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Page 8 with the Abbie 4-H Club or any other 4-H Club. Nevertheless,it is anticipated that Abbie 4-H will remain a significant partner in the planning and operations process, particularly if the project continues to include a livestock component. The Abbie 4-H Club's interest and involvement with the project,has been the primary driver of progress in creating a community farm. However, there are other alternatives that could be pursued to meet its primary objective of gaining secured space for raising livestock and conducting various 4-H Clubs programs. As an example,most 4-H Clubs coordinate their livestock programming through the county and state fairs.As such, considering the City's proximity to the Alameda County Fairgrounds,there may be an opportunity for these two parties that could meet Abbie 4-H's needs while also benefiting the fairgrounds. While we did not explore these alternatives specifically, we advise both the City and Abbie 4-H to explore them. This exploration would most importantly include,meeting with the Alameda County Fairgrounds as part of preliminary project planning to explore joint use options.If a partnership of this type was successful resulting in a reduction or elimination of the demand for housing and raising livestock,the City would have greater flexibility in determining facility needs, uses, overall project design, and programming that may be of greater benefit to the community overall. Project Development As indicated, a number of parks with community farm features and/or agreements with local 4- H groups,have acquired the park property with existing structures. For example, Emma Prusch Farm Regional Park,Deer Hollow Farm and McClellan Preserve were all acquired with existing structures that were capable of facilitating livestock and agricultural programming. Further, because many of these parks were originally working farms,no or minimal environmental review was necessary to retain the types of property uses that have occurred over generations on the property.As such,we have not identified examples of development processes and related development cost for these projects or specific approaches for addressing storm water issues, animal waste,odor,24-hour animal security(usually through on-site caretaker), and other matters related primarily to livestock management. The Abbie 4-H Draft Master Plan does include a preliminary environmental conformance review including the fact that the conversion of existing Bernal Property farmland to urban uses would have an adverse impact on agricultural resources both for the Specific Plan and cumulatively.Further,the Abbie 4-H Draft Master Plan notes that because there is no practical mitigation of impacts on agricultural resources available consistent with the Specific Plan,the impact is significant and unavoidable,both on a project and a cumulative basis. The Abbie 4-H Draft Master Plan also notes that there are no practical mitigation measures and therefore,the impact after mitigation is significant and contributes to cumulative impacts. Notwithstanding the Specific Plan and its environmental impact review, additional review is recommended to address storm water, odor, and waste management concerns as the result of „.4);)