community workshop and have it not detract from the other elements of the General Plan. He pointed out that traffic and circulation are the two main elements that drive the remainder of the elements of the General Plan. He informed Council that a joint General Plan workshop with the Council and Planning Commission would be held on May 24 to discuss the circulation element of the General Plan. Ms. McGovern reiterated that she did not want to approve a vision and principles statement without having a first reading and allowing Mayor Hosterman and the community to review and provide input on what is being proposed. When conducting the community workshops, she asked which draft vision and principles statements would be provided to the community. Mr. Fialho recommended that staff be directed to provide to the community the amended staff version as amended by the Planning Commission (Attachment 1). Rather than having two similar narrative vision statements, he suggested that Council move forward with Ms. McGovern's proposal, as it is similar to Commissioner Robert's vision statement. He noted that these two draft vision statements would be used as a basis for discussion with the community. Ms. McGovern noted that in addition to a vision statement, the City is also working on the traffic and land use elements. She did not have a clear understanding of the process for the remainder of the other elements of the General Plan and when Council would be considering these. Mr. Iserson said staff is moving forward on other elements of the General Plan. Staff has been working on the Energy Element of the General Plan, which will be presented to Council in June or July. Staff is also working on the Public Facilities and Safety Elements. Staff is reviewing the existing General Plan elements and looking at where they need to be updated and working to update them. Staff will present the different elements of the General Plan one by one as they are ready for Council's consideration. Mr. Fialho said the initial thought was for staff to present the Energy Element and Council could either propose modifications or accept it as a working document. This element would then be shelved from the standpoint that it provides staff sufficient time to work on other elements of the General Plan and to bring these forward to Council for its review and acceptance as working documents. Eventually over time, a completed draft General Plan would Pleasanton City Council 6 05/03/05 Minutes