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to respond to the changing community needs in a manner that will sensitively preserve the 318 acres under City ownership. PLANNING AREA LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION As shown in Figure 1-1, the greater 5l6-acre Bernal Property consists of three separate land areas: (1) the 202-acre Western Area located between Interstate 680 (1-680) and the Arroyo de la Laguna; (2) the triangular-shaped Central Area containing approximately 251 acres and bounded by 1-680 to the southwest, Bernal A venue to the north, and the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) right-of-way to the southeast; and (3) the 63-acre Eastern Area situated between the UPRR tracks to the northwest and the Alameda County Transportation Corridor to the southeast. Existing land uses that surround the Bernal Property are also shown in Figure 1-1. These include single-family housing and the Castlewood Country Club Golf Course to the west ofI-680; the Bernal Corporate Center, Alameda County Fairgrounds, and Downtown Pleasanton to the north; and the Pleasanton Middle School, apartment housing, and office and light industrial uses to the southeast. The Phase 1 and II Plan Areas are shown on Figure 1-2. Phase II includes 121 acres that surround the Phase 1 residential neighborhood in the Western Area, 168 acres situated mostly east of the Phase I commercial/office and residential lands in the Central Area, and 29 acres consisting of the "Knoll" and riparian areas located southeast of the UPRR tracks in the Eastern Area. HISTORY OF BERNAL PROPERTY PLANNING Planning for the Bernal Property has been an ongoing process for many years. The Phase I Specific Plan provides a comprehensive history of the site starting in the 1930's and extending to the adoption of the Phase 1 Specific Plan on August 21,2000. Since that time, substantial land development and public infrastructure improvements have been completed in accordance with the Phase 1 Plan. In December 2000, the Pleasanton City Council formed an l8-member Bernal Property Task Force to coordinate the preparation of the Phase II Specific Plan. The Task Force undertook its work over a 1-1/2 year period of time through an extensive background information-gathering process that included numerous detailed reports by Task Force members, local organizations, individuals, and City staff and consultants. A total of 22 regular meetings, field trips and town meetings were conducted during this time. The Task Force then formulated its recommendations as presented in the original "Draft Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan" document dated May 13, 2002. The project was then temporarily put on hold by the City Council pending a community vote a citizen's initiative known as "Measure V" (Appendix 1) in November 2003. Measure V was subsequently approved. It was primarily intended to mandate the permanent retention of the Administrative Draft, Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan, October 25, 2005 Page 2