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Page 3 community and children in particular. Practicing sustainable agriculture based upon natural processes allows for "hands on"lessons in the natural sciences and ecology. The Specific Plan defines"community vegetable garden" as: Community vegetable gardens are most commonly used by apartment and condominium residents who may not have sufficient land area of their own to grow vegetables.A small area of agricultural land could be allocated for use as community garden plots. Preparation of Initial Draft Pleasanton Community Farm Master Plan After determining that Sub-areas 7 and 16 are suitable for a community farm as outlined in the Specific Plan,we reviewed planning work completed to date. Initial planning efforts included review of material and discussion as part of the City Council formed 18-member Bernal Property Task Force,which identified a community farm as a potential public use for the Bernal Property. As mentioned above,this use was included in the Specific Plan approved by Pleasanton voters as Measure P on November 7,2006. Following this approval, the Abbie 4-H Club continued to promote the community farm concept and on July 1,2012, the City entered into a Community Grant Recipient Agreement with Abbie 4-H in the amount of$24,463 to provide funding for it to secure architectural services to prepare a conceptual community farm master plan which could be used to better inform the City Council and the community of its vision for a community farm. In response to this funding,MD Fotheringham Landscape Architects was retained through Abbie 4-H to prepare a draft community farm master plan for the Abbie 4-H Club. An initial version,which includes design concepts and findings,was presented to staff in mid-2014.An overview of the plan was presented by Abbie 4-H to the City Council as part of the 2015-16 City Council Work Plan Priorities process.Based on City Council support, the City's 2015-16 Capital Improvement Plan included funding to prepare a final Community Farm Master Plan. The City retained Management Partners to assist with the Master Plan process in August of 2016. Summary of Initial Draft Pleasanton Community Farm Master Plan The MD Fotheringham initial Draft Pleasanton Community Farm Master Plan(Draft Abbie 4-H Master Plan)prepared for the Abbie 4-H Club is based on a program vision including,in part: • Creating a site where local 4-H and Future Farmers of America(FFA)members can breed and raise large farm animals including steer, swine, goats,and sheep; • Obtaining land for horticultural to expand Pleasanton's Community Garden program; • Constructing a facility for youth organization meetings and activities; • Creating unique educational and developmental opportunities for community youth members. Based on this vision,the Abbie 4-H Draft Master Plan evaluates existing uses and identifies program elements including the following: