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BACKGROUND Complete streets are generally defined as streets that are safe and convenient for all users of the roadway, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, persons with disabilities, users and operators of public transit, seniors, children, and movers of commercial goods. A Complete Street is the result of comprehensive planning, programming, design, construction, operation, and maintenance, and should be appropriate to the function and context of the street. More than 400 communities in the U.S. have supported building complete streets through the adoption of Complete Streets Policies. The California Complete Streets Act of 2008 (Assembly Bill 1358), which took effect in January 2011, requires cities and counties to include Complete Streets Policies as part of their General Plans. This must be done at the time that any substantive revisions of the General Plan circulation element are made. Both MTC and Alameda CTC have recently enacted requirements that local jurisdictions must have an adopted Complete Streets Policy in order to receive or be eligible for certain transportation funding. Both of these requirements take effect in 2013. The MTC and Alameda CTC requirements are described below: • MTC Requirements: With Resolution 4035, MTC established the requirement that any jurisdiction that wishes to receive State or Federal Grant funding must, by January 31, 2013, either adopt a Complete Streets Policy resolution that is consistent with regional guidelines, or have a General Plan circulation element that is in compliance with the state Complete Streets Act. • Alameda CTC Requirements: The current Master Program Funding Agreement (MPFA) between Alameda CTC and Pleasanton, which was approved by Council in February, 2012, allows the distribution of Measure B and Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) pass-through funding, and includes a Complete Streets Policy requirement. Local jurisdictions need to adopt a Complete Streets Policy that includes ten required elements, by June 30, 2013. Alameda CTC developed its required policy elements to be complementary to the MTC requirement, so that jurisdictions only need to adopt one policy to be in compliance with both the Alameda CTC and MTC requirements. The 2005 General Plan provides Policy and Program language that already includes the requirement for Complete Streets Design in new development, and the City has incorporated the Complete Streets approach to design since the adoption of the General Plan. The Complete Streets Act of 2008 and the MTC and Alameda CTC language requirements are very similar to the Pleasanton General Plan language, but their requirements have defined ten specific elements that need to be outlined in a detailed policy. The attached policy language is required to be incorporated into the General Plan text at the next comprehensive General Plan update. Until that time, adoption of the attached resolution is sufficient to meet the MTC and Alameda CTC requirements. Page 2 of 3