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~/ of Pleasanton Municipal Facilities Miter Plan INTRODUCTION The City of Pleasanton is a rapidly growing municipality in Alameda County. The City is projected to grow from it's 1989 population of 52,000 to over 80,000 by 2010. The City recognizes that t is growth will have a maior impact on the need for future municipal h f services and in turn, a~ Ihe City also recognizes that there is a shift taking place in the role providin public services. Increasingly, cities are providing not only the: _ jublic salty and infrastructure operation and maintenance, but are also expanamg their roles into a full range of human services, recreational activities, and cultural and arts functions, With the decreasing role of the federal government over the last decade, and the continuing budgetary crisis in state and county governments caused by the expanding needs of education and the criminal justice system, cities have become the primary prorider of many of the elements of our social fabric which makes up the 'quaJity of life'. A look into the future would seem to indicate an continuation and expansion of this trend. In the 1960's and 1970's, we looked at the federal government as the major force relative to society and it's government. In the 1990's and beyond we will increasingly look to cities as the major governmental entity in our day to day lives. This shift in responsibility will require a change in the way municipalities view the types of service provided and the way in which they prioritize their budgetary allocations, The City of Pleasanton desires to be proactive instead of reactlye to this change in the role of municipal government. In response to this desire, the firm of Steinmann Crayson Staylie has prepared a proposal to provide a Municipal Fa,cilities Master Plan for the City of Pleasanton. The scope of this plan goes beyond the traditionally accepted fadlities such as City Hall, Police and Fire Stations, Libraries, and Corporation Yards. Although the planning effort will address these elements, it will also identify and access the needs for a wide range of services and facilities to meet the social, health, recreational, and cultural needs of the present and future city population. This master planning effort will integrate other planning efforts which are in the process, or have been produced in recent years. Spedtic. ally, any analysis of the City Hall will incorporate the findings and recommendations of the Civic Center Planning Program being completed by Richard Sampson and Associates. This effort will encompass the multiplicity of roups and interests present in the City now and in the future. The primary goals of tRe Master Plan are as follows: 1. To identify, and working with the City, prioritize a full range of enerai government, health and human services, recreational and cultural services and~ activities which are needed to meet the varying needs, today (1990), in the intermediate future (1995), and at build-out (2010). 2. To allow the City to plan for and acquire fadlities and land to meet these prioritized services in an ordedy, timely, and cost effective manner.