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Staff confirmed that the Commission supports the trail up to Mingoya Street and they would like to see the last segment reviewed. Commissioner Streng indicated he would like City Council to consider changing the Master Plan and Commissioner Wahl noted that the Iron Horse Trail was passed as a temporary solution until the 2nd phase was done. Staff thanked the public for attending and sharing their comments. Chairman Kinzer suggested the Commission take a break the meeting resumed at 9:15 p.m. 6. Request from the Rotary Clubs of Pleasanton to Rename Main Street Green Ms. Andrade-Wax advised that the City had received a letter from the three Rotary Clubs in Pleasanton, requesting that either Main Street Green be renamed as "Rotary Park", or the entrance plaza be renamed "Rotary Plaza". The Rotary's are celebrating their 50th Anniversary in Pleasanton and staff has been discussing and working with them on the renovation and renaming of Main Street Green to Rotary Park. Ms. Andrade-Wax reviewed with the Commission the location of the park proposed for the name change and asked them to consider its possible renaming. Commissioner Lambert questioned whether the area needed to be a certain size to be called a park and was advised by Ms. Andrade-Wax it did not. She advised that the Rotary plan includes creating a half circle plaza area and including a clock as a centerpiece. Ms. Andrade-Wax further advised that the Rotary representatives met with the City in 2013 stating that they wanted to donate a clock tower for the Downtown area and asked if it could be installed within the park site of Main Street Green. Since that time, staff has been working on a conceptual design that follows the proposed design that is listed in the "Downtown Parks & Trails Specific Plan". If approved, the conceptual design could be used to renovate the park site. As a result, Rotary requested that the City consider renaming the park or a portion of the park after the Rotary Clubs of Pleasanton especially since Rotary has had a long standing tradition of providing service and beautification projects at this particular site, as well as other City park sites. Ms. Andrade-Wax discussed the renaming options available to the Commission when considering this request. Commissioner Hottle discussed with Ms. Andrade-Wax visual aspects and signage for the park and clock. Ms. Andrade-Wax noted that the clock would be placed to be visible from Main Street Chairperson Kinzer entered into the records a letter received from Julie Lewis, Past President of the Rotary Club of Pleasanton. Chairperson Kinzer opened the meeting for public comment at 9:25 p.m. Parks and Recreation Commission May 8, 2014 Page 8