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1. Accept the list of general priority areas for future acquisition in anticipation of the preparation of a more refined list in accordance with the Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement. 2. Determine the expenditure of up to $23,650 of Altamont Open Space Funds for services to be performed by the University of California, Berkeley related to identifying, ranking, and mapping high conservation values in Eastern Alameda County as part of strategic planning to guide decision-making for future open space acquisitions is consistent with the Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement. FINANCIAL STATEMENT There is no cost to the City of Pleasanton associated with this Resolution. Expenditures are to be paid with Altamont Open Space Funds. BACKGROUND As part of the settlement of litigation over the expansion of the Altamont Landfill, the parties to the litigation agreement (Alameda County, Waste Management of Alameda County, the Cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, and various environmental groups) agreed that the County would impose a fee totaling $0.75 per ton at the Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility for open space acquisition. Eighty percent of the Open Space Fee is designated for open space expenditures in the eastern portion of the East County and 20 percent is for expenditures in the western portion of East County (see Attachment 2). As of March 1, 2018, the total amount available in the open space fund for the eastern area was $13,739,678, and the total amount available for the western area was $828,874. The Open Space Committee consists of one member appointed by the Board of Supervisors, one member appointed by the Livermore City Council, one member appointed by the Pleasanton City Council, and one member appointed by the Sierra Club. Subsection 7.4.2 of the Altamont Settlement Agreement requires that the Committee prepare two priority lists of properties for acquisition in fee or permanent easement, one for each of the geographic areas of concern as defined in Subsection 7.3.1. The Committee is also required to prepare proposed allocations of funds in the Open Space Account for expenditure during the upcoming year from each of the proposed priority lists. Subsection 7.4.7 of the Settlement Agreement states that by approval of a majority of the members of the Advisory Committee, and concurrence by the County and cities, up to 5 percent of the funds received in any given year may be expended for the services of independent consultants to aid the Advisory Committee in carrying out its duties to identify open space areas in need of protection and to make plans for their acquisition. DISCUSSION At the Open Space Committee's September 16, 2016 meeting, the Committee adopted a list of general priority areas as an initial step in the process of developing more specific lists of properties for acquisition, including fund allocations, pursuant to Page 2 of 4