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5. Channels and wetlands 6. Sound berms 7. Topography 8. Trails 9. Scenic view corridors 10. Composite map The overlay maps (Attachment 4) have since been updated and are attached to this report for use by Council members as baseline information and for testing land use ideas against the various physical constraints of the Bemal property. PHASE II SPECIFIC PLAN ALTERNATIVE SITE LOCATIONS MDF and City staff have 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 Bernal 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). 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 CAC is the only element of the five alternatives that significantly changes location. The Center 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. Alternative A - The CAC 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. Overflow parking would be available at the nearby ACE Train station parking lot. Vehicular access is provided by way of Bernal Avenue, Valley Avenue and Laguna Creek Lane connections. A teen center is located within the CAC to take advantage of the adjacent arts facilities, and a youth club is located on the opposite side of Laguna Creek Lane. This alternative also includes ten sports fields within the Community Park area. Alternative B - The CAC is located immediately south of Bernal Avenue between open space and housing to the west and the future sports fields to the east. This site provides the best visual exposure to motorists entering Pleasanton on Bernal Avenue but would tend to block the views from Bernal Avenue of the outlying open space and scenic hillsides the most of all the alternatives. This alternative CAC location is the closest of the five alternatives 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 land. Vehicular access is provided from three directions, including direct Bernal Avenue access. A traffic signal would be installed at the Bernal Avenue driveway entrance. SR 05:028 Page 10