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PHASE II SPECIFIC PLAN SITE PLAN ALTERNATIVES MDF and City staff has developed five site plan alternatives for the "Central Area" of the Bernal Property. These have evolved as a result of the substantial input that has been received over the past three years from the Bemal Property Task Force, Council, City commissions, general public, and the Bernal design competition. Each alternative is discussed below and plans for each are attached to this report (Attachment-2). A verbal presentation of the alternatives will be provided by Michael Fotheringham at the January 4 Council meeting. Each alternative includes sports fields, a cultural arts center, open space, and a teen center/youth club. Alternatives A and C also include an ACE train station but alternatives B, D and E do not. The cultural arts center is the only element of the five alternatives that changes significantly. It is proposed to consist of an amphitheater (except for Alternative E which does not), art classrooms, art gallery, rehearsal space, and an 800-seat indoor theater. This array of uses is intended only to give a sense of magnitude as to how large the center might be for site location analysis purposes Alternative A - The cultural arts center is proposed to be located between Valley Avenue and the freeway. The amphitheater stage faces toward the freeway and the audience seating faces away from the freeway toward Mt. Diablo. MDF feels that freeway noise can be adequately mitigated at this location through facility orientation, land form creation and architectural design. Overflow parking would be available at the nearby ACE Train station parking lot. Vehicular access can be provided by way of two streets, including Valley Avenue. A teen center is located within the center to take advantage of the adjacent arts facilities, and a youth club is located on the opposite side of Laguna Creek Lane. This altemative also includes ten sports fields within the community park area. Alternative B - The cultural arts center is located immediately south of Bernal Avenue between the housing to the west and the future sports fields to the east. From the standpoint of noise impacts, this alternative location is the furthest away from the freeway but closest to Bernal Avenue. This site provides the best visual exposure to motorists entering Pleasanton on Bernal Avenue but it would tend to block the views from Bemal Avenue of the outlying open space and scenic hillsides the most of all the alternatives. This alternative cultural arts center location is closest to the existing housing to the west and is therefore the most likely to impact the neighbors in terms of sound and light. The parking area can be shared with the sports fields to the east and the surrounding open space area. Vehicular access can be provided from three directions, including direct Bernal Avenue access. A traffic signal would be installed at the Bernal Avenue driveway entrance. Alternative B includes a combined youth club/team center south of Valley Avenue, and ten sports fields in the community park. This plan does not include an ACE train station. SR 05:010 Page 5