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2. Authorize the implementation of the Phase 1 "quick build" of the West Las Positas Boulevard Corridor Improvement Plan between Hopyard Road and Hacienda Drive. FINANCIAL STATEMENT The West Las Positas Bicycle and Pedestrian Corridor Improvement Plan was developed to have a phased implementation with six phases. Phase 1 contains "quick build" elements between Hopyard Road and Hacienda Drive at an estimated cost of $155,000. Following the current requested Council action to review and adopt the Corridor Improvement Plan, staff will seek proposals for the work and return to seek Council authority for the subsequent contract(s). At this time, there is no need for Council action for funding. Funding will be addressed in more detail when related contracts are presented to Council; funding is available in the West Las Positas Multimodal Reconstruction Project, CIP No. 11514. BACKGROUND Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan In 2018, the City Council adopted the updated City of Pleasanton Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The most significant changes in the updated Master Plan were the addition of two new goals to the plan. The first new goal is to create a "Low Stress" bicycle and pedestrian network that may be enjoyed by all users and abilities. The second new goal changes the project priority from individual improvements to "Complete Corridors" so that the highest priority corridor is completed before moving to the next priority corridor. The Complete Corridors goal required the creation of a detailed scoring matrix that evaluates safety, routes to school benefit, demand, connectivity and feasibility. This scoring matrix was used to rank each project both individually and by corridor. Based on the scoring matrix, the plan identified the West Las Positas Boulevard corridor between Foothill Road and Fairlands Drive (approximately 3.4 miles in length) as the highest priority corridor. Prioritization of Corridor Improvements The West Las Positas Boulevard Corridor ranked highest in the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan priority scoring matrix for several reasons: 1. Collisions West Las Positas Boulevard had the highest number of bicycle and pedestrian related collisions; 14 collisions occurred between 2015 and 2017, outranking higher vehicular volume corridors like Santa Rita Road and Stoneridge Drive. This pattern continues today with West Las Positas Boulevard continuing to have the greatest number of collisions, with 22 pedestrian and bicycle (six pedestrian and 16 bicycle) related collisions in three years. (See Figure 1). Page 2 of 14