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Paee VI-19: <br />~. <br />Commissioner Blank noted that the language "major improvements at the Pleasanton <br />Unified School District's Upper Field, Kottinger Park, and Fairlands Park;" should <br />include some language about improving the sports pazk. <br />Mr. Wolfe noted that this paragraph referred to improvements that have already been <br />made. <br />Commissioner Blank noted that the drainage systems for the fields could be fixed so a <br />rainshower did not continually close the fields. <br />Chairperson Arkin suggested the following language, "Identify availability standazds and <br />track them and publish them so the fields' availability may be identified." He suggested <br />that annual updates be performed and that the data be used to improve services and <br />maintenance. <br />Commissioner Blank believed the phrase "improved maintenance program" should be <br />included. <br />Chairperson Arkin believed there should be no more homes in Happy Valley without a <br />neighborhood park and added that there was nothing in that azea. <br />` Mr. Wolfe noted that there had been plans for afive-acre neighborhood pazk in the azea <br />and that staff had been unable to find five contiguous acres located in the City, not the <br />County. The Council decided that for the time being, Bernal Park would serve as the de <br />facto neighborhood pazk for the Happy Valley area. <br />Chairperson Arkin would like that item to be reconsidered and did not want to give up on <br />a neighborhood pazk. <br />Paee VI-20 <br />Commissioner Roberts referred to the 17-acre community pazk on Staples Ranch, noting <br />that was part of the old General Plan and should be reworded. <br />Commissioner Fox suggested that the specific acreage not be referenced and that any <br />planned amenities not be included at this point. <br />Ms. Stern noted that having some notion of the size of the pazk would aid an analysis of <br />the future park standard with respect to the population. <br />In response to a request by Commissioner Roberts that the word "approximately" be used <br />in referring to the acreage, Ms. Stern noted that could be used as a placeholder. <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 22, 2006 Page 10 of 21 <br />