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because she felt most everything gets passed on to the residents in some way. Suggestions were made regarding the hotel tax or various tourist related charges. Mr. Walden felt one thing to be done was to have partnerships with businesses on things that benefit them as well as help city services, such as promotional ideas, cost sharing of programs for services. He noted the Adopt a Highway program; that shares a cost for cleaning the highway and gives attention to businesses. Ms. McGovern commented that perhaps we are looking at more than just generating revenue, but also to create ways to benefit the city and the businesses. She then referred to Program 6.1, and asked why housing was mentioned there and other types of development were taken out of the program? Ms. Ott said "housing" was added to clarify the program. She felt when the word "developmenf' is used it means housing and when "commercial" is used it means commercial projects. The committee felt commercial projects pay their own way through city fees and that may not be the case with housing developments. The object of the program was to take an opportunity to analyze housing projects to see if they have a direct cost or benefit. Ms. McGovern felt the program should refer to large developments. There is much discussion about mixed use and there could be a development of a large area that included retail, commercial and housing. She wanted to leave the wording "large development" for that reason. Under Policy E, Program E.1, she had hoped to add something like "explore options for the provision of goods and services by the business sector in a manner that is competitive." That means the city is not getting a service from a business in Pleasanton that is more expensive than if there had been a competitive bid process. Under Program 9.4, she wanted to add the same verbiage at the end as added to debt service, which she supported going to five percent, to state, "except as otherwise determined by the City Council." This language would allow Council flexibility in case of an emergency to review the funding and decide if it was needed for something else. Under Program 10.1, she wanted to know what "multi-year plan" meant. Mr. Fialho told her it used to mean five-year plan, now it is a four-year plan. Verbiage could be added to say, "not to exceed five years". She believed the importance of comparing the Strategic Plan to the General Plan is embodied in Program 13.1 because it says "promote a diverse economic base by implementing the Economic Development Strategic Plan." If she supported that section of the General Plan, it would mean she also supported the entire Economic Development Strategic Plan. She had issues with that and asked if supporting one meant total support of the other? Mr. Fialho did not feel that was the case. He felt it meant supporting the concept of establishing a strategic plan and ultimately executing it. The discretionary approval Joint Workshop City Council/Economic Vitality Committee 8 02/28/06