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proposal is that if it is not done as inclusionary housing with market rate units, the children who live there will have a stigma placed on them. She thought when Greenbriar bought the land, that it did not want any market rate housing on the public property. If that is true, how could the City build inclusionary housing? She also heard from the Task Force that all the 318 acres is not useable land. The community needs to know that. She likes the park very much. At present, she likes to walk on the ridge and realizes there will be a time when she can no longer do that easily. She believed the park like setting for the Bernal property can offer not only educational opportunities, but also space for a relaxing outdoor experience and enjoyment of the park. There were no further speakers. Ms. Ayala asked staffto identify the number of useable acres. She said she was pleased that the Task Force was able to identify the top twenty priorities for the project, but she has said all along, that there is not enough acreage for all the uses. Mr. Swift said the 318 acres includes a number of stream channels. There is about 40 acres of the Arroyo de la Laguna and various other flood control channels. The Phase I improvements required a number of retention basins and other storm water measures (10-15 acres) and the berms take an additional space (5-10 acres). So there is about 250-275 acres for use. Some of the retention basins areas could be made into useful open space areas with riparian wetlands in the winter and a sy. stem of trails around them. That is consistent with the Task Force vision for the use of the area. You could not build a softball field in those types of areas. Mr. Campbell asked about the Commission review process and why or why not that should occur. Mr. Swift said that is for Council to decide. The original process in the Phase I Specific Plan would have had the Task Force bring to Council for adoption a Specific Plan for Phase II, which would then be put on the ballot for ratification. That requires full review by all the various commissions, a CEQA document and Council action to adopt the plan subject to ratification. The Council initiative process would not adopt a plan, but would place the plan directly before the voters for adoption. That requires the appropriate CEQA and environmental documents to be approved before putting it on the ballot. Because the plan would not be adopted by Council, it would not require the usual feedback from the various commissions. Ms. McKeehan said that under either of those options, the matter could still be sent to the commissions for comment. There has been quite a bit of public input to date on the Bernal plan. The question to decide on June 4th is whether to have formal commission review. A number of those commissions had representatives in the process including parks, housing and planning. The question is how much more comment and review does the Council want. Anything is possible and Council needs to determine what process to follow from this point. Mayor Pico pointed out that this agenda item relates to whether to put the citizens' initiative on the ballot, and not anything else. Other actions will be taken on June 4th regarding the Task Force and reconsideration of a Council initiative. Pleasanton City Council 13 05/21/02 Minutes