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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The new Council conducted its first meeting pertaining to the Draft Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan on January 4, 2005. The Council first received a status report on the Bernal planning process. It then received a consultant presentation regarding five alternative site plan concepts (Attachment 2) for the "Central Area" of the Phase II Plan. After receiving public input the Council discussed the five alternatives and requested that staff prepare the following information: (1) (2) (3) (4) A comparative traffic summary for the alternative Valley Avenue and Bernal Avenue Cultural Arts Center (CAC) site locations (Attachment 2, Alternatives A and B). A comparative summary noise analysis for the alternative Valley Avenue and Bemal Avenue CAC site locations (Attachment 2, Alternatives A and B). Background information pertaining to permeable pavement materials. Distribution of the updated Bernal Property environmental overlay maps. After the Council discussed the five alternatives and requested additional information, it continued this item to the February 1, 2005 meeting. Staff and consultants have since compiled the requested information into the following report, and will be prepared to present these items at the upcoming Council meeting and take Council direction with regard to the five alternative site plans. The five alternatives were developed by City staff and consultants by merging the MDF design competition concept with prior input provided by the Council, City commissions, Community Park Task Force, community, and staff. After the Council narrows the alternatives, workshops regarding the resulting Unified Conceptual Plan are planned to be conducted by the Civic Arts, Youth, Parks and Recreation, and Planning Commissions and then by the City Council. This step in the planning process is scheduled to conclude in May with the completion of the Draft Phase II Specific Plan update by staff, and with the Council providing direction to proceed with the preparation of the appropriate environmental documents and formal public hearing process. During the public hearing process that follows, the updated Draft Specific Plan will first be subject to review and comment by various City commissions. This will be followed by public hearings on the Draft Plan and environmental documents by the Planning Commission and Council. Following Council approval, the Specific Plan will be subject to ratification by a vote of the citizens. SR 05:028 Page 2