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PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS Over the past two years, the City Council has developed a model for using ad hoc committees to achieve desired outcomes; recent examples include the Hacienda TOD Task Force, the Housing Element Update Task Force, and current task force efforts looking at historic preservation and downtown hospitality guidelines. This model of City and public collaboration has served well to address the issues in a timely manner while allowing for a participatory community process. Task Force Composition Staff is recommending the City Council approve the formation of a 12-member ad hoc East Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force comprised as follows: • 2 City Council members • 2 Planning Commissioners • 3 Major Property Owners (Kiewit, Legacy, and Zone 7 Water Agency) • 5 At-large members nominated by the Mayor and City Council The City Council and Planning Commission representatives will be selected from their respective memberships. The at-large members will be selected through the City's normal application and nomination process, whereby the Mayor and each Council member make one selection to the task force. Task Force members may select alternates to attend meetings in their absence. In addition to the Task Force meetings, public input and discussion with City advisory groups will also include: • Community meetings at key points in the planning process: to discuss opportunities, constraints and a vision for the EPSP; provide feedback on plan alternatives; and to comment on a draft EPSP. • Check-in meetings: to provide status updates and seek direction from the the City Council and Planning Commission on key decision points, and meetings on specific topics with the Housing Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee and Economic Vitality Committee. • Stakeholder meetings: Pleasanton Garbage Service, gravel and mining interests, the City of Livermore and Alameda County would be invited to participate in the planning process. • City webpage information: all meeting information and materials will be available on-line and staff will encourage e-mail sign ups in order to keep participants informed of upcoming events. CONCLUSION Staff recommends that the Council authorize staff to start the application process for the East Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force and to return to the City Council for confirmation of the Task Force members and approval of consultant contracts. Page 6 of 7