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Page 9 housing livestock,which was specifically address in the Specific Plan. Management Partners and City staff met with the MD Fotheringham design team to discuss these concerns and all parties agreed that additional review is necessary and that there are a number of options available that could potentially address them. It should be noted that the Abbie 4-H Draft Master Plan assumes that animal waste would be hauled offsite and/or composted and the parks we reviewed utilized a similar process.However, the proposed Pleasanton project is unique due to its close proximity to residential homes,schools, traffic, and sports facilities, and therefore we anticipate considerable outreach with this parties. This situation differs from most parks we reviewed in that they have barns more isolated from the surrounding neighborhood. Therefore, addressing animal-related odor will require special attention and research into projects with similar features and settings. Operating Cost and Funding All of the parks we reviewed relied on City funding, private financial support/donations,fees, and a coordinated fundraising effort.Deer Hollow Farm has an annual operating budget of approximately$300,000 and realizes approximately 75%cost recovery through service fees, donations,product sales,and public/private donations. Emma Prusch Farm Regional Park has art annual operating budget of approximately$900,000 and realizes about$200,000(22%cost recovery) in annual fundraising revenues. Note that this property also includes a land lease with a commercial gasoline service station which is not included in this revenue calculation. In all of the parks we reviewed,the maintenance of animals,including feed, transport, veterinarian services,etc.,were covered through donations and/or fees from local support groups including 4-H Clubs. In addition, the majority of these parks have formed 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that coordinate fundraising and some level of park programming and volunteer activities.We assume the City would benefit by exploring the benefits of establishing a similar program for its community farm project. As a substantive resource,we reviewed the Martial Cottle Park Master Plan Case Study Report prepared in 2007 for the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department and the California State Parks and Recreation Department that collaborated on the plan. A copy of the plan is available at the following link: https://www.sccgov.org/si tes/parks/PlansProjects/Documents/Martial-Cottle-Park/CaseStudies-FINAL- 20071029.pdf The Martial Cottle Park study looked at a number of public parks focusing on those that are primarily agricultural including Emma Prusch Farm Regional Park,Ardenwood Historic Farm located in Fremont,Hidden Villa located in Los Altos Hills,Full Belly located in Goleta, and a number of parks located in Santa Clara County affiliated with the University of California Continuing Education which oversees Master Gardener programs,to name a few.