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"Parks Policy 3A: Preservation of Community Park Site. a. The 30- to 50-acre Community Park described in Parks Policy 3 shall be located within the area shown in the cross-hatched area on the map attached (Attachment-4). That map is made a part of the Bemal Property Specific Plan. b. The City shall approve no land uses that are incompatible with use of the Community Park for lighted sports fields, outdoor amphitheaters, amplified sound, and other uses typically found in a large Community Park. c. The City shall adopt a master plan for the Community Park in order that compatibility of proposed nearby uses can be compared with real plans for the Community Park. d. Development of the first phase of the Community Park shall be given the highest reasonable priority in development of the Bernal site. e. Nothing in this Policy shall limit the discretion of the City to locate additional park uses in areas outside the Community Park overlay district." SPECIFIC PLAN OPTIONS 1 AND 2 As discussed above, at its May 12, 2005 meeting, the Council reviewed and then reduced the five alternative site plans for the Phase II Specific Plan and the two alternative plans for the Community Park down to a combined total of two plan "options," Options 1 and 2. These are presented in Attachments 1 and 2, and discussed below. Option 1 In Option 1, the Cultural Arts Center (CAC) complex is located on 9.2 acres in the northeastern corner of the Bernal Property. Primary vehicular access to the CAC is from Bernal Avenue at its intersection with Pleasanton Avenue. An outdoor amphitheater, with seating capacity for 1,000 persons, is situated to the southwest of the CAC and is aligned to establish a visual and physical connection with the CAC building cluster. Approximately 430 parking spaces are provided to the south and west of the CAC. This represents 340 fewer spaces than the previous CAC alternatives and Option 2 due to the reduced acreage available in Option 1. This reduction would require more intensive sharing of parking with the Community Park and more restrictive scheduling of CAC and possibly Park activities in order to preclude the potential for over-parking. Adjacent to the Amphitheater is a Teen/Youth Center contained within a 25,000-square-foot two-story building. Seventy-five parking spaces are provided near the Teen/Youth Center. Four baseball fields, three soccer fields, one shared football/lacrosse field, and two basketball courts are included in the 41-acre Community Park portion of the Central Bernal Area. An additional 350 parking spaces are shown to be equally distributed throughout the sports fields area for these SR 05:165 Page 4