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Full Tart of luitiative The "crown jewel" of the 9emal site was to ba thc comm,.mity park. We ~ed a co~iW p~k where the ncc~ ofo~ you& o~ ass co~w, o~ ~po~ en~us~s~, and Igge ~up acfi~fics c~ be ~t ~ut offe~ zesid~fial ~i~hbors ~d o~er Sensitive ~d uses. We ~ed a co~ p~ where ~es l~e li~ted spo~ f~lds ~d ava~able to s~e ~e en~e co~. Akeady, ~ere is only one locn~on left on ~e Bemal site where tach ~s i~ag~ sec~ to save ~ar Ioca~ for ~e co~W 1. Bemal Property Specific Plan Amendment. The folloWing policy is edded after Parks Policy 3 on page 3 -21 of the August 2 I. 2000 hemal Properl3, Specific Plan: Paxks Policy 3A: Preservation of Community Park Site. a. The 30-50 acre community park described in Pare Policy 3 shall be located within the area shown in the cross-hatched area on the map attached. That map is made e part of the hemal Property Spccific Plan. b. The City shell approve no land t~es that are incompatiblc with use of the community park for lighted spo~s fields, outdoor amphitheah'es, amplified sound, and other uses typically found in a large communivy park. c. The City shall adopt a relator plan fez the community perk in order that compatibility of proposed nearby uses can be compared with real plane for the commmaty park. d. Development of the fa'st phase of the community park shall be given the hi,lest reasonable priority in development of the Bemal site. e. Nothing in this Policy shall limit the discretiou of the City to locate additional park uses in areas outside thc coranunity pa~k overlay clls~ci. Notlee of Intent to Circulate Petition Notice is hereby given by the persons whose names appear he,eon of their intention to circulate the'petition within thc City of Pleasanton for thc purpose of amending the Bemal Property Specific Plan. A statement of the reasor, s for thc p~oposed action as comemplatcd in the petition is as follows: I ) Our kids and spot'ls groups canuot Eud sufficient fields for practice and games. 2) The original direction ~om City Council was that a master plan for thc community park would be adopted and lighted eporis fields would be installed before residential encroachment made community park uses 'controversial. That did not happen. 3) Mal~y of the new neighbors are already mobilizing to.fight lighted fields and other community perk ~,~) Now thc City has commenced planning foe the City owncd portion of the Bemal site without any direc, gf~h to preserve a communi~ park location. / / 5) Without e mandate from the people of Pleasanton. the oppor~nity fez a truly splendid cmmnunity paCk,'nay be lost forever. Submittcd: Febroary 6, 2003