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BACKGROUND The 2014 Parks and Recreation Master Plan identified skateparks as one of the City of Pleasanton's more significant deficiencies. Once the city reached the projected build-out of a population of 78,000, the plan recommended that a 1-acre skatepark would be necessary. Per the 2020 census, the city of Pleasanton's population was 79,871. To meet the demands of the community, the master plan recommended adding another skatepark at Ken Mercer Sports Park adjacent to the existing skatepark. City Council adopted the skatepark as a priority with $400,000 in funding for design services as CIP No. 20774. City staff then researched skateparks and presented the top location options (Ken Mercer Sports Park and Bernal Community Park) to the Parks and Recreation Commission and City Council towards the end of 2020. The Commission and Council both voted unanimously to recommend an additional skatepark at Ken Mercer Sports Park and City Council approved the contract with RRM Design Group (RRM) on March 16, 2021. Together with RRM Design Group, City staff proceeded with the public outreach which included creating a website (www.pleasantonskatepark.com), creating a social media account on Instagram to increase engagement and feedback, holding stakeholder meetings, a virtual community outreach workshop, and an on-site outreach workshop, conducting two community-wide surveys, as well as holding several Zoom calls with local skateboarding advocates, attending special events to obta;n feedback, and presenting the information to the Parks and Recreation and Youth Commissions as well as City Council. The proposed final concept design for the skatepark at Ken Mercer Sports Park directly reflects the robust amount of public feedback, including the feedback received from the neighbors and the focus group of local skate advocates. The design was presented to the Parks and Recreation Commission on January 13, 2022, at which the Commission recommended approval of the skatepark. The Commission was generally in favor of the concept plan and supportive of the project; however, some of the commissioners felt that a restroom should be installed as part of the project and had concerns related to the estimated construction costs of$8.5 million. The final conceptual design was then presented to City Council Dn March 15, 2022, and Council directed staff to proceed with the design with consideration for phasing and value engineering the project. DISCUSSION Upon direction from City Council at the March 15, 2022, meeting and following the CIP project priorities-setting public workshop on April 12, 2022, staff reviewed potential phasing and value engineering possibilities with RRM Design Group. RRM then provided a proposal reflecting that conversation (see Attachment 2). The design services will complete the project through biddable construction documents with a target budget of$6 million, with a base bid of$5 million and additive bid items for $1 million. Page 2 of 3