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She said they have completed all General Plan Elements, the Council has reviewed and discussed all Elements except for Air Quality and Noise. The Draft EIR is underway and staff is continuing outreach efforts with the community with the Council and staff. Staff anticipates the EIR will be completed in May 2008, Planning Commission and public review of the Consolidated Draft General Plan would be brought forward in May/June 2008 which will include a 45 day review period, comments will be taken and supplemental information added to the Draft General Plan and the Planning Commission will make a recommendation of the official Draft General Plan document to the Council. She said fundamentally, the Draft General Plan is similar to the 1996 Plan in that the overarching goal is the preservation and enhancement of quality of life in Pleasanton. Staff has added new themes including sustainable development, the Plan incorporates new planning concepts that facilitate sustainable development, it also acknowledges our responsibility on climate change, a vision is included in the plan and an Energy and Water Element are also added to the plan. Mayor Hosterman and Councilmembers thanked staff for their work. City Manager Fialho said staff will work hard to adhere to the schedule presented, and depending upon the conflict of the Staples Ranch process and the General Plan process, staff anticipates having to adjust slightly, but believes that the worst case scenario would be for the entire document to be approved by December. MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL Councilmember McGovern hoped the Council could agree to ask staff to return with a Proclamation naming the western segment of the park, Marilyn Kane Trail or whatever the family would like to call that segment. Councilmember Thorne said there is an ordinance having to do with naming parks, and City Manager Fialho said the difference here is that in exchange for a sizable donation, the City would make an exception which would be reflected in the resolution that comes forward. Council concurred with naming the western segment of the park, Marilyn Kane Trail and asked staff to return with an agenda item in the future. COUNCIL REPORT Councilmember Thorne reported on his attendance to the National League of Cities conference and said the Nations City Weekly provides an excellent summary of everything which occurred. He also believes another issue would be block grants for cities involved in energy conservation, and hopefully the City could look forward to funding. Mayor Hosterman reported three Councilmembers attended the Local Government Commission Conference. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said there were some extremely interesting ways of how some Councils look at things and she learned a lot. Councilmember Sullivan said the conference is great, it primarily focuses on energy, water, climate change and there are many great ideas and information-sharing. Councilmember McGovern said she is working with the Tri-Valley Adolescent Health Initiative with Maria Lara. They recently established an ad-hoc group, and one of the sections of the master plan is called Healthy Kids and Families. The choice the group is working on is mental health for youth and she and others visited a group in Fremont last week where mental health City Council Minutes 8 March 18, 2008