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Phase II Specific Plan and the Community Park Master Plan. Staff and consultants have since completed this work for presentation to and direction from the Council. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND Study of the 318-acre City-owned portion of the Bemal Property has been an ongoing process over the past four years. During this time, planning has taken place on three levels: The Draft Phase II Specific Plan for the entire 318-acre City-owned area was completed by the Bernal Specific Plan Task Force in May 2002. The Phase II Plan area was then the subject of a national design competition in 2004 and is now being informally reviewed by the City Council for potential updates prior to being considered through the formal public hearing process. · Alternatives for the Bernal Community Park Master Plan have been prepared and are being reviewed by the Council for the selection of a preferred plan prior to being considered through the formal public hearing process. · PUD development plans for the 13-acre Phase One Bernal Community Park area have been submitted by the Parks and Community Services Director and are now going through the formal public hearing process. The Specific Plan update and the Community Park planning processes were recently merged by the Council to better ensure consistency upon completion. Phase One of the Community Park plan has been separated from the Specific Plan and Community Park Master Plan process in order to proceed independently, in accordance with the requirements of the citizen's "Initiative to Save Our Community Park." STATUS OF BERNAL PROPERTY PLANNING Five site plan alternatives for the Phase II Specific Plan area were developed by City staff and project consultants in the fall of 2004. In addition, two site plan alternatives for the Bernal Community Park Master Plan have also evolved over the past several years. Upon request of the Council, these seven total alternatives were reviewed by four City commissions last March, and recommendations were provided by each Commission. A town hall meeting was then held in April to receive further public comments, and a joint Council/Parks and Recreation Commission study session was conducted on May 12, 2005 to further discuss the alternatives (Attachment 5, meeting minutes). A special Council meeting immediately followed the May 12, 2005 study session (Attachment 6, meeting minutes) at which time the Council SR 05:165 Page 2