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MINUTES CITY OF PLEASANTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 20, 2007 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Hosterman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmember McGovern led the Pledge of Allegiance. Introductory Comments Councilmember McGovern noted the Pleasanton Unified School District, the Pleasanton Police Department, the Alameda County Office of Education and the Amador Adult and Community Education are presenting a town hall meeting to start a conversation about adolescent drinking, drug and tobacco use. The meeting is scheduled for March 29~h from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Amador Valley High School Library. She also noted the City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council are hosting the annual Poetry Prose and Arts Festival on Saturday, March 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Car American Conference Center. The Annual Good Guys Rod Show and Swap Meet will be on March 24 and 25 at the Fairgrounds. Roll Call Present: Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Absent: None AGENDA AMENDMENTS: None CONSENT CALENDAR Councilmember Thorne noted, with regard to Item No. 2, that he took a tour of one of the local mobilehome parks and indicated concern with safety issues as they relate to sidewalks. He noted he will put his concerns in writing. Councilmember McGovern noted a change to the Minutes, page 8, paragraph 6 to include her comments that what was important to her was that she had expressed a concern about the workload of the Council's priorities and that she would work with those priorities for a year to determine if they needed to be honed. With regard to Item No. 6, the cash Reserve Fund, Councilmember McGovern questioned if that money will be earmarked in the CIP. City Manager Fialho noted it will be earmarked in a special fund that does not designate the funds for any specific project, except that it defines that the money will be used for something in the downtown, a potential acquisition of the downtown corridor or another amenity related to the downtown specific plan or an improvement in the Hacienda Business Park.