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EXHIBIT E DRAFT Item 6.a. Consideration of the Draft Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan, Draft Bernal Community Park Master Plan. and the Combined Final Environmental Impact Report for Both Plans. Ms. Harryman recused herself from this item because she lives in close proximity to the Bernal Property and had appeared before the City Council on this item prior to her employment with the City of Pleasant on. Larissa Seto, Assistant City Attorney, would serve as the attorney on this item. Mr. Rasmussen congratulated Commissioners Maas and Roberts on their contributions to the Commission and the community. Mr. Rasmussen then summarized the staff report and described the background and scope of this project. He described the required documents with respect to the environmental impacts and the mitigations. The resolution for approval ofthe EIR includes a list of findings recommending that, with two exceptions, the potentially significant impacts ofthe project are mitigated by the Plan. The two significant impacts that cannot be fully mitigated are traffic impacts at the intersections of Bernal Avenue/I-680 southbound ramp and Owens Drive/Hopyard Road. Since the last Planning Commission meeting in February, staff took the Phase II Specific Plan and the Park Master Plan to the Youth Master Plan Implementation Committee, the Civic Arts Commission, the Parks and Recreation Commission, and the Youth Commission. The main comments from the Commissions were: 1. Add tennis courts to the Illustrative Site Plan of the Phase II Specific Plan and possibly to the Community Park Master Plan. 2. Add a swimming pool to the Illustrative Site Plan and possibly to the Park Master Plan. 3. Add a dog park to the Illustrative Site Plan and possibly to the Park Master Plan. 4. Allow equestrian trails to be developed within the Phase II Specific Plan area, perhaps located to the west of 1-680. 5. Add policy guidance directing the future preparation of an art master plan for the Phase II Specific Plan area. The following comments were also received from the Commissions regarding the Master Plan: I. Reserve land in the northeastemmost portion of the Community Park for a potential connection of a driveway to Bernal A venue from Subarea I. 2. Add a football/lacrosse field to the community park as an additional field. 3. Add a policy clarifying that the soccer stadium is to be shared with other field sports, such as football and lacrosse. Mr. Rasmussen advised that the "Park and Recreation" definition in the Specific Plan specifically allows tennis as a potentially permitted use in a number of subareas. The possibility of permitting tennis courts at the top of Subarea 7 was discussed, and the term "passive recreation" may need to be expanded in this regard to allow tennis courts. A discussion ofthe layout of the site with respect to the tennis courts ensued. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING April 26, 2006