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the funding and when it would be available for the infrastructure that is needed for the Bernal property. By renovating the existing fields at Donlon Elementary School, it would provide a possible method for giving additional fields to the community while Council works out a financing plan for the design of the Bernal Park. She agreed with Mr. Brozosky's comments to value engineer this project. She noted that a 30 percent contingency is built into the budget for the basic needs for this project. She shared her concern with the way in which the overall costs are determined for public projects, particularly when the project goes out to bid. She is interested in hearing from the School District regarding what it has planned for Donjon Elementary School and what might fit into this project to jointly modernize this entire area. She was hopeful that the City and the School District could work jointly on this project to supply the School District with a beautiful field for children for school use and athletic fields for Pleasanton residents. She believed the School District could look at the plans for fencing, as the District has always been concerned about making the schools safe for children. She would like to see the City move forward on this project as soon as possible. Mr. Sullivan did not disagree with any of the comments made by Mr. Brozosky and Ms. McGovern. He would be supportive of looking at a more scaled down version for the basic improvements design plan of the Donlon athletic fields. He believed this project should be considered in conjunction with the Capital Improvement Program so that cost comparisons could be made with respect to whether this project is taking money away from the Bernal property or another project. He noted that the Aviso Adobe project is also short of funding. He would be interested in seeing how fast this project could be completed versus how fast the sports fields on the Bernal property could be built. He would prefer for Council to make these decisions when this information is available. He was interested in receiving more input from the neighbors as to their opinion on the fencing. He preferred no fencing, as it will lock out the neighborhood.