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Sub-Area 7 infrastructure and services. A summary of the Draft Master Plan's anticipated phasing is as follows: Anticipated Community Development Plan Phasing 1. Establish safe access, essential utilities, (water connections, storm water control, electrical services, including outdoor lighting and accessible routes for Community Farm users (including driveway access and parking) and miscellaneous infrastructure (fencing, pathways, drinking water, etc. for the Garden Patch Program, and the Demonstration Gardens. 2. Development of the Demonstration Gardens. 3. Construction of Garden Patch plots, pathways, storage, etc. 4. Construction of the Learning Center and picnic areas. 5. Row Crop development 6. Fruit OrchardNineyards with buffer area. While this phasing plan assumes an orderly and predictable approach, it is also beneficial for the City to remain open and flexible in project development approach in order to take advantage of opportunities as they develop. As an example, should a crop operator with available funding come forward and express interest in the project, it would behoove the City to explore this opportunity and others as they emerge. Finally, the phasing is also important as the City will want to accurately monitor ongoing waster usage. At this time, the Draft Master Plan assumes total annual water usage for Sub-Area 7 at 6.28 acre feet and 8.43 acre feet for Sub-Area 16. Next Steps Should the Commission approve the Draft Master Plan and recommend its adoption by the City Council, staff anticipates that City Council adoption would lead to a request for more detailed construction drawings for Sub-Area 7, which could be used to generate a more detailed construction cost estimate. Once the staff has obtained construction costs and costs related to ongoing operations and maintenance, staff assumes the City Council will make a decision regarding prioritizing project funding. Should the City Council appropriate project funding, then staff assumes it will begin negotiations with the Master Gardeners for the ground lease as the first step toward beginning operations and development. Upon approval of this partnership, staff would begin the first phase construction activities and allow the Master Gardeners to ramp up off-site activities, related to fundraising and outreach. It may also be advisable for the City to use this period to conduct outreach to identity the operator of the row crops vegetable farm area and begin the planning for that phase as well. Outreach could be in the form of circulating a Request for Proposal to agencies interested in this type of activity. Community Farm Draft Master Plan Outline The Draft Master Plan is presented to guide the implementation of the Pleasanton Community Farm representing the agricultural uses envisioned in the Bernal Property Specific Plan Phase II adopted by Pleasanton voters in November 2006. It is arranged to provide project background, identification of vision, objectives and goals, a detailed project description, information on circulation and parking, utility demands and anticipated plantings, information on anticipated operations and costs, a phasing plan, extensive program guidelines that will govern site development and operations, and drawings depicting overall project design concepts. As indicated previously it intended to be a flexible roadmap that will serve as the foundation for future site activity. Page 6