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THE CITY OF 12 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT pL£ASANTON. June 1, 2010 Parks and Community Services TITLE: ADOPT A RESOLUTION DISBANDING THE TRAILS AD HOC AND BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE FORMATION OF THE BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND TRAILS COMMITTEE SUMMARY The City Council has the authority to establish committees for a specified period of time to provide support to commissions to act as a vehicle for channeling public input to the City Council, commissions and City staff. Currently, the Parks and Community Services Department and the Traffic Engineering Division provide staff resources to the Trails Ad Hoc Committee and the Bicycle, Pedestrian Advisory Committee respectively. An opportunity exists to merge the two committees and leverage the background, history and advisory functions of both into a newly structured Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee (BPTC). The Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC) and both committees have considered the matter of merging the two advisory committees, and all agree that it will produce a broad focused group encompassing all of the elements of the separate committees. The newly structured BPTC shall serve as an advisory committee to the Parks and Recreation Commission, the City Council, and the Traffic Engineering Division. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The PRC reviewed this matter on January 14, 2010, and approved merging the Trails Ad Hoc Committee (TAC) and the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) into a single committee. The PRC approved the name of the new committee as the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee, as well as the proposed committee structure, terms and meeting frequency outlined in this report. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution (Attachment 1) disbanding the TAC and the BPAC, and adopt the resolution (Attachment 2) establishing the formation of the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee; which shall merge all of the tasks of the former TAC and BPAC. FINANCIAL STATEMENT There is no fiscal impact.