Laserfiche WebLink
8 <br />II. MASTER PLAN OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />In addition to the overriding goal of the Community Park <br />Master Plan presented in Chapter 1, the following Park <br />objectives are intended to guide the Plan in terms of <br />programs, design and operations: <br /> <br />1. To ensure that the Park facilities and programs <br />conform to all pertinent provisions of the Bernal <br />Property Specific Plans. <br />2. To provide high quality active sports facilities, <br />trails and an amphitheater to serve a broad range <br />of community age groups and interests. <br />3. To ensure that Park facilities and programs <br />remain flexible over time to respond to evolving <br />community sports needs. <br />4. To ensure that potential impacts on neighboring <br />residents, such as lighting and noise, are <br />effectively minimized to the extent practicable, <br />while recognizing that community parks are <br />active land uses by nature. <br />5. To create a well-defined framework of linear <br />forested open spaces surrounding clustered <br />sports fields that mimic the Bernal Property <br />Phase II Specific Plan “grand park” landscape <br />concept, including landform and plant <br />community treatments. <br />6. To cultivate open space plant communities over <br />time through sustainable management principles <br />and practices. <br />7. To protect and frame views through the Park <br />toward the Pleasanton Ridgelands and the <br />Southeast Hills, for motorists traveling on Bernal <br />Avenue, to the extent feasible. <br />8. To develop Park facilities that maximize <br />accessibility and programmability, utilize shared <br />parking, and minimize vehicular circulation <br />impacts. <br />9. To minimize the visual impact of parking by <br />breaking up lots into smaller disbursed <br />components. <br />10. To maximize the provision of trails and <br />pathways for pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists. <br />11. To ensure that the architectural design of <br />buildings creates subtle focal points that reflect <br />the more dominant character of the planned <br />outlying natural setting. <br />12. To integrate public art elements into the <br />Community Park that interpret the “grand park” <br />policies and guidelines of the Bernal Property <br />Phase II Specific Plan.