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MICHEAL SHAVELSON <br /> · As father of a soccer player, football player and lacross player, I love seeing the multi-use <br /> fields. <br /> <br /> · The Alternative I states all the fields will be lighted, I want to be sure that in Alternative 2 <br /> also has lighted fields. <br /> <br /> · I second the idea that turf fields are important. <br /> <br />EILEEN FORMEN <br /> · Will there be similar a planning process and public input for the Westside of the property as <br /> there is for this? <br /> <br />JACK SEAVERTING (Lacrosse Player) · Our fields have holes and weeds from which we get injuries. <br /> <br /> · Baseball and soccer have 5 fields and we only have one that is very hard to play on. <br /> <br /> · The opposing teams all have lighted turf fields, so we feel like we're not as good as them <br /> because we don't have those kind of fields. It's a little embarrassing. <br /> <br />SCOTT CHECKER (VP Chair of Youth Master Plan) <br /> · I'm speaking for myself, not any of the committees. There definitely needs to be a <br /> teen/youth center on the property and it needs to be a part of the park, not across the <br /> street. Teens should be able to go right outside to use the fields instead of having to cross a <br /> busy street. <br /> <br /> · I play lacrosse and it's so much better to play on turf fields because you don't have to worry <br /> about spraining your ankle due to a hole (like in grass fields) and you can play in the rain <br /> without getting muddy. <br /> <br />RICH MITCHELL (Pony Baseball) <br /> · We have 500 kids that play in Pleasanton and only have one baseball field allocated for us. <br /> We need five or at least four fields for games and practice in order to accommodate all the <br /> kids in our program. Otherwise kids are practicing in unsafe or inappropriate places like <br /> parking lots and small neighborhood parks. <br /> <br /> · I helped develop the "Third Draft" alternative (Alternative 2) and that will give us I0 lighted <br /> fields that we need to accommodate all the kids playing baseball as well as other spor~s. I <br /> think this is the best alternative. It's critical that we get all these fields because baseball is <br /> now competing with soccer and lacrosse and everyone needs a place to practice. Currently, <br /> all the fields are being used for games <br /> <br /> · Fields are taking a beating from overuse. <br /> <br />Bernal Property Town Meeting ISummaryReport-Ap~illl, 200S Page 13 <br /> <br /> <br />