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THE CITY OF Parks and Recreation Commission 6 4 : :i Staff Report December 12, 2013 ° Item 4 SUBJECT: CONTINUED REVIEW OF ELEMENTS AND DESIGN FOR THE OAK WOODLAND AREA ADJOINING AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE BERNAL COMMUNITY PARK, PHASE II SUMMARY At your meeting of October 10, 2013, the Commission reviewed the Schematic Plan for the Oak Woodland area of the Bernal Property and expressed general approval of the overall plan. However, the Commission elected not to take action on the plan pending further review of the potential for including a dog park as part of this phase of the development. In addition, individual commissioners made comments regarding specific elements of the plan, including, 1) an additional trail entry point in the area adjacent to Bernal Phase I access road on Valley Avenue to create a natural "extension" to the Marilyn Trail, 2) the retention of open space to accommodate the placement of public art to be identified and installed at some future time, and 3) some recognition of the hay fields that have been farmed on the property for a number of years, all of which warrant additional discussion prior to final action. As a result, this report provides information on these matters. Due to the fact that a full presentation of the schematic plan was made at the October 10 meeting, one is not planned for this meeting. However, included as Attachment 1 to this report is the Commission's October 10, 2013 agenda report that includes information on the Oak Woodland area. Notwithstanding this, it should also be noted that for design and functional reasons, the project architect has eliminated the "observation mound" proposed for a central area location and replaced it with more natural landscape and topography. Other than this amendment, all areas remain as presented to the Commission in October. RECOMMENDATION 1. Review and recommend City Council approval of the Bernal Property Oak Woodland Schematic Plan with the following modifications: a) Include an additional access trail entry point on Valley Avenue to create an "extension" of the Marilyn Kane Trail b) Direct the project designer to include interpretative signage denoting the historic use of the property as an agricultural site 2. Determine that further study of a new additional dog park should occur as part of the City's Park Master Plan review and implementation process. FINANCIAL STATEMENT There is no financial impact associated with this report.