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B. All facilities are to be high quality, easily accessible, and provide flexibility that will meet the changing community needs and values over time. Buildings, other structures, and open area are to blend together into a unified and visually appealing setting. Land uses and activities are to complement surrounding uses. Planning and long term maintenance are to focus on environmental and fiscal sustainability. The acquisition of the 318-acre Phase II Bernal Property area, planning and initiation of public facility improvements are to be this generation's gift to future generations of the community. C. The Bernal Property (Phase I) Specific Plan sets forth a Comprehensive Land Use Policy (Policy I) pertaining to community facilities. This overarching policy seeks to aggregate an array of high quality community facilities on the Bernal Property to serve the entire Pleasanton community while respecting both the natural and developed lands' sensitivities to future uses. D. Policy I is further refined in Guideline 1.3, which directs the City to undertake a comprehensive public participation process to identify and locate community facilities to be developed within the Phase II area of the Bernal Property. E. Y oter approval of the land uses and activities in the community facilities land use plan for the Phase II area was also required by Guideline 1.3, and reaffirmed and readopted by Measure X. F. The Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan, which provides planning direction for the Phase II area, supplements the Bernal Property (Phase I) Specific Plan in implementing the Pleasanton General Plan. The Phase II Specific Plan provides planning guidance for the long-range development of an open space / park like setting within which a variety of public and quasi public uses are to be integrated. G. A comprehensive public participation process was carried out through the development of the Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan between 2001 and 2006. This process included noticed public hearings and informational meetings with the Bernal Community Park Task Force, Youth Master Plan Implementation Committee, Civic Arts Commission, Youth Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning Commission and City Council. H. Of the public land area, 2-acres has been developed as a Fire Station (see Sub-area 4 in Exhibit A), II-acres has been developed as a school (see Sub- Area 8 in Exhibit A), and approximately 50-acres (see Sub-area 2 in Exhibit Page 2 of 5