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Initiative to Save Our Community Park FuD Tnt orJnltlatlve Purpose The "crown jewel" of the Bernal site was to be the community park. We Deed a coDlllllDlity park where the needs of our youth, our arts community, our aporta enthusiaslll, and large group activities can be met without offending residential neighbors and other sensitive land uses. We need a community park where uses like lighted SpOrls fields and amphitheatres with amplified sound are available to serve the entire conurnmity. Already, there is only one location left on the Bernal sile where such a COmmunity park can be fuDy useable, This initiative seeks to save that location for the conununity park. I. Bernal Property Specific Plan Amendment. The following policy is added after Parks Policy 3 on page 3.21 of the August 21, 2000 Bernal Property Specific Plan: Parks Policy 3A: Preservation of Community Park Site. a. The 30-50 acre community park described in Parks Policy 3 shall be located within the area shown in the cross-hatched area on the map attached, That map is made a pan of the Bernal Property Specific Plan. b. The City shall approve no land uses that are incompatible with use of the connnunity park for lighted sports fields, outdoor amphitheatres, amplified sound, and other uses typically found in a Jarge cODllDUnity park. c, The City shall adopt a master plan for the community park in order that compatibility of proposed nearby uses can be compared with real plans for the community park. d. Development of the first phase ofthe community park shall be given the highest reasonable priority in development of the Bernal site. e. Nothing in this Policy shall limit the discretion of the City to locate additional park uses in areas oUbide the community park overlay district.