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BACKGROUND The Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan approved by the voters on November 7, 2006, (Specific Plan) includes a land use plan that separates the property into 17 distinct Sub- areas. During the Bernal planning process, there was interest from the community to include portions of the property for community farming and agriculture and in recognition of this interest and in recognition of the potential community benefit, the adopted Specific Plan includes Sub-area 7 (4.2 acres) and Sub-area 16 (7.8 acres) that could be used for these purposes. The specific language for these two Sub-areas is as follows: . Sub-area 7 designation —Agricultural club, agriculture, community vegetable garden, open space, passive recreation facilities, public utilities, trails. . Sub-area 16 designation — Agriculture (crops only), community vegetable garden, open space, passive recreation, public utilities, trails Figure 1 Sub-Area Land Use Plan of the Specific Plan is included as Attachment B the Management Partners Report that is included as Attachment 2 to this report. The graphic below shows the site location on the Bernal Property. Sub-areas 7 and 16 on the Bernal Property ti r "1.7 mmA is • Following approval of the Specific Plan, the local Abbie 4-H took the lead in continuing to promote the community farm concept and on July 1, 2012, the City approved a Community Grant Recipient Agreement with Abbie 4-H in the amount of$24,463 for Abbie 4-H to secure architectural services to prepare a conceptual community farm master plan. In response to this funding, MD Fotheringham Landscape Architects was retained through Abbie 4-H to prepare a draft community farm master plan with the goal of better informing the City Council and public of the community farm concept on the two Sub-areas. (The City Council may recall that MD Fotheringham was the primary architect for developing the Phase II Bernal Property Specific Plan.) An initial conceptual version, which includes design concepts and findings, was presented to staff in mid-2014 and an overview of the plan was presented by Abbie 4-H to the City Council as part of the 2015 City Council Work Plan Priorities process. Based on City Council support for this park concept, Page 2 of 7