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The Bernal Community Park Master Plan Task Force was appointed by the Council to oversee preparation of the Master Plan. Over the course of four years, the Task Force prepared three different master plan concepts, the most recent of which was merged into the "Option 1" Preferred Plan that the Council supported at its June 21, 2005 meeting. The Master Plan document, including text and the "Option I" Preferred Plan concept, remains to be completed by staff and consultants for review by the City commissions and Council. Consideration of a contract with M. D. Fotheringham, Landscape Architects (MDF), to assist in preparing the Plan is scheduled for the November 1,2005 Council meeting under a separate agenda item. In a related Master Plan matter, the Council approved the "Initiative to Save Our Community Park" (Attachment I) in 2004. The Initiative pertains directly to the Community Park Master Plan in a variety of ways as outlined below: A. The 30-50-acre Community Park described in Parks Policy 3 (of the Bernal Property Phase 1 Specific Plan) shall be located within the area shown in the cross- hatched area on the map attached (see Attachment 1 of this stajJreport). That map is made a part ofthe Bernal Property (Phase 1) Specific Plan. B. The City shall approve no land uses that are incompatible with the use of the Community Park for lighted sports fields, outdoor amphitheatres, amplified sound, and other uses typically found in a large community park. C. The Citv shall adopt a master plan for the Communitv 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 (baseball fields) shall be given the highest reasonable priority in development of the Bernal site. E. Nothing in this policy shall limit the discretion to locate additional park uses in areas outside the Community Park overlay district. Section C., above, was specifically included by the Initiative proponents to ensure that a park master plan is completed early enough to preclude the potential for future incompatible surrounding land uses. Bernal Community Park Phase One PUD Section D, above, stipulates that "development of the first phase of the Community Park be given the highest reasonable priority." In an effort to address this provision, the City prepared and approved PUD development plans earlier this year for Phase One of the Community Park, which includes three baseball fields. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2006. SR 05:301 Page 4