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Full Tex~ oflnltiatlve Purpose The "crown jewel" ofthe Bemal site was to be the community p~rk, We need a community park where thc needs of our youd~ our aris conmmltity, our sports enthusi&s~, and large ~roup activities can be mar without offendi~ zeskien~ial '~eighbors ~nd o~he~ scnsigvc la~d ~es. ' We need a community park where uses like lighted sporls fields and amphithcat~s with amplified som~d are available to serve the entire commumty. Alicady, there is only one Iocalion l'efl on the Bemal site whore such a eomm~mty park can bo fully useable. This initiative seeks to save that location for tho community p~k. 1. Bernal Property Specific Plan Amendment. The £olloWU~ policy is added after Parks Policy 3 on page 3-21 of the Augusl 2 I. 2000 BemalPropeny Specific Plan: Puks Policy 3A: Preservation of Community Park Site. a. Thc 30-50 acre cornmm~ity park described in Parks Policy :~ shell he lo~ated within the area shown in g~e eross-hatchexl ar~a on the map atlached. That map is made a part of the Bemal Property Specific Plan. b. The City shall approve no land t~es that are incompatible with me of the community pad~ for lighted sports ~olds. outdoor nmphitheatr~s, amplified sound, and other uses typically found in a la,se comm~ park. c. The City shall adopt a master plan for the communi~ park in order that compatibility of proposed nearby uses eta bo compared with real plans for the community park. d. Development of the first phase of the commUmty park shall be given the ki~liest reasonable p'rimit~ in development of the Bemal site. c. Nothing in this Policy shall hrmt thc discretion of the City to Iocat~ additional park uses in :,teas out~ide the c,,,,,t~,~nity park overlay dis~ict. Not/ce of Intent to Circulate Petition Notice is hezeby given by the persons whose names appear he,eon of their intention to circulate the'petifien within th~ City ofPlcasantun ~r the purpose ofarnen~tno, tile Hemal Property Specific Plan. A Statement ofthe reasons for thc proposed action as contemplated in the petition is a.s follows: I) Our kids and sports ~onps cannot find sufficient fields for practice and gam~. 2) The original direction ~om City Council was that a master plan for the comrntmity pazk wo~ld be adopted sad lighted sports fields would be installed before residential ~ncroachmear made community park uses · ¢onlrov~'sinl. That did no~ happen. 3) Many of the new neighbors are already mobilizu~ to fight lighted fields and other communily park ,,/4) Now thc City has commenced plannint for the City owned portion of the Bemal site without any dir~.li~n to preserve a comnm~ity park location. ///5.) Without a n~ndate from the people o£Pl~asanton, the oppornmity for a truly splendid paCk,ay be lost forever. , . /. 5144 Hummingbird Rend 7942 Racoon Hollow Court Ploasanton. CA 94~66 · Pleas~ntun, CA Subn~ttcd: Fcbr~sry 6, 2003