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BACKGROUND 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. The City of Pleasanton representative is Councilmember Valerie Arkin. 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. In accordance with Subsection 7.4.2 of the Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement, the Committee is tasked with preparing a priority list of properties for acquisition in fee or permanent easement for the eastern and western areas. The Committee's recommended priority list must be submitted to and accepted by the associated governing bodies by March 1st of every year. In 2017, the Committee developed a list of general priority areas over the course of several meetings. Each committee member provided their jurisdiction's conservation priorities. In addition, open space organizations, including the Tri-Valley Conservancy, Alameda Creek Alliance, Save Mount Diablo, California Rangeland Trust, and East Bay Regional Park District, presented the priority areas that had been identified by each organization. In 2018, the Committee voted to refer the list of priority areas to the associated governing bodies for acceptance in addition to requesting authorization of expenditures to hire UC Berkeley to identify, rank and map high conservation values for the purpose of further refining the list at a future date. On June 19, 2018, Pleasanton City Council approved a resolution adopting the list of general priority areas and authorization of funds for the purpose of further refining the list when UC Berkley completes its research. This resolution is included as Attachment 2. While the list has not returned to the governing bodies on an annual basis, the Committee recognizes the Settlement Agreement requires an annual review and acceptance. DISCUSSION The Open Space Committee's 2018 general priority areas of properties for acquisition includes the following locations: Page 2 of 3