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1.5 Introduction to the Site <br />City staff reviewed several potential sites for the <br />All -Abilities Playground. At the January 9, 2020 <br />Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, the <br />commissioners voted 5-0 to recommend that City <br />Council explore Ken Mercer Sports Park as a <br />potential site for the playground. On September I, <br />2020, City Council recommended to proceed with <br />the design of the playground at Ken Mercer Sports <br />Park. <br />The site chosen for the playground sits on the <br />west side of Ken Mercer Sports Park between <br />the softball complex and the youth baseball fields. <br />The linear site is approximately three acres and <br />stretches from the parking lot on the north to the <br />trail bordering the Pleasanton Canal on the south. <br />There -is a chain link fence separating the softball <br />outfield to the west while the project site is open <br />to the youth baseball field turf to the east. Along <br />the western edge is a ten -foot -wide concrete <br />path that connects to the park -wide loop system, <br />as well as to the park maintenance yard to the <br />south. The path is used by pedestrians, cyclists, <br />and maintenance trucks. On the northeast corner <br />of the site there is a public restroom that does <br />not meet current ADA code requirements. The <br />restroom is also adjacent to the parking lot which <br />serves the sports complex and eventually will <br />support the playground as well. The active parking <br />lot has 120 parking spaces, while the adjacent <br />overflow parking lot has 82 spaces. <br />Fig.#3 Aerial map of existing conditions of the All -Abilities Playground.The yellow line indicates the site boundary. <br />16 PLEASANTON ALL -ABILITIES PLAYGROUND <br />