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MINUTES OF THE JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ECONOMIC VITALITY COMMITTEE February 28, 2006 1. CALL TO ORDER The joint workshop was called to order by Mayor Jennifer Hosterman at 6:38 p.m. Those in attendance were as follows: City Councilmembers Steve Brozosky, Cindy McGovern, Matt Sullivan, Jerry Thorne, and Mayor Jennifer Hosterman; Economic Vitality Committee members: Julie Robey (Tri-Valley CVB), Judy Wheeler- Ditter (PDA), Sharrell Michelotti (Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce), Arne Olson (Financial Institution), Mark Heidohrn (Environmental), James Paxon (Business Park), Dave Walden (Professional Services Firm), Kristi Rocha (Citizen At Large), and April Mitchell (Non-Profit). Staff members present were: Nelson Fialho, City Manager; Michael Roush, City Attorney; David Culver, Finance Director; Sue Rossi, Assistant Finance Director; Jerry Iserson, Director of Planning and Community Services; Janice Stern, Principal Planner; and Pamela Ott, Economic Development Manager. 1 A. Draft Revisions to the Economic and Fiscal Element of the General Plan (SR 06:064A) Janice Stern presented the staff report. Jerry Thorne referred to Program 2.5 regarding enhancing efficiency of delivery of city services, etc. and asked how that would be measured? Ms. Stern said that had not been considered as yet. There is a lot of feedback from people seeking development applications and other services. That is one way of seeing how effective the city has been in delivering services. There could also be focus groups of people who use city services to find out what issues need to be improved. Surveys could also be used. Mr. Thorne wanted to see some kind of measure that reflects where the city is now and then after actions are taken to improve the processes, measure to see if progress has been made. He then referred to the suggestion to create a team of staff members as a point of contact for the business community and felt that was already being done.