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Item 6d Update to Ci.ty Council Priorities for Fiscal Year 2002/2003. (IR 02:036) Deborah McKeehan presented the staff report. Ms. Michelotti referred to the line items under the Bemal Property, which listed "ballot initiative" and "revise draft specific plan, if necessary". She did not believe those were originally priority items for Council and were brought to Council by others. She asked for some kind of footnote to these items. Ms. Dennis asked for an update on the implementation of the Trails Master Plan. She also asked about accessibility of the paved section of the Arroyo Mocho trail and the approximate date of opening the rest of the trail. Mr. Wolfe indicated he had spoken to the trail advocates today. Regarding the Arroyo Mocho, the section from Arroyo de la Lagnna to Hopyard Road, across the north side, to Chabot Canal has been paved and is opened. That is the trail to the schools. The question that has arisen today concerns the signage and the chain across the south side of the Arroyo Mocho trail. That is the section that is not paved and staffis working as quickly as possible to open that section. Staff was directed to work with the Parkside neighbors regarding the south side mitigation plan. Staffproposed to have a response to the mitigation issues by the end of the week. In the meantime, staff has discussed gate locations with Zone 7. They are proposed for the bridges at Stoneridge and Santa Rita and also at the beginning of the linear park at Sutter Gate east of the Sports Park. Zone 7 agrees to that and engineering is in the process of designing the gates for Zone 7's review. It is anticipated the gate construction will be added to existing public works contracts to expedite the work and hopefully the trails will be open by the end of the month. Ms. Dennis felt that when Council approved the opening of the Arroyo Mocho trail, the issue that had some concerned was that no one realized the mitigation plan and working with the Parkside neighbors would delay the opening of the trail after the paved section was complete. She has had several phone calls about this issue. Mr. Wolfe indicated he has spoken to three of the four members of the Trails Council and they are aware of the situation and understand staff is moving as quickly as possible. It is not just the mitigation plan that is causing delays. Ms. Michelotti asked for an update on the Sports Park on the Bemal property. Mr. Wolfe said the original plan was for a fifty acre community park as part of Phase I. With the potential change to the 318 acres of public land, the committee was asked to focus primarily on the lighted sports fields and facilities. Staff has worked with the committee and a revised plan has been drafted. That is due to be reviewed by the Bemal Property Task Force on October 16. The design has all the same elements of field configuration in the previous plan, just moved slightly in order to fit the land. Clearly, Council has indicated a desire to move this along and he felt it would be before Council in December or January with the master plan for the park. After that, there will be discussions on funding and final design. Pleasanton City Council 26 10/01/02 Minutes