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Implementation Next Steps The City of Pleasanton will take the following specific next steps to implement this Complete Streets Policy: • Plan Consultation and Consistency: Maintenance, planning, and design of projects affecting the transportation system will be consistent with local bicycle, pedestrian, transit, multimodal, and other relevant plans. • Stakeholder Consultation: Develop and/or clearly define a process to allow for stakeholder involvement on projects and plans including, but not limited to, Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee and/or other advisory groups, as necessary to support implementation of this Complete Streets policy by Pleasanton. • Plan Review: All projects affecting the transportation system will be reviewed by the Traffic Engineer for consistency with the Complete Streets Policy. • Monitor existing and develop new design policies and guidelines to reflect the current state of best practices in transportation design. Exception Approvals The City of Pleasanton's Director of Community Development, shall review project exemptions which may, under certain circumstances, including the following: 1. Ordinary maintenance activities designed to keep assets in serviceable condition (e.g. mowing, cleaning, sweeping, spot repair, and regular/seasonal maintenance); 2. The project involves a roadway that bicyclists and pedestrians are prohibited by law from using. In such case, efforts should be made to accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians elsewhere; 3. There are extreme topographic or natural resource constraints; 4. Cost of accommodation is excessively disproportionate to the need or probable use; n 5. When other available means or factors indicate an absence of need presently and in the 20-or-more year horizon; =- - 6. A reasonable and equivalent alternative already exists for certain users or is programmed in the CIP as a separate project; 7. The project is not a roadway improvement project. _ 1 4