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IV. PARK DESIGN The design vision of the Community Park is for active sports facilities to be clustered within a framework of linear forested open space. Parking is to be disbursed around the perimeter of the Park in a series of smaller, heavily landscaped, non-rectangular shaped lots that similarly fit into the open space framework. The overall visual effect of the sports fields and parking areas is to mimic the forested/meadow patterns of the outlying "grand park" area, thus blending into and becoming a part of it. Park facilities are to be interconnected with each other and the outlying "grand park" through a coordinated system of creative, mounded landforms, vegetation, and inspiring public art. Park Landscane - The Community Park Landscape Concept (Figure 4) is intended to integrate with the planned outlying "grand park" landscape to the extent feasible. The open space framework of the Community Park is to emphasize natural patterns and forms such as mounding, tree clusters forming linear forested edges, and generally native plant materials. Active recreation areas and parking lots, however, are to be planted with a much broader range of both native and non-native plant species that serve the functional and decorative requirements of these areas. Street Entrv Landscane - Another key element of the Community Park is the extension of Pleasanton Avenue, between Bernal Avenue to the north and Valley Avenue to the south (Figures 2, 3 and 6). This is to be a two-lane street (one lane in each direction) with bicycle lanes on both sides. Roundabouts and pedestrian safety medians are also planned at key parking lot driveway/intersections to slow traffic for pedestrian and bicycle safety. The new Pleasanton Avenue/Bernal Avenue street intersection (Figure 5) will result in a major entry into the greater Bernal Property from Bernal Avenue. This will provide not only vehicular access for motorists, but also create the primary visual impression of the Community Park. The landscape quality of this intersection is therefore of vital importance to the City. Pleasanton Avenue will need to be wide enough to accommodate three lanes of both entry and exit traffic. A five-foot wide, raised median is also proposed, extending south from the Bernal Avenue intersection to the first roundabout. The existing pump station access and future Park maintenance roads will connect to the first 14