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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL August 30, 2005 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Hosterman called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 10:26 p.m. The Deputy City Clerk called the roll as follows: Councilmembers present were: Steve Brozosky, Cindy McGovern, Matthew Sullivan, Jerry Thorne, and Mayor Jennifer Hosterman. Staff members present were: Nelson Fialho, City Manager, Lynn Tracy Nerland, Assistant City Attorney, Jerry Iserson, Director of Planning and Community Services, and Brian Swift, Retired Director of Planning and Community Services. 2. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC There were no speakers. 3. ACTION ITEMS CONCERNING GENERAL PLAN UPDATE: CIRCULATION ELEMENT UPDATE Mr. Fialho indicated staff was asking Council to accept the definitions for cut-through traffic as presented and as the process continues discussions can be held with Dublin and Livermore to see if the language needs to be changed or not. It was moved by Mr. Sullivan, seconded by Mayor Hosterman, to accept the staff definitions of cut-through traffic as a working draft to be used as a tool to help understand where traffic is going with the understanding that there will be discussions with Dublin and Livermore to seek standardization. Mr. Brozosky did not like the example for city-based arterial cut-through traffic which says someone who lives on one side of town and wants to go to the mall and does not use the freeway, is considered cut-through. He acknowledged it is necessary to establish basic terminology so everyone understands what is being discussed. He did not see an advantage of approving the definitions at this meeting. Mr. Fialho felt Council could take the same approach as it did with the Circulation Element and just adopt the definitions as a working draft to be adjusted as the process goes forward.