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BACKGROUND The Pleasanton Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan was adopted in 2010 and contains the goals and policies for developing and implementing the pedestrian and bicycle networks within the community. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan builds on the General Plan blueprint and is the official policy document addressing the development of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The key policy and program recommendations in the Plan encourage a multimodal transportation system, and also address funding, and monitoring of Plan implementation. Fehr and Peers prepared the previous Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan. The current Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan recommends an update to the plan every five years to ensure eligibility for grant funding. All state and federal grant opportunities require that the proposed project to be funded be included in the City's planning documents. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan satisfies the grant requirement and shows that the City is focused on pedestrian and bicycle related improvements. In addition to State and Federal grants, Measure B, Measure BB, and Vehicle Registration Fee regional funding requires that proposed projects are in a bicycle or pedestrian master plan. The City was most recently awarded $800,000 in bicycle related improvements through the Congestion Management and Air Quality Pedestrian and Bicycle Grant to make bicycle and pedestrian related improvements for the Foothill Interchange. The Foothill project redesigned the interchange to improve both pedestrian and bicycle related safety by including new bike lanes and an improved (shorter, more visible and signalized) pedestrian crossing. DISCUSSION This first update to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan will expand and clarify several chapters of the Plan, but will focus on the prioritization process and refine the criteria used to select projects for implementation. The City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Pleasanton Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan Update in March of 2015, and did not receive any proposals. Staff met with several prospective consultants and refined the scope of work reissuing the Request in June of 2015. The City received one proposal from Fehr and Peers, who prepared the original Master Plan in 2010. Fehr & Peers' cost proposal for the project includes significant updates to every chapter of the document including the policy, project and prioritization sections. The cost for the update is $146,237, which staff considers to be reasonable for the scope of the Master Plan Update. Page 2 of 3