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approved, does that mean the Parks and Trails Master Plan is approved and that no changes can be made to that plan? Mr. Iserson indicated the recommendation is to adopt the policies in the Specific Plan, but the trails plan is not actually a part of the Specific Plan. Council will review the Parks and Trails Master Plan and can work out any issues at that time. This approval would merely be approval of the concept. Changes can still be made to the Parks and Trails Master Plan. Ms. Ayala referred to the extension of Railroad Avenue and said she thought there was discussion to expand the park area. Mr. Iserson said the extension of Railroad Avenue would not affect the Specific Plan or the Parks and Trails Master Plan that deals with that one block of street extension. Ms. Ayala said there was discussion that when the Railroad Avenue fire station was converted to another use, that there was the possibility of extending the park to the parking lot at Domus, thereby connecting Main Street to the park area. Mr. Wolfe said that is still in the plan, although there would still be traffic on Railroad Avenue to Spring Street. Ms. Ayala believed this process was backwards and Council should be reviewing the Parks and Trails Master Plan first. Mr. Wolfe said the Parks and Trails Plan was in process at the time Council decided to do the Downtown Specific Plan. The direction to the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Downtown Task Force was to do its initial work and present its findings to the Downtown Specific Plan committee as part of this process. Whatever is recommended by the Specific Plan committee would go to the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Committee/Commission would merge the two recommendations for Council's final review. One of the differences that arose was the placement of the bandstand in the park. That will come back to Council for a decision. Ms. Ayala asked if a decision is made to extend Railroad Avenue, there can still be some way of joining Main Street with the parks on First Street? Mr. Wolfe said that was possible. Some modifications may be necessary. Even though there may be traffic on Railroad, the park can still be extended farther north. Ms. Ayala asked what size the proposed small parks would be. She wanted to see more grass downtown with possibly a fountain. Mr. Wolfe did not know the exact size although it is still possible to have the downtown square concept. He said part of that could be included in the northern end of downtown at the Vervais area. There is green space and a water element in that location. He said Council will have the opportunity to review the Parks and Trails Master Plan completely at a future meeting. Pleasanton City Council 5 02/05/02 Minutes