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The current status of each of these three processes is presented below. Draft Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan The Draft Phase II Specific Plan is the result of a 1-1/2 year long public planning process that was conducted by the Bernal Property Task Force. Upon completion of the Draft Plan in May 2002, the project was temporarily put on hold by the Council pending a community vote on the Measure V ballot initiative in November 2002. Following the successful passage of Measure V, the Draft Plan was referred to the Council for informal review prior to initiation of the formal public hearing process. The Council then conducted six public workshops in 2003. At the sixth workshop in December 2003, the Council decided to sponsor a design competition for the 318-acre City-owned portion of the Bemal Property prior to completing its input on the Draft Specific Plan. The Design Competition was held between March and August 2004. M.D. Fotheringham, Landscape Architects (MDF) was ultimately chosen as the winning design firm by ~the Council on August 31, 2004. Two City contracts were soon after awarded to MDF. The first was to provide professional design assistance to staff for updating the Draft Phase II Specific Plan, and the second was to prepare conceptual plans for the Phase One Baseball Fields Plan. The current step in the Draft Phase II Specific Plan update process calls for the City staff and consultants to merge the MDF Design Competition Plan with previous input provided by the Council, City commissions, the Community Park Task Force, community and staff, and to revise the Draft Specific Plan accordingly. Integration of the general site configuration of the Community Park Master Plan into the Specific Plan will also be important during this time. MDF and staff initiated this effort by developing five site plan alternatives that the Council reviewed at its January 4 and February 1, 2005 meetings. Workshops are also being scheduled in March for review and comments by the Civic Arts, Youth, Parks and Recreation, and Planning commissions, as well as the Youth Master Plan Implementation Committee. Following review by these five groups, the Council is scheduled to conduct a town hall meeting(s) in April to receive community input, prior to providing further direction on the Draft Specific Plan to staff. The Draft Specific Plan update is scheduled to conclude in June with the completion of the actual Draft Phase II Specific Plan text changes by staff and with the Council providing direction to proceed with the preparation of the appropriate environmental documents and formal public hearings. During the review process that follows (next fall), the updated Draft Specific Plan will again be subject to review and comment by the various City commissions. This will be followed by public hearings on the Draft Specific Plan and environmental documents by the Planning Commission and the Council. After Council approval, the Phase II Specific SR 05:055 Page 3 of 8