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February 5. 2022 - Community Outreach Event at the Farmers Market (Attachment 4 • Staff received almost 60 comments at the event o 23 comments were in favor of cricket in this location • Those not in favor shared the following comments: o Concerns about safety — worried adults would use the field and the ball would travel across the street and hit homes or travel on to the freeway o Concerned about additional traffic and lack of parking o Felt this was not a sports park and instead a park for the neighborhood o Prefer cricket be at another park. February 5. 2022 — Community Outreach Event at Patelco Sports Park (Attachment 4): Local youth cricket players were invited to demonstrate the game of cricket at this event. The Pleasanton community, including the Muirwood neighborhood, was invited to attend, learn about the sport, and participate if interested. Staff was on site to collect feedback. • One community member watched the demonstration • Approximately 10 community members provided feedback • The majority of the comments were not in favor of locating a cricket field at Muirwood Community Park and cited the same concerns as at the previous outreach event. February 12, 2022 — Community Outreach Event at Muirwood Community Park (Attachment 5): • 123 comments were collected during this outreach event • Most of the comments were opposed to constructing a cricket field in this location. Feedback included the following: o Concerns over safety from both increased traffic and from the sport itself o Concerns that members of the commission had conflicts when recommending this location o Concerns that the size of a cricket field was out of proportion for this park o Concerns that it would not be a youth -only location for cricket o Belief that Muirwood is a neighborhood park and should be utilized by the neighborhood o Several suggestions of other locations for a cricket field Staff also received over 80 emails in response to this project (Attachment 6). While some emails received shared feedback regarding both the pickleball and cricket projects, the majority of emails received were in response to cricket and most were not in favor of this location for many of the reasons previously cited. In response to this feedback, staff revisited Bernal Community Park and the future Staples Ranch Community Park to determine feasibility for a cricket field. Bernal Community Park Page 6 of 7