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entities, representatives will provide input into the process, applicants were solicited and 5 have been selected from Pleasanton, 4 are part of the advisory group, 1 will be invited as a member of the public and will contribute specific expertise. The first meeting was held last week, will include a public comment period, and all materials will be available on the City's website. She said the total of the first phase is $150,000 and the City has already committed $15,000. Staff is requesting Council authorize the City Manager to sign the agreement committing an additional $15,000 and then contribute up to another $40,000, for a total of $70,000. Councilmember Sullivan confirmed that the result of identification of potential mitigation sites is for governmental capital projects and private projects, as well, and governmental agencies are funding it. He questioned if there could be a reimbursement mechanism from developer benefits. City Manager Fialho agreed and said the Council could condition projects specific to Pleasanton to be reimbursed. He confirmed that the maximum amount of funding was initially requested at $70,000 and Dublin and Pleasanton were uncomfortable in committing the full $70,000 until it saw progress in the process, until other communities committed their fair share, which is now in place. City Manager Fialho said the City is undertaking many capital projects and it is important for the City to identify those mitigation sites. Councilmember McGovern confirmed the committee was not seen as growth-inducing, but more as a potential mitigation area and potential benefit for some of the land owners in selling their conservation easements. Councilmember McGovern referred to the 20 species which would be mapped, and she questioned if habitat would be mapped as well such as for the Callippe Silverspot Butterfly. Ms. Stern said they are looking at the list of species and then look for their habitat. The preliminary list will be subject to discussion by the users group and staff can add the particular species of the Callippe Silverspot Butterfly and see if it meets the criteria to be included on the list, as well as its habitat. She believed this could provide a much better understanding as to what lives and exists within the Pleasanton boundaries and the City could also benefit from the standpoint in the use of educational field trips. Motion: It was m/s by Sullivan/Cook-Kallio to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the funding agencies to contribute an additional $15,000 towards Phases 2 and 3 of the EACCS effort, and sign funding agreements committing a maximum additional amount up to $40,000 towards Phases 2 and 3 of the project, if the other agencies contribute similar amounts. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Noes: None Absent: None BREAK: Mayor Hosterman called for a break and thereafter reconvened the regular meeting. 16. Review of Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Regional Housing Needs Analysis (RHNA) determination and schedule including commencement of the City Housing Element Update process Assistant City Manager Steven Bocian gave the staff report and provided an update on the RHNA process. He said ABAG adopted a formula which looks at growth, housing and the economy, ABAG's Housing Methodology Committee is in the process of completing City Council Minutes 10 March 4, 2008