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Joanie Fields, 4053 Walnut Drive, related the proposal of the East Bay Regional Park District to expand the waterslides at Shadow Cliffs. She urged the Pleasanton citizens to be involved at the District level and announced the dates of upcoming hearings. Shadow Cliffs is a regional park and while Pleasanton accounts for only 7% of the park use, it will be the City primarily impacted by the project. She related the circumstances surround the acquisition of the DeSilva property and the proposed uses ofa BMX park and expanded waterslides. She was very concerned about the water slide expansion. There would be an addition of 813 new parking spaces, two concession buildings, a building for mechanical equipment, a general store, two changing rooms with 500 lockers each, 13 waterslides and pools in the first phase and eight more slides in future phases. Many of these slides will face east and south and this will be a major destination facility, such as Waterworld in Concord. She urged people to oppose the expansion because of noise and traffic. She suggested contacting the District and gave the name and telephone number for requesting notices about the project. Ms. Dennis thanked her for bringing this to the attention of the residents. She noted the District has no control over what a property tenant may propose, but does have the power of saying what it will approve. Ms. McKeehan indicated City staff has worked with the District staff to develop a process that will involve Pleasanton. Anne Fox, 2866 Garden Creek Circle, thanked Council for its comments and support of the residents at the last Council meeting. She related information she had supporting her opposition to the proposed dog park at Nielsen Park. She presented an article regarding a dog attack at a Southern California dog park. She said there were numerous police responses due to dog fights and a local veterinarian said there were as many as fifty dogs injured each year at dog parks. She related problems with another dog park in Washington that had to be moved. She also referred to an article which claimed dog attacks are the number one public health problem with children and related other data regarding incidents of dog bites. Dog parks and children do not mix when they are within sight and sound of each other. The proposed dog park in Nielsen Park is only 38 feet from the play area. Residents had contacted the National Playground Safety Institute to see if there were any other dog parks in the country that were that close to a playground. The response was that there were none and due to safety reasons no dog park should be so close to a playground. She believed staff and Council should discuss this issue prior to the next Parks and Recreation meeting next week to make certain the Commission is aware of the safety issues raised by the residents. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Item 6a Spending Plan for the $55 million in Proposition 42 Transportation Funds available for Tri-Valley Pro.|ects (SR 02:264) Jeff Knowles presented the staff report. Pleasanton City Council 6 11/05/02 Minutes