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Planning, Public Works, Library, and Parks and Community Service departments, and by several City commissions that discussed specific topics within their purview. The following commissions discussed sections of this element and recommended amendments: . Civic Arts Commission (meeting of June 6, 2005) . Human Services Commission (meeting of August 3, 2005) . Library Commission (meeting of August 11,2005) . Youth Commission (meeting of December 14,2005) . Park and Recreation Commission (meeting of February 9, 2006) . Planning Commission (February 22 and March 8, 2006) The Draft Element in Attachment 2 is generally complete other than some missing data in Tables VI-l to VI-3, which are dependent upon final land use designations. These data will be included when the Planning Commission and City Council reviews the complete Draft General Plan. COMPARISON OF SPORTS FACILITY STANDARDS Prior to the review of the Parks and Recreation section by the Parks and Recreation Commission, staff prepared Table 1: Existing Sports Facilities, Standards and Guidelines, and Future Facilities Planned at Build-out (shown in Attachment 4) which summarizes existing City facilities and those shared with Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD). The table compares the City's facilities per population for both those existing and anticipated at build-out to national guidelines developed by the National Recreation and Park Association. It is not the intent that the City adopt the national guidelines; however, staff believes it provides a useful benchmark. The Parks and Recreation Commission considered this information as part of the Draft Parks and Recreation section of the Public Facilities and Community Programs Element, and recommended that this table be included in the Element. At the Planning Commission public hearing of February 22, 2006, the Planning Commission recommended that the City develop its own standards for sports fields and tennis courts based on residents' needs and desires. Because this would require significant work effort both by staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission beyond that anticipated for the General Plan, staff recommended omitting the table from the Draft Element pending a discussion with the City Council. The Planning Commission concurred. Staff is seeking City Council guidance on whether to include the original table. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE 1996 PUBLIC FACILITIES ELEMENT The Draft Public Facilities and Community Programs Element (Attachment 1) uses strikeout and underline to show changes to the 1996 text. Attachment 2 shows the Draft Element in clean copy format. In summary, the proposed changes to the background text include: SR 06:097 Page 2 of6