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Qy�NSA,V; � City Council Regular Meeting - <br />19 <br />.a Submit your written public <br />=y- w comment <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Full Name First Name: Todd <br />Last Name: Nelson <br />Email (this entry is disclosable if <br />654tnelson@gmail.com <br />included) <br />Meeting Type City Council Regular Meeting at 7 p.m. <br />Submitted On: <br />Aug 15, 2025, 01:51PM PDT <br />Agenda Item Number 6 <br />Comments Limited Community Engagement on ACTC CIP Grant: <br />The One Pleasanton strategic plan comes to life when all our values, priorities, <br />and strategies align. Community engagement was an important part of the <br />strategic development process and will be an important part of the <br />implementation. Key engagement strategies are: <br />OPTIMIZING OUR ORGANIZATION: 4. Evaluate the organization's structure of <br />community engagement opportunities (such as commissions and committees, <br />and citizens' academy) to improve information sharing, optimize staff efficiency, <br />and provide greater service to the community. <br />BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS: Foster community <br />engagement and conduct effective planning to promote a livable and <br />economically vibrant community. <br />As wonderful as it is to receive millions of dollars in grant funding, it must be <br />challenging for City Council to know if the community was engaged based on this <br />agenda packet alone. As someone who was involved in both projects (WLP and <br />580 overcrossings), my observation is that the engagement has steadily declined. <br />Consequently, community input to City Council has also declined. The projects <br />might be fine; but they've diverged since the time when the community was <br />involved, so it's hard to tell. <br />What engagement opportunities have been missed? <br />1) RES 2024-003, revising the BPTC last year, established a duty that BPTC <br />review projects and provide recommendations on design elements to City Council <br />(Section 3, a.). Whatever feedback was given to Traffic Engineering was several <br />years ago and not provided directly to City Council. Design changes have been <br />made and not reviewed. With "Action Minutes", City Council wouldn't know <br />anyway. <br />2) RES 2024-003 established a duty that BPTC provide input on grant funding to <br />City Council (Section 3, e.). You have not received any input from them. <br />3) ACTC's Countywide Bicycle Network is something I learned about during my <br />time on ACTC's BPAC. I learned that Alameda County had several meetings with <br />Traffic Engineering about Pleasanton's portion of the network. These meetings <br />