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BACKGROUND Main Street Green Park — also known as "Arroyo Green at Main" — is a small, .75-acre site located at the corner of Vervais Avenue and Main Street at the northern entrance to downtown Pleasanton. Only about half of the total park site is currently developed, containing an informal turf area, large trees, and a small brick plaza with a bench and a drinking fountain. The remaining portion of the park, approximately 30,000 square feet, is undeveloped. The Park was one of several downtown parks and trails which were addressed in the Downtown Parks and Trails System Master Plan (DPTS) adopted initially by the City Council in 2002 and later included as part of the Downtown Specific Plan. In that document, Main Street Green Park was envisioned to be a site for modest recreation, both active and passive, as a recognizable entry to the downtown area and as the eastern trailhead for the Centennial Trail, which follows the Arroyo Del Valle. An excerpt from the 2002 DPTS which addresses Main Street Green Park is included as Attachment 2. In 2013, representatives from Pleasanton's three Rotary clubs approached the City with an idea and a donation to commemorate Rotary's 50th Anniversary in Pleasanton in May 2015. Included in those discussions were plans to renovate Main Street Green including the installation of a clock tower and the possible renaming of the park site or entrance plaza in recognition of the Rotary's many contributions to the community in general and specifically, to this park site. As a follow up to these discussions, earlier this year the City hired Keller Mitchell and Company to prepare a schematic park plan for the park and as part of the design and process, staff engaged the public, the Design Committee of the Pleasanton Downtown Association (PDA) and the Parks and Recreation Commission to assist with developing the plan. While the PDA Design Committee indicated general approval of the draft design and expressed support for the project overall, it did recommend changes that were considered by the Parks and Recreation Commission. These changes included lighting for the bocce ball courts, additional benches, and consideration of improvements to the west side of Main Street across from the Main Street Green. The PDA Board supported the Schematic Park Plan. On June 12, 2014, the Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed the Schematic Park Plan (Attachment 1) and considered comments from the public and the PDA. As an outcome of that meeting, the Commission unanimously supported the proposed design and identified the following recommended changes/additions: • Add an additional drinking fountain to the east end of the Park near the proposed bocce ball courts. • Provide a "doggy litter pick-up station" near the trail-head to the Centennial Trail at the west end of the Park. • Consider the use of recycled water at this Park once it becomes available in the area. • Incorporate the existing "Rotary" bricks into the proposed plaza area. Page 2 of 5