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approve a professional services agreement with the Tanaka Design Group to design the park. Motion passed by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Brown, Cook-Kallio, Narum, Pentin, Mayor Throne NOES: None ABSENT: None 12. Review and consideration of Mid-Term City Council Work plan Mr. Fialho gave a brief presentation of the item. The Council's two year work plan, adopted last June, is intended to guide and communicate the Council's shared vision for the organization to the community and provide the City Manager with policy direction need to appropriately manage city resources. Projects within the plan are divided into broad categories including the Bernal property, city finances, economic development, youth programs, public safety and the provision of effective and efficient municipal services. It is always anticipated that the Council may, from time to time, update or modify the annual work plan based on new priorities. This is done on a mid-term basis, which also provides an opportunity to update the community on various projects. Looking forward to development of the next two year work plan, staff anticipates convening a Council workshop in the October/November timeframe in preparation for seating of the new Council member. The process will rely heavily on documents adopted over the last year and a half which speak to the city's priorities and included the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Economic Development Strategic Plan, Bernal Park Master Plan, community services needs assessment and the General Plan. Mr. Fialho stated that staff is asking the Council to reaffirm or modify the work plan at this time. Mayor Thorne opened the item for public comment. Dolores Bengtson recapped several points from an email she sent to the Council. She encouraged the Council to amend the Alviso Adobe Community Park project to include use planning for the soon to be acquired 22 acres of open space within the Austin property. Upon approval of the pending Development Agreement, any uses of the open space will be subject to review by what is now the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee and Parks and Recreation Commission. Previous planning discussions regarding the Alviso Adobe envisioned that this property could be used to address current shortfalls and expand programming. She reported that East Bay Regional Parks District recently purchased Castleridge land situation west of the Adobe that connects to the Pleasanton Ridge Trail. This property lacks a staging area and requires the Austin open space area for access. The issues of land use and programming potential warrant input from the surrounding neighborhood, who is likely unaware of recent developments and considerations related to the Castelridge site. She recommended that the Council amend the Alviso Adove project to include planning uses for the Austin open space, addressing requests of East Bay Regional Parks, and specifying the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee as one of those responsible for oversight. Mayor Thome closed public comment. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said she would like to see emphasis placed on the Library and Civic Center Master Plan. She acknowledged it would be a considerable investment in terms of time and money but also noted that the library is essentially too crowded to use now. She said she discussed the idea of a satellite library with the City Manager earlier this week, but would hate to see a temporary fix such as that delay the larger planning effort. She also asked that resurfacing of Old Stanley Boulevard be expedited to the extent possible, acknowledging that the city is waiting for funding from PG&E but also noting that the project has pushed back for nearly a decade and conditions there are unsafe. She agreed that the Alviso Adobe is underused and said that the community's vision for the kind of programming that would be available there has also been put off. She acknowledged that some City Council Minutes Page 11 of 14 June 17,2014