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Initiative to Save Our Community Park Full Text of Iniftaftve Purpose The "crown jewel" of the Bernal site was to be the community park. We need a community park where the needs of our youth, our aris community, our spons enthusiasts, and large group activities can be met without offending residential neighbors and other sensitive land uses. We need a community park where uses like lighted sports fields and amphitheatres with amplified sound are available to serve the entire community. Already, there is only one location left on the Bernal site where such a community park can be fully useable. This initiative seeks to save that location for the community park. 1. Bernal Property Specific Plan Amendment. The following policy is added aiter Parks Policy 3 on page 3-21 of the August 21, 2000 Bemal Property Specific Plan: Parks Policy 3A: Preservation of Community Park Site. a. The 30-50 acre community park described in Parks Policy 3 shall be located within the area shown in the cross-hatched area on the map attached. That map is made a part of the Bernal Property Specific Plan. b. The City shall approve no land uses that are incompatible with use of the community park for lighted sports fields, outdoor amphithealres, amplified sound, and other uses typically found in a large community park. c. The City shall adopt a master plan for the community park in order that compatibility of proposed nearby uses can be compared with real plans for the conaiianity park. d. Development of the first phase of the community park shall be given the highest reasonable priority in development of the Bemal site. e. Nothing in this Policy shall limit the discretion of the City to locate additional park uses in areas outside the community park overlay district. Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition Notice is hereby given by the persons whose names appear hereon of their intention to circulate the petition within the City of Pleasanton for the purpose of amending the Bemal Property Specific Plan. A statement of the reasons for the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows: 1) Our kids and sports groups camaot find sufficient fields for practice and games. 2) The original direction from City Council was that a master plan for the community park would be adopted and lighted sports fields would be installed before residential encroachment made commumty park uses controversial. That did not happen. 3) Many of the new neighbors are already mobilizing to fight lighted fields and other community park uses, //4) Now the City has commenced planning for the City owned portion of the Bemal site without any direcIYgh to preserve a community park location. / 5) Without a mandate from the people of Pleasanton, the opportunity for a truly splendid community pa~k ?ay be lost forever. //'/Je~'~ T'. Thorne Robert J. Maas 5144 Hummingbird Road 7942 Racoon Hollow Court Pleasanton, CA 94566 Pleasanton, CA 94588 Submitted: February 6, 2003