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term solution for a cricket field and conducting further research for other options for a cricket field, such as Bernal Community Park. FINANCIAL STATEMENT $250,000 is budgeted for this project in the Capital Improvement Program Budget, CIP No. 22795. There is no direct financial impact associated with this agenda item. BACKGROUND The 2014 Parks and Recreation Master Plan recommended the City continue cooperative efforts with youth sports organizations to provide safe and accessible programs; cricket was specifically mentioned as one of those programs. In 2017, Ramesh Immadi with Cricket for Cubs approached the City to propose the construction of a cricket field at Ken Mercer Sports Park. City staff worked with Cricket for Cubs on the design and details and had plans ready to bid in early 2018, but the City and Cricket for Cubs were unable to come to an agreement on field sharing/allocations, seasons of use, and bidding the project. Cricket for Cubs then entered into an agreement with the Pleasanton Unified School District to construct a cricket field at Pleasanton Middle School, but the field was seriously impacted by ground squirrels and the field never materialized as a viable location to play cricket. A practice field was installed at Alisal Elementary School, but that field does not meet the requirements for game play for all youth age players. City staff continued to discuss the possibility of a cricket field with Cricket for Cubs as well as other potential user groups. When the Parks and Recreation Commission prioritized park and recreation projects for the CIP workplan at its meeting on January 14, 2021, a significant showing of Pleasanton residents supporting the construction of a cricket field attended the meeting. At the meeting, the Commission received a presentation on the City Council CIP Workplan prioritization process. The Commission identified the cricket field as its third priority and recommended the project to City Council for consideration for inclusion in the CIP Workplan. Cricket field supporters also attended the April 28, 2021, City Council meeting at which Council prioritized projects for the CIP Workplan. At the meeting, the City Council unanimously supported locating and constructing a cricket field in Pleasanton. The City budgeted $250,000 as CIP No. 22795 toward the effort of accomplishing the City Council direction. Following the adoption of the CIP Workplan, the recreation, parks, and landscape architecture divisions conducted research and met with staff at the cities of Fremont and Dublin to discuss their cricket fields. Additionally, staff held separate discussions with Commissioner Berberich and Commissioner Immadi, each of which represents a cricket user group, to determine the Page 2 of 7