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school students walking to the Library and also urged additional consideration of adding the Pleasanton Unified School District offices to the plan Youth Commission The Youth Commission was supportive of the plan as proposed but were very interested in having a café or some other food and drink service at the Community Center or Library They were specifically supportive of forgoing a dedicated Youth or Teen Center provided that youth and teens had access to the facilities in the Community Center Planning Commission The Planning Commission was also generally supportive of the plan as proposed Some commissioners expressed opinions about support for the three story parking structure if it could reduce the number of surface spaces needed, and opposition to housing on the current civic center site Individual commissioners expressed concern over the loss of the civic center function in the more central downtown area, and whether we needed a community center Library Commission The Library Commission was generally supportive of the plan as proposed A few commissioners had some concerns about the relocation of the civic center outside of the current downtown area Other commissioners expressed similar concerns over pedestrian safety similar to those as expressed by the Task Force Also of concern was the draft plan Appendices showing a Library square footage of 67,517 square feet, which would not meet the one square foot per person in the community rule of thumb for sizing libraries, or address potential space needs for future population growth Civic Arts Commission The Civic Arts Commission was generally supportive of the plan and the proposed move of the Civic Center and Library to the Bernal property Several Commissioners felt that the amphitheater should be larger and be designed (with access to bathrooms, provision of power and lighting, etc ) to accommodate larger performances There was also consensus that if the planned performing arts center on Bernal were to be removed from the plan, renovation to the Amador Theater was essential One commissioner thought the Community Center should be larger One commissioner supported the location of the Library and Community Center on the Bernal property but questioned whether other Civic Center functions needed to go there A different Commissioner supported the move but felt the police department did not need to be on the Bernal property Parks and Recreation Commission The Master Plan will be discussed by the Parks and Recreation Commission on November 10 Staff will report the results of that discussion at the City Council Meeting Project Schedule Staff recommends that the required changes to the Bernal Property Specific Plan and any financing proposals that require voter approval be placed on the ballot in November 2018 This would allow time for the completion of the Downtown Specific Plan and the planned land 4of5