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Plan (or certain components of it) will be subject to rati~cafion by a vote of the citizens, potentially in March of 2006. Communit~ Park Master Plan The Community Park Master Plan process was initiated in August of 2000 when the Council directed staff to begin planning for creation ora 30 to 50 acre community park on the Bernal Property. The following month, the Council approved the appointment of a 13- member Bernal Community Park Task Force to prepare a draft park master plan. The first Draft Plan was completed by the Task Force in January of 2002, however, the Plan was not forwarded to the Council for review because extensive issues and concerns had been raised by the public during the Council's first review of the Phase II Specific Plan's preliminary land use plan. The Council redirected the Community Park Task Force to focus on a new master plan that primarily emphasized lighted sports fields. The City's consultant and the Task Force together prepared a series of changes that were then integrated into a second draft master plan that was reviewed by the Parks and Recreation Commission in February of 2003. Following this effort, the Bemal Design Competition was conducted between March and August 2004. As a result of the competition, MDF was chosen to update the Draft Community Park Master Plan consistent with the MDF Bemal Property Competition Plan. Since both the second Draft Master Plan and the MDF Competition Plan were similar in terms of uses, site locations, acreages, etc., only minimal changes resulted in the creation of the third Draft Plan. The third Draft Master Plan was then presented to the Community Park Task Force on December 6, 2004, where the Task Force recommended approval to the Parks and Recreation Commission.. Neither the Parks and Recreation Commission nor the Council have, as of yet, reviewed the third Draft Plan. Now that the Community Park Task Force has completed its updated Master Plan, the next step is for the Council to establish a public review process for the Plan, and for integrating the conceptual elements of the Park Master Plan into the Draft Phase II Specific Plan. Staff has outlined options for accomplishing this later in this report. Phase One Baseball Fields Plan On April 29, 2003, the Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed four alternatives for the Phase One lighted sorts fields area of the Community Park that were developed by the Community Park Task Force. After consideration of the various phasing plans, the Commission approved an option that included two lighted baseball fields, one unlighted informal play baseball field, an access road and other related infrastructure, parking, restroom, and tot lot facilities, all for an estimated design and construction cost of SR 05:055 Page 4 of 8