Parks and Recreation Commission Agenda Packet - March 13, 2025

Page 2 of 3 constructed. The first phase was completed in 2003 and included two lighted baseball fields, an informal (not lighted) practice baseball field, and associated improvements, including a playground, restroom, pathways, picnic, parking, and street improvements. The second phase was completed in 2017 and included two lighted synthetic turf multi-sport fields, one lighted synthetic turf multi-sport stadium, and associated improvements, including a playground, restroom, pathways and trails, picnic area, oak woodland, parking, and street improvements. Staples Ranch Community Park The Staples Ranch Community Park Master Plan was adopted in 2008. The driver for the park was a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City of Pleasanton and the Alameda County Surplus Property Authority. Alameda County owned the 110-acre Staples Ranch property, and the city was interested in a balanced approach to developing the property. Following the approval of the MOU, San Jose Arena Management, LLC (SJAM) approached the city to enter into a public-private partnership to provide a multi-rink ice skating facility to serve as a training ground and youth hockey facility. SJAM was an affiliate of the San Jose Sharks hockey team. The park was planned for a 22-acre portion of the site. The design went through the public process and ultimately, the master plan included a four-rink ice skating facility, a dog park, six lighted tennis courts, two lighted synthetic turf multi-sports fields, two restrooms, trails, parking, and associated amenities. DISCUSSION The purpose of a master plan is to provide the framework for the development of the property. The master plan process identifies the needs of the community and translates them into a conceptual plan with a record of why the plan includes the amenities that it does. The plan should allow the development to stay true to the original needs of the community but also be flexible enough to adjust to the evolving needs of the community as time passes. Bernal Community Park The Bernal Community Park Master Plan is yet to be fully implemented. The amphitheater, lighted lacrosse field, and lighted baseball stadium have not been constructed. Although the recreational needs of the community have changed and the plan is nineteen years old, the plan is still relevant. It was created to be flexible to address new active recreation needs, such as skateboarding, pickleball, or cricket. These sports can be accommodated if it is determined that the community need for the sports is greater than the need for the sports identified in the master plan nineteen years ago. The design and location of the facilities would need to be relatively consistent and within the same approximate footprint as the facilities in the master plan. Funding is not currently available to move forward with any future phases. The Bernal Community Park Master Plan can be accessed here. Staples Ranch Community Park The Staples Ranch Community Park Master Plan has yet to be fully implemented. A 5-acre portion of the site to the north of Stoneridge Drive has been developed into Stoneridge Creek Park and includes two tennis courts, a restroom, and a walking path, but the primary portion of the site (17 acres) where the ice skating facility and other amenities would be located is yet to be developed. After the master plan was adopted, the public-private partnership with SJAM for the ice skating facility never materialized and the project never proceeded forward. If the primary component Page 38 of 48