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Recreation Commissions before being presented to City Council. The workload would be reasonable for this combined commission, focusing on parks and recreation programs, projects and services (which already includes art programming), public art, and art-related community grants. Youth Commission • Eliminate adult members and replace with youth members • Modify to 15 total members (instead of 14), and eliminate alternate positions • Grade Representation with 3 middle school students, 6 high school freshman/sophomores and 6 high school juniors/seniors • Modify terms to 2 two-year terms from the current 3 two-year terms • Meet monthly September— May Replacing adult representation on the Youth Commission will open more opportunity for youth and provide a stronger youth voice in the community, with the staff liaison providing the adult oversight needed. All youth representation is standard on local government youth commissions throughout the Bay Area. Energy and Environment Commission • Convert to Commission • Retain 7 members, including 2 youth • Meet monthly • Move oversight to Community Development for CAP 2.0 implementation With the Climate Action Plan 2.0 as a major focus area for the City, transitioning the Energy and Environment Committee to a commission will help to increase the focus on the environment and sustainability in Pleasanton. Proposed New Committee Structure The proposed committee structure creates the most consistency, with nine-member committees, meetings every other month, and four-year terms, and allows for greater staff efficiency by reducing the number of meetings and meeting preparation time while also ensuring that each committee has a sufficient workload that is meaningful toward advising the City Council, thereby providing more community impact by each member. Bicycle, Pedestrian, Trails Committee (BPTC) • Reduce members from 13 to 9, with representatives from Planning Commission, Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission, Library/Human Services Commission, Youth Commission (2 members), and 4 at-large members • Move responsibility to Community Development Department and Public Works Department (co-chairs) • Meet every other month • Modify terms of appointment from 2 three-year terms to 2 four-year terms to match other committees. Page 7 of 12