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BACKGROUND In 1993, the City of Pleasanton prepared a Community Trails Master Plan to serve as a guide for future trail improvements in Pleasanton and to be used as a long-range planning tool to assist the City during private development review. With the amount of development within Pleasanton over the last several years, and the identification of trails in other various approved planning documents (e.g. specific plans, master plans, design guidelines, etc.) it became apparent that a new Trails Master Plan was required to coordinate a comprehensive policy approach to trails management and improvements. The update was identified in the 2016 City Council work plan and the effort then subsequently funded in the City's 2016 Capital Improvement Plan. In early 2017, City staff prepared a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking a quality professional services team to assist with updating the TMP. TrailPeople was selected as the most qualified organization for the effort, and in the summer of 2017, City staff and TrailPeople began work on the project. The first few months of work consisted of data gathering, research, analysis and public outreach. The outreach included: 1. A website to inform the public about the TMP update (www.pleasantontrails.corn); 2. Advertisement at public events such as Ignite (October 14, 2017), the Farmers Market (October 21, 2017 and February 24, 2018), the Oracle Green Fair (April 19, 2018), and Earth Day (April 22, 2018); 3. An online survey that was open for three months (October 2017 — January 2018) to solicit feedback from interested stakeholders; 4. Monthly trail hiking and information sharing events (starting in February 2018); 5. Advertising the TMP update in the local papers and on social media to encourage public participation; 6. Two public outreach meetings dedicated to discussion of the TMP update (November 16, 2017, and January 18, 2018); 7. Meetings with Alameda County, the City of Dublin, Livermore Area Recreation and Park District, Zone 7, Tri-Valley Conservancy, and the East Bay Regional Park District to discuss various opportunities; 8. Six Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trail Committee (BPTC) meetings; 9. One Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC) meeting (May 10, 2018); and 10.One City Council meeting (May 15, 2018) The sixth and final BPTC meeting, and the PRC and City Council meetings listed above focused on a review of a first draft TMP. Due to the minimal amount of feedback from the youth of Pleasanton (one response) during the initial survey efforts, the PRC and City Council recommended that staff conduct further outreach to the youth. City staff proceeded to work with TrailPeople to create an additional survey that specifically targeted youth. The City posted the new youth trail survey on the Pleasanton Trails website in mid-June 2018. Flyers were passed out at various city events such as the Ridge Runners summer camp, the school district was notified and posted the survey link on their social media pages, and the City Page 2 of 6