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6. Educational Facilities - Art-related classrooms within the potential Cultural Arts Center may be appropriate for shared use between the City and the Pleasanton Unified School District. 7. Environmental Education Center - An environmental education center could be developed to present the structure and function of California habitats native to the Bernal Property. The origins, growth characteristics, and associated flora and fauna of each habitat could be demonstrated through various media, suitable for both adults and children. Principles and practices of restoration, preservation and conservation could be explained. The center might include a building with associated school bus access, parking, outdoor displays and trails. The center might also present the history of the Bernal Property, emphasizing how the Native American tribal peoples lived in the local environment. 8. Fire Station - A requirement of the Phase I Specific Plan was to relocate former Downtown Fire Station to the intersection of Bernal Avenue and Oak Vista Way in the Phase II Specific Plan Area. This has been accomplished, and the new station is now in operation. 9. Native American Historv Reflective Area - Remnants of a Native American (Ohlone) village have been found in the vicinity of the Bernal Property. A meadow area of several acres exists along the northern portion ofthe Arroyo de la Laguna that could be identified as a potential site for Native American commemorative use. Remnants of an Ohlone village have been found along the Arroyo just north of the Bernal Property, and other cultural resource sites have also been found at the Bernal Property. Respectful interpretive programming could be created in the linear meadow between the Arroyo and the finger tributary just south of Bernal Avenue. Site improvements might include trails with signs that tell the story of the Native Americans of the region and a "council circle" (place for story-telling). 10. Ooen Space - The majority of land within the Phase II Planning Area is to be preserved and restored with native vegetation, including woodlands, meadows, wetlands, and stream corridors. The planting of native forests and woodlands arranged in linear groves that defme long meadow habitats are to create the structure of this landscape. The mature form of the landscape aesthetic will develop over a period of years, as the public facility projects are developed. The open space component of the Phase II Plan Area is planned to create the identifying character of the Bernal Property, and to help define the appropriate sites for community facilities and trail corridors. The open space framework is to further provide settings, within which the Grand Park design strategies presented in the following chapter can be implemented. 11. Park and Recreational Uses - Park and recreational uses could include lighted and unlighted sports fields, tennis, children's playgrounds, amphitheater, botanical garden, arboretum, public art, memorial groves and gardens, lakes and ponds, bird sanctuary, specialty gardens, maintenance yard, and related recreational uses and facilities. Administrative Draft, Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan, October 25, 2005 Page 14