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Ms. McGovern then referred to page VI-18 and the statement about the School District considering alternative uses for existing and proposed school sites. She hoped for some explanation about that from the School Board. On page VI-21 , the acreage for the BMX park is off by one acre. On Page VI-23, if there is a park in Happy Valley, there is no mention of the Vineyard Avenue park and she felt that should be added to future community parks. When looking at the functions of the Alviso Adobe, she felt some of those were already known and should be included. Referring to page VI-26, third paragraph from the bottom, she believed the community garden at Val Vista had already been started and the verbiage of the paragraph should be changed. She then referred to page VI-33, Policy 2, Program 2.1, and suggested the wording should be changed from "including" a city hall fire station athletic facilities to "such as." She did not think it was determined to do all those things and there could be other things not listed. At the bottom of the page, there is reference to a "landmark civic center" and she requested clarification of the term. Ms. Stern believed that meant something with architectural distinction. Mr. Fialho indicated the key would be to provide some sort of gateway or architectural feature that is complimentary of the downtown. Ms. McGovern then asked if the city was contemplating annexation of the chain of lakes property? Mr. Fialho said yes. Ms. McGovern mentioned page VI-37, Program 13.10, and asked if the Food Scrap Composting Program had been proven to be cost effective? Mr. Fialho said there has not been an analysis of the two-year implementation program. Staff does know there is increased diversion from the landfill resulting from food scrap recycling. It is not what was initially envisioned, but is about 10-15% additional diversion. Ms. McGovern wanted to know if these types of programs were cost effective. It is not that they are important, but perhaps there are other ways of doing them. She expressed her support of containers for recycling at downtown outdoor events and in city parks. She then referred to providing sufficient sites and improvements for a full range of library facilities and wanted to have new development to help cover the cost of library facilities. She supported adding the word "libraries" to Program 2.1, page VI-33. Mr. Fialho quoted the section "developers should pay their fair share for the development and use of municipal facilities." He noted that AB1600 enables the city to identify the kinds of facilities needed long term and libraries fit into that. Ms. McGovern then referred to page VI-43, Program 19.1, about increasing hours of operation for recreational facilities. This could affect the youth of the community and provide more positive things to do in the community. Kids could use these facilities even after curfew and she supported being able to offer more positive alternatives for the youth of the community. On Program 24.6, she supported providing Wi-Fi for the community. Then on page VI-46, Program 27.2, to encourage pedestrian and bike friendly development, she felt the city had missed the boat on bike friendly development. She asked if there was a way to go back to rectify parts of the community. General Plan Workshop City Council 9 OS/23/06