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Mundie & Associates is very familiar with the site. We prepared the CEQA documents on the potential 1995 annexation of the property to Pleasanton and on the Bernal Property Specific Plan (DEIR 1997, FEIR 1999). These two documents have provided base environmental information throughout the site planning process - a body of work which will enable the City to address its CEQA responsibilities as economically as possible. We would draw on this background in preparing the Phase II Specific Plan EIR and, where technical updates are needed, would call upon the subconsultant team whose expertise has contributed to our Pleasanton CEQA work in the past. The work plan proposed for the Phase II Bemal Specific Plan area EIR will draw on the planning for the site completed to date. Sites and Uses The planning effort that has shaped the Phase II Specific Plan targets the western 121 acres of the site for open space, wails, and limited other public facilities and the eastem 29 acres primarily for conservation. Planning for the central 168 acres has been the principal focus of a comprehensive community-based study that considered both characteristics of the site and a "wish list" of potential uses: Factors Influencing Location of Uses on the Site List of Potential Uses Site factors Civic aris facilities, potentially · views of, from, and through the site; lncludhg' · existing/potential natural resource areas on the performance facilities: large amphitheater, rehearsal space site. . art classrooms and/or art gallery. Urban design context factors: Outdoo~ recreational uses, potentially creating a "grand park" including: the desire to emphasize positive site features (the · lighted and non-lighted sports fields; Knoll, arroyos, open space, etc.); · tennis courts; the desire to de-emphasize visual effects of other · neighborhood/special use park; t~ails. site features (including 1-680). :'actors assocmted' with uses.' Meeting and act~wty space(s), ~otentially including: potential generation of noise and light impacts; youth center; circulation possibilities and conflicts relating to both vehicular and pedestrian movement, agricultural club; community vegetable garden; wildlife refuge educational center. ~ublic or public-benefit uses )otentially including: open space; park-and-ride lot; public utilities and improvements; child care center. Bemal ib'opert~' Proposal Phase II SpeciIic Plan EIR Page 2 Mrtndie ~ft Ilssoc~ates