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would be willing to work with other cities when they work on their traffic circulation patterns so that each community can meet the needs of their communities. Mayor Hosterman asked for input from staff to provide for an opportunity to reach consensus and help the Council formulate language to meet the collective objective. City Manager Fialho said on the issue of retention of the extension in the General Plan, he hears consensus but refinements are needed for the Council to be supportive collectively. He felt they were looking for a policy statement to provide guidance to the community, region and makes its way into the General Plan. Given the current state of the regional network, the Council cannot commit to a timeline to the construction of Stoneridge Drive at this time, the Council does recognize that the arterial has broad, local and regional benefits for all residents in the region which include public safety, mobility for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians, and access to amenities in Pleasanton and neighboring communities. But for construction to occur in the short or long term the Council is looking for the right conditions in the valley to exist and that it is imperative to have a balanced strategic approach for local and regional networks in the valley that minimizes cut through traffic in Pleasanton. He believed this could only be accomplished with regional partners in the valley. This network upgrades which include State Route 84, I-580, I-680, local street networks like Jack London, Dublin Boulevard, Portola and Stoneridge Drive, and the Council wants to challenge the region to come together with Pleasanton to achieve an end result that includes resolution and policy direction that makes its way into the General Plan, and a policy framework and funding plan that works for everyone. Mayor Hosterman agreed, felt it could be any of those things, and she envisions a Memorandum of Understanding as the culmination of this Triangle policy study because they wanted to achieve the opportunity for all leaders to come together and be on the same page so that this Council could go lobby for much needed transportation dollars and get some of the infrastructure improvements completed. She asked for more definition of “right conditions.” Councilmember Sullivan felt it was more of a “roadmap”, which needs to be part of that policy. Councilmember McGovern said she did not want to be forced to put something in either too soon or too late, as the City may experience difficulties not even contemplated and she wanted flexibility. Councilmember Sullivan said the roadmap was not necessarily a list of conditions but is more a process the City undertakes and things to think about and discuss over time. At some point it may result in Stoneridge going in or not. He felt the Council may need to have staff think about what is being said and return with something more concrete. He likes the direction of the City Manager, suggested adding to it that the Council wants to come together as a Council along with partners and develop a roadmap for the future and much of the detail needs to come together at a later time. He felt the Council could not put together all of the detail tonight. He felt it was important to balance what the Council needs to do regionally with what the community expects of them. Councilmember Cook-Kallio felt we were closer and everyone has reiterated how important regional improvements are, it would be nice to know where the funding was coming from and have more specifics about when that was going to happen, but this will not exist tonight or in the next year or so. But most important is to get understanding with regional partners, recognizing that Stoneridge is a local issue, the need to protect the quality of life here as much as possible, but at the same time, recognize everything is still connected. She felt discussing a roadmap for the future is important and believes the City Council Minutes 23 May 1, 2007