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BACKGROUND The Draft Parks and Recreation Master Plan (Master Plan) identifies the need for two additional dog parks and dog park locations as follows': . One additional dog park at two acres in size to meet existing demand . One additional dog park (no size designation) to meet anticipated future demand . Consider the Staples Ranch Community Park as a potential site for one of the dog parks . Consider the East Pleasanton Specific Plan area as a potential site for one of the dog parks . Explore the potential for placing the dog parks in existing parks and open spaces Prior to the issuance of the Master Plan, the Commission expressed an interest in an additional dog park and previously pursued various potential sites, including the Staples Ranch Community Park, Stoneridge Creek Neighborhood Park, the Bemal Property and Creekside Park. This matter was most recently discussed at your meeting of December 13, 2013 as part of the review of the Bemal Community Park Phase II, Oak Woodland Schematic Plan. The item was also discussed by the City Council at its meeting of February 4, 2014 and at its joint workshop with your commission on February 24, 2014. 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. (The minutes from that meeting are included as Attachment 1.) In response to City Council action, staff reviewed sub-areas 5, 12 and 13 (Attachment 2) of the Bernal Property Phase 11 Specific Plan (Bernal Specific Plan) to determine if these areas are compatible with a dog park. These 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 Commission may recall, 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 Bernal Property. Further, these are the three sites discussed previously with your commission and the City Council. The three identified sites, provided in Attachment 3, and general comments regarding their suitability are as follows: Sub-Area 5 —Valley Ave. Adiacent to the Chevron Market According to the Bernal Specific Plan, the primary uses for sub-area 5 are 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. The approximately 1-acre site is undeveloped and does not include parking. The City does not have any currently active plans for this site. Due to its adjacency to residential and commercial uses, it is smaller than ideal size, and lack of parking, staff determined that this site is not ideal for a dog park. This language is included in the Draft Master Plan. Revisions are anticipated in the final version. Page 2