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Mr. Fialho said staff had applied that principle to the golf course reserve. Staff tried to advance at least four years of debt service. He said it was possible to use that model and have no more than four years of normal PERS costs. Mr. Brozosky supported a plan like that. Mr. Fialho indicated that when this policy is ready for implementation, the specifics would be presented to Council for approval and Council could set up thresholds at that time, as was done with the golf course, rather than specifying it in the General Plan. Mr. Brozosky pointed out that the General Plan specifies that the funds cannot be used for anything except the reserve, so he wanted something that allowed for an alternative. Mr. Fialho believed the last clause "except as otherwise determined by the City Council" gives Council the opportunity to address that in the future. Mr. Brozosky asked if there should be a policy regarding funding the retiree medical cost liabilities? Mr. Fialho said fundamentally that makes sense, but there are accounting standards that override whatever may be in the General Plan. Ms. Rossi said there are existing General Plan policies that require the city to fund accrued expenses. That standard is probably higher than the accounting standards. The policy is for the city to fund liabilities as they come along and she thought that is the highest standard possible and is in the General Plan. It would apply to the retirees' medical costs. Cindy McGovern wanted to make certain the Strategic Plan is in conformance with the General Plan. She referred to Policy 4, regarding promoting tourism, culture and recreational activities, and felt the programs under that policy did not actually address tourism and recreational activities, but rather referred only to attracting businesses. She felt there should be a program added under Policy 4 that actually dealt with tourism. She suggested working with the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Pleasanton Downtown Association, Livermore Winegrowers Association, etc. to help support and cultivate tourism. Mayor Hosterman felt that was a good point. Ms. McGovern then referred to Goal 3 on page 15, where the words "and to develop additional revenue generating public facilities" were removed. She asked if staff did not believe it was important for pUblic facilities to generate funding? Ms. Stern felt the infrastructure and public facilities were necessary for business and the community rather than as revenue generating entities. However, if Council wants the wording reinserted, it could be done. Ms. McGovern believed that since this was a fiscal policy, it would be wise to have the facilities generate income to help maintain them in the future. Mr. Sullivan asked for an example. Did she mean charging for use of buildings or facilities like the sports parks? General Plan Workshop City Council 2 OS/23/06