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CONCLUSION The preceding background on approach to neighborhood and community planning is intended to reinfome the principles, policies and guidelines that were implemented in the Bernal Property Phase 1 Specific Plan. The existing neighborhoods were built at a scale and with a mix of land uses that encourages pedestrian circulation and ultimately, more social interaction. Inference is made in the Phase I Specific Plan to complete the task of planning the public facilities, parks and open space in Phase II by applying neo-traditional (New Urbanism) concepts that specifically address the design of parks, open space, agriculture and civic uses. Park use in the 21st Century is about redefining the shared cultural experience, not only as a shopping event or a festival event, but as connecting events: community service, environmental education, mentoring by sharing the wisdom of the aged community, and sustainability. The Design Team feels that public spaces should be created within which personal and social renewal predominates. The Bernal Property might provide citizens of all ages with a lifetime of opportunities to restore nature and develop deep relationships to each other and the natural world. By so doing, the next generation might live in greater harmony with nature and with others. 15