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Ms. McGovern did not believe the City had contaminated Mr. Wagner's well. Mr. Fialho said the groundwater was contaminated before the Golf Course was ever built. Mr. Wagner's issue was specific to his property, which tended to gravitate to the surrounding Happy Valley area because of the issue of the aquifer. Clearly there are residents in the Happy Valley area who have higher than normal readings for certain types of elements, which has clearly been an issue that predates the Golf Course. He pointed out that Mr. Wagner's property is located in the County and not the City limits. The wells that staff is currently monitoring are in unincorporated areas and geographically located throughout the Happy Valley area downstream from the Golf Course. Mr. Brozosky referenced a Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report dated December 28, 2005 pertaining to the Pleasanton General Plan Update. The notice mentioned that an environmental scoping meeting would be conducted on January 30 to further accommodate comments regarding EIR issues to be evaluated. He noted Council had not discussed this matter and the majority of the General Plan elements have not been completed. Council had not agreed on what issues it wanted studied. Mr. Fialho said a scoping session would be conducted and staff is attempting to identify the key core issues of discussion throughout the General Plan process. Staff is trying to have the scoping session with the environmental impact consultant so that he may receive public comment and begin the process of compiling a comprehensive document. Staff is attempting to stage the General Plan Update simultaneously with the environmental impact report in order to meet the timeline. Mayor Hosterman mentioned she had received a complaint regarding recreational vehicles (RVs) being parked on residential streets and RVs not being stored in a covered area. She requested Council support to direct staff to review the City's existing Parking Ordinance as it pertained to the parking of recreational vehicles to preclude the parking of RVs on small neighborhood streets that obstruct other people's views and interfere with their quality of life. Mr. Sullivan inquired about the current regulations. Mr. Roush said the regulations are two-fold which entail the 72-hour parking regulation and the parking of the RVs. Because an RV is a registered vehicle, generally speaking in the absence of a local rule and regulation that prohibits the parking of an RV on a residential street, there is no restriction other than the 72-hour rule. One way to try and deal with issue of RVs parking for an indefinite period of time is to try and come up with language on the 72-hour rule that makes it more enforceable. The alternative is for Council to adopt regulations that would prohibit the parking of RVs on certain residential streets. Ms. McGovern asked if there were narrow residential streets in the Bernal property area and if RVs were prohibited from parking on these residential streets. Mr. Roush said if on-street parking is allowed, RVs would not be prohibited. Council supported directing staff to review the matter and return to Council with a report. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 20 01/03/06