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Phase II Planning Area under ownership by the City of Pleasant on, and to prohibit the construction of housing within the 318-acre Phase II Area. The Draft Phase II Plan was then referred to the City Council for preliminary review prior to initiation ofthe formal public hearing process. The Council then conducted six public workshop meetings in 2003. At the sixth workshop, the Council decided to sponsor a national design competition for the Phase II Planning Area prior to completing its input on the original Draft Phase II Specific Plan. The design competition was held between March and August 2004. M.D. Fotheringham, Landscape Architects (MDF) was ultimately chosen as the winning design firm by the Council on August 31, 2004, and soon after became the City's design consultant to assist in updating the Draft Phase II Specific Plan. Also in August 2004, the City Council approved a second citizen's initiative known as the "Initiative to Save Our Community Park." Its purpose was to ensure that the City move fOIWard in a expeditious manner to plan and develop the "30 to 50- acre" Bernal Community Park in the eastern portion of the Phase II Specific Plan Area, and that the City not approve any uses in the vicinity of the Park that might potentially be incompatible with park uses. Following this, in November 2004, the citizens passed the "Bernal Property Right to Vote Initiative" (Measure X) that mandates that the Bernal Property Phase II land use plan be subject to a vote of the citizens. The City staff and consultants then merged the MDF design competition concept plan with input provided by the Council, City commissions, Community Park Task Force, community and staff, along with the requirements the "Initiative to Save Our Community Park" (Appendix 2). The Draft Phase II Specific Plan update was the result of this effort. SPECIFIC PLAN LEGAL AUTHORITY Both Bernal Property Specific Plans were prepared in accordance with Sections 65450 through 65457 of the Califomia Government Code. The contents of the Specific Plans comply with Government Code Section 6545I(a), which states that a specific plan must include: "a text and diagram or diagrams which specify all of the following in detail: 0 the distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land, including open space, within the area covered by the plan. 0 The proposed distribution, location, extent, and intensity of major components of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, energy, and other essential facilities proposed to be located within the area covered by the plan and needed to support the land uses described in the plan. 0 Standards and criteria by which development will proceed, and standards for conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources where applicable. Administrative Draft, Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan, October 25, 2005 Page 3