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29. Fundina for Tri-Vallev Business Council. (SR 05:272) Mr. Fialho presented the staff report. Ms. McGovern pointed out this fiscal year, the City of Livermore has given $25,000 to support the Business Council and the Town of Danville has provided $10,000. The City of Dublin has given the Business Council $10,000 and has indicated that it may consider allocating an additional $15,000 if equal funding is provided by the Cities of Pleasanton and San Ramon and the Town of Danville. She wanted Council to decide if it believed $10,000 was the appropriate amount to contribute and wait to see if the City of Dublin and the Town of Danville provided $25,000. Mr. Fialho said the City of Livermore has contributed $25,000 and the City of Dublin has made the proposal to contribute $10,000 with the option of $25,000 if the other cities follow suit. The City of San Ramon is waiting to see what other cities do, which is why he was not a proponent of recommending that Pleasanton contribute $10,000. While the Town of Danville is a part of the Tri-Valley, the Town's philosophy is that it does not gain significantly from this joint effort and Danville's view has been to contribute $10,000. Mr. Brozosky asked what type of pressure could be applied to get the City of Dublin to contribute an equal amount? Mr. Fialho said as soon as Pleasanton takes the lead, the Cities of Dublin and San Ramon would follow suit. There were no public comments. Ms. McGovern favored following Dublin's action. Mr. Sullivan believed someone needed to provide the lead first. He suggested that Council contribute $10,000 to the Business Council now and after the Executive Roundtable in November if the Executive Committee decided it was something that should be done, Council could then make a final decision to contribute $15,000. Ms. McGovern concurred with Mr. Sullivan's suggestion. Mr. Brozosky believed the direction made sense and Council needed to decide if this information was valuable to Pleasanton and then decide whether it supported the Business Council and provide funding. He could agree to approve an allocation of $25,000 at this point. Mayor Hosterman was agreeable to funding the full $25,000 for the sake of moving forward with this effort. If Council were not able to reach this point, she would be agreeable to approve an allocation of $10,000 and withhold $15,000 pending the Executive Roundtable in November. Pleasanton City Council 24 1 0/04/05 Minutes