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Mr. Fialho said technically that was true. There is an item coming before Council that relates specifically to the downtown in the next few months. Staff recommendation will be to do it. It is up to Council on whether it wants a bold statement regarding "providing" versus "exploring" in the General Plan. In order to maintain balance and allow flexibility, he suggested using the word "explore." Mr. Sullivan referred to the Human Services policies and asked for clarification that the Human Services Commission had reviewed them. He was assured by staff that had occurred. On pages VII-26 and 27, there is no discussion of any civic center master plan and he asked if that was intentional? Mr. Fialho responded that is something staff is currently pursuing as a work item and his recommendation is not to include something so specific as a civic center master plan in the General Plan. Mr. Thorne assumed that if there is a separate Water Element that it would be an accumulation of water issues from other Elements. If that is so, he did not object to a separate element. Regarding the Ahwanhee Water Principles, he preferred keeping an open mind and exercising caution. When a long list of things is adopted, they tend to be treated as rules rather than guidelines. He wanted to make certain there are appropriate aspects and impact analyses to make certain the money spent is in places to do the most good and not to get only a small amount of environmental control. He asked if the city depended completely on Zone 7 for the security of its water system? Mr. Cusenza said no. Zone 7 is responsible for the source of supply facilities such as the aqueduct coming over the hill and the coordination with the State Department of Water Resources for that supply from the delta, the pumping facility that gets the water to the Valley, etc. The City of Pleasanton controls the security from the Zone 7 turnouts to the over 20,000 meters and the city wells. Each agency controls the security for its own facilities. Mr. Thorne asked if there needed to be language in the Water Element that addressed the security of the water system? Mr. Cusenza said there are many things already being done from an operational standpoint. Whether those things have to be stated in the General Plan is up to Council. Mr. Fialho felt it would be best to consider what the appropriate options or language might be and bring that back to Council later. Mr. Thorne referred to Goal 7, Program 12.2, page VI-37, and had the same comments about only buying recycled materials as he had on the water principles. He wanted to make certain the actions really made sense. The County has provided money to buy recycled materials, but some of those materials are more expensive and use more energy and cause more environmental impacts to manufacture than the original products. He felt the city should be careful and not just made a carte blanche statement that only recycled materials would be used. Also on Program 13.4 there is discussion about using incentives for using recycled materials and he was uncertain what kinds of incentives are meant. If it is in the General Plan, that should be defined. General Plan Workshop City Council 7 OS/23/06