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EXHIBIT A Scope of Consultant's Services To continue to preserve and commemorate the history of Pleasanton and the Livermore Valley the Museum on Main shall continue its progress that has been made this past year. The dollars will be used to help to underwrite staff salaries, public programs, and supplies, including developing new walking tours that will include art and architecture, and a self-guided audio tour. The Museum's operating hours have been expanded to include Tuesdays and opening earlier in the day to accommodate additional foot traffic. Admission is FREE to allow people of all economic backgrounds to visit. In the summer, the Museum offers FREE walking tours in several neighborhoods in or close to our historic downtown. Funding will be used to support the implementation of the City and School District's Youth Master Plan through programs specifically geared for preschool, school age and adolescents/young adults. In the preschool area,the Museum will continue to offer a new FREE preschool reading program once a month to help promote children's literacy through books and hands-on activities. FREE Intergenerational Family Days are also a part of the annual Museum schedule during the summer. For school age students, the Museum will offer hands-on inductive questioning education programs for school children. Two travelling trunks will be used in the classroom. One trunk is for the and grade curriculum that provides an overview of the community history. The other trunk is for 41 grade and centers on the Gold Rush and its impact on the region and state. These trunks are full of curriculum, background information, activities, music,objects, books,clothing,etc.to be used by the classroom teacher. The Museum will offer a backpack program that will be given to families to have an intergenerational experience as they travel through town looking for Phoebe Hearst on her daily errands. For adolescents/ young adults, the Museum shall continue to provide its junior volunteer program where students can regularly volunteer at the Museum and complete their required community volunteer service requirement. The Museum also offers six to seven temporary exhibits each year that often involve community collaboration with groups such as the Pleasanton Art League. These exhibits, some developed in-house on a variety of local topics, and some traveling exhibits such as Smithsonian or Exhibit Envoy curated content which the Museum supplements with local elements to ensure relevance to the Pleasanton community. Multiply by Six Million is a perfect example. This traveling exhibit about survivor stories of the Holocaust was supplemented with local Holocaust survivor stories by working with the local synagogue, Temple Beth Emek. Page 6 of 7