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is more focused on conservation. He agreed the use of recycled material should be a broad concept, not necessarily a requirement. On page vii-32, Goal 1, he suggested to say, "practice sustainability" instead of "promote sustainability." He agreed with the Mayor that all the water issues from this Element and the Public Facilities Element should be pulled out and placed in a Water Element. He also agreed with Councilmember McGovern that there should be some language about developing water conservation strategies. On page vii-28, he supported the idea of gathering additional information on wildlife species and communities and how that relates to wildlife corridors. It is in the text, but he would like to see it in a policy. On page vii-33, under Policy 3, he wanted a new policy to explore restoration of local arroyos, such as Arroyo Mocho, de la Laguna, and Alamo Canal in conjunction with Zone 7 and its stream master plan. He also wanted to see a copy of the Ahwanhee Water Principles at the next meeting. He referred to discussion about an east side study including the quarry areas and he felt it should be a policy. That idea has been floating around for some time and nothing has been done yet. Director Iserson indicated staff planned to put that in the Land Use Element regarding the east side specific plan. Council member McGovern said she had received a call from a resident regarding a greenbelt between the cities. This was also discussed at the Planning Commission. She asked if staff had investigated this issue. Principal Planner Stern replied that she recalled the discussion at the Planning Commission and acknowledged there was reference to a greenbelt in the Livermore General Plan. It is actually an area around EI Charro Road where they regulate heights in order to preserve views of the distant hills. So it is not actually a greenbelt, since they are developing that whole area up to EI Charro Road with commercial development. There is also the Staples Ranch development proposed for that location. She indicated setbacks and screening of some of the uses could be used, but it probably wouldn't be an area for an actual greenbelt. That might be used more along Stanley to preserve the separation between Pleasanton and Livermore as review of the reuse of the quarry areas occurs. Council member McGovern asked if there was anything in the 1996 General Plan about greenbelts. Director Iserson did not believe there was. The urban growth boundary implies that idea without specifically using that word. The General Plan also looks at the area as being a practical separator between Pleasanton and Livermore over the years. They will be in operation for the next 25 years. They may not look like a greenbelt, but are a community separator. Councilmember McGovern asked staff to review the 1996 General Plan and to have a policy to use whatever methods available to have some separation between cities. She was still interested in talking about water reclamation and reverse osmosis as a method of conserving water. Councilmember Brozosky said in addition to comments he has already made and with reference to the sustainability definition, he suggested removing the second sentence. The first sentence talked about the vision of sustainable development. He believed the definition of what a city actually does towards sustainability would be more defined in the vision statement. General Plan Workshop Minutes 19 August 29, 2006