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Priority: Increase and maintain affordable and accessible wellness and development opportunities for youth that are age appropriate. Introduction Pleasanton is committed to nurturing a safe, supportive community that is responsive to the full range of needs of all youth and their families. In partnership with youth, the City strives to provide the essential environment to stimulate young people to achieve their individual potential as responsible, contributing adults. The Pleasanton City Council and Pleasanton Unified School District Board of Trustees, at a joint meeting in 1998, approved a staff recommendation calling for the establishment of a Youth Master Plan for the City of Pleasanton. The staff report supporting the recommendation stated: "A need has been identified by members of the Pleasanton Youth Collaborative, the Pleasanton Unified School District Ad Hoc Committee, Human Services, Parks and Recreation, and Youth Commissions and interested citizens to develop a community vision for youth and an organized approach to implementing services. While many services and programs are already available to youth through a variety of agencies and organizations, a uniformed approach is needed to respond to youth issues and create a supportive environment. A well developed Youth Master Plan would help in identifying that community vision and strategies for improving services/programs." The staff report further recommended: A joint commitment for the funding and staffing of the project, The creation of a Youth Master Plan of Pleasanton Steering Committee with representatives from government, business, education, and human services agencies, the community at large and local middle schools and high schools, and That the Youth Master Plan Steering Committee be charged with the creation of a vision, goals and objectives, and implementation strategies for a comprehensive plan for Pleasanton youth. Representatives from government, business, education, human services agencies and schools were appointed to the Youth Master Plan of Pleasanton Steering Committee by their respective agencies in October 1998. Additional community -at -large representatives were interviewed and selected by the Steering Committee in November. The committee presented the results of its work to the City Council, and the Council approved the Youth Master Plan of Pleasanton in 2001. The Plan is based on the following guiding principles: The Plan encompasses youth ages 0 -22 years. Strategic Plan FY2010 FY2014 City of Pleasanton Page 38