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PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FIVE SITE PLAN ALTERNATIVES FOR THE BERNAL PHASE II SPECIFIC PLAN AND TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR THE BERNAL COMMUNITY PARK (Prepared by Wayne Rasmussen, Consulting Project Coordinator March 9, 2005) The Planning Commission met on March 9, 2005 to review and comment on five site plan alternatives (dated November 30, 2004) for the "Central Area" of the Bemal Phase II Specific Plan. The Commission also reviewed two site plan altematives for the Bemal Community Park consisting of: (1) the Bemal Community Park Task Force's Draft Plan- 1; and (2) the M.D. Fotheringham Unified Concept Plan. Following public input and Commission discussion regarding all of the above alternatives, the Commission provided the following comments as individual members and as a full Commission: Specific Plan Site Plan Alternatives: · Phillip Blank - Prefers Alternative D primarily because the Cultural Arts Center location south of Valley Avenue would result in the least impact on neighboring residents. · Anne Fox - Prefers to locate the Cultural Arts Center as close to Downtown as possible. She supports Alternative E with the Cultural Arts Center setback from Bemal Avenue, and the Teen Center/Youth Club situated next to the Community Park. Ms. Fox further commented that future tennis courts would more appropriately located at school sites than on the Bemal Property. · Trish Maas - Prefers Alternative D with the Cultural Arts Center located south of Valley Avenue. She further commented that the Youth Club/Teen Center should be moved to a more appropriate area of the Bemal Property, and that tennis courts should be developed at the Alternative D Youth Club/Teen Center site. · Mary Roberts - Prefers locating the Cultural Arts Center in the northeast comer of the Bemal Property where it would better relate to the Downtown. If this is not practical, then she would prefer the Valley Avenue site as shown on Altemative A. She would not like to see the Arts Center located in the Central Meadow. She also felt that the Teen Center and Youth Club should not become a combined use, and that the Ace Train Station should be kept in the Specific Plan. Community Park Alternatives: The Commission supported the M. D. Fotheringham Unified Concept Plan for the Bemal Community Park, and recommended that tennis courts be included.