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lighted Artificial turf fields, will necessitate digging a hole in the ground deep enough to support the capacity of people utilizing both at the same time, since there will be night games, practices as well as daytime activities when they overlap. Placing a theater somewhere in the Downtown Area makes sense IF creating a vibrant, magnetic downtown is as much a priority as it seems to be, but having a potentially convertible theater complex in the City which is currently vacant, shows that it makes no economic sense to build another. Building a new theater downtown would complement the 01d Fire Station usage, but it would not be a good use at a time when the former Coffee Roast Express is vacant. 8. Immediately Create the "Pleasanton Family Center" The vacant "Coffee Roast Express" building on the corner by the Rose Hotel should be leased by the City of Pleasanton as a "Pleasanton's Family Meeting Center". Such a move would kill multiple birds with one stone, providing a place for kids/teens and their families to read, mix, eat, and get to know each other, as well as providing families with affordable meals. Such a use would visibly demonstrate the City's commitment to having an inexpensive place (as opposed to an elitist atmosphere), where teams can have parties, classes can meet. The Senior Center serves seniors. The proposed Youth/Teen Center will serve that constituency. Having a facility where families can meet would bring more people downtown. A facility wouldn't have to be built. It would help out the families in Pleasanton who do not have the means to eat out at the expensive restaurants, but bring them downtown. The requirement would be that the City would have to be interested in creating a win-win for everyone. It can start immediately. 9. DO NOT move the train station to the Bernal Property Approximately 90% of the people agree that the ACE train station should not occupy the Bernal Property, and I agree. The most appropriate location for a train station is the Fairgrounds location. 10. We don't want a "Sports Park South". As the persons who mentioned that the Upper Field on Bernal has been closed from October through April, due to rain and mud, anyone with kids knows that the sports park is alternately either very crowded (Saturdays), or very unused, and not much in between. It is the most underutlized piece of developed real estate in the City because of weather, and because it is only used by organized team activities during particular hours. Since the Bernal Upper Field is lighted, why not consider putting in all weather turf there? This would relieve some of the pressure from organized sports, but not all. While we are at it, why not recognize that the Soccer Park at Val Vista should have had turf to begin with, and make the field usable by putting in Turf. It makes sense, doesn't it? Having a turf field by the water processing plant at Val Vista, where nobody can see it, would make more sense than ruining the ambiance at the "jewel" by putting in many artificial turf fields. Yet, having a large play structure, with water spraying water (like Val Vista, yet without the murky pond), where kids can play, and where parents can watch their older kids play soccer or baseball, will be a nice feature for families. 11. Emphasis on combining Natural Beauty with Architectural and Artistic Beauty 4