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BACKGROUND The Parks and Recreation Master Plan (Master Plan) identifies the need for two additional dog parks as follows: • One additional off leash dog park at least two acres in size to meet existing demand . One additional dog park (no size designation) to meet anticipated future needs At the City Council meetings of February 4, 2014, and at the joint workshop with the Parks and Recreation Commission on February 24, 2014, the potential for a new dog park was discussed. As an outcome of the February 4 meeting, the City Council directed staff to identify alternative locations for a dog park on the Bernal Property and elsewhere in the City, exclusive of Phase II of the Bernal Community Park. In response to City Council action, at its meeting of May 8, 2014, the Parks and Recreation Commission considered an agenda report that reviewed the following three sub-areas of the Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan (Bernal Specific Plan) to determine if these areas are suitable for a dog park: . Sub-Area 5 — An approximately 1-acre site on Valley Avenue adjacent the Chevron Market identified for child care, open space, park and recreation, public utilities, trails, and other public and quasi-public uses that may be determined to be compatible with the surrounding land uses by the City Council. . Sub-Area 12 — An approximately 2-acre site at 1-680 Southbound On-Ramp and West Laguna identified for open space, park and recreation, park-and-ride lot, public utilities, trails, and other public and quasi-public uses that may be determined to be compatible with the surrounding land uses. • Sub-Area 13 — An approximately 12-acre site adjacent to the Marilyn Kane Murphy Trail staging area identified for environmental education center, Native American history reflective area, open space, park and recreation, public utilities, trails, and other public and quasi-public uses that may be determined to be compatible with the surrounding land uses by the City Council. These three sub-areas were selected, in significant part, because in addition to their primary uses identified in the Bernal Specific Plan, Measure P provides that they may be used for "...other public and quasi-public uses that may be determined to be compatible with the surrounding land uses by the City Council." As the Council is aware, Measure P was the City Council sponsored initiative approved by Pleasanton voters in 2006 that approved the Bernal Specific Plan which established allowed uses for the Bemal Property. (A copy of the Commission's May 8 agenda report which details these three sites and related information is included as Attachment 2.) Page 2 of 5