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Ms. Hosterman asked how big the park is that is located by the house? <br /> <br />Mr. Bocian said he was not sure of the exact size of the park. <br /> <br />Ms. Hosterman asked how big the property was that the house actually sits on? <br /> <br />Mr. Bocian indicated the property was 10,273 square feet. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hosterman mentioned that as one of the uses for the Bernal property, Council <br />had been discussing the idea of a wildlife center, which could be an interpretive center <br />dose to the adjacent arroyo. She believed this location could serve as a place where <br />people could learn more about the City's entire watershed area. She believed that this <br />property could be an option for potential use insofar as it is close to the downtown and <br />easily accessible by the public. She would prefer to hold onto this property for City use <br />and see if something else could be found as a creative use to be incorporated into the <br />downtown. <br /> <br /> In the preliminary discussions staff had with House Inc., Mr. Bocian pointed out <br />that House Inc. dearly understands that the City has a long term interest in that property <br />and any arrangement that the City would have with them would contain assurances that <br />the City would maintain ownership of this property, and be able to use the property at <br />some point in the future. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky did not believe this project could be looked at in terms of a <br />temporary use. He believed it would be harder to remove housing for special needs on a <br />temporary basis than it would be to have a BMX Park. He pointed out that there is a cost <br />for the extension of a sewer line to serve the existing residential properties along Vervais <br />Street, and if each property owner chose to connect, a pro-rata portion of this expense <br />would be reimbursed. If the City finds out that the property owners choose not to <br />connect, the City would absorb the potential large cost of $145,000 for this property. <br /> <br /> Mr. Bocian concurred with Mr. Brozosky's comments. He noted that staffhas <br />had this issue for some time with this property, which is why it was placed in the Capital <br />Improvement Project, and why staffhas spent some time looking at it. <br /> <br /> Ms. McKeehan concurred with Mr. Brozosky's comments related to temporary <br />uses. Staffrecognizes that if it would not be that easy to get someone out of a property, <br />particularly when it meets the needs of special needs housing. Given all the Council's <br />other priorities, she noted that even if staffstatted today to say it wanted to use this <br />property for something else, given Pleasanton's history of how long projects take, it <br />would take five to seven years, and that is why staffwas willing to bring this matter <br />forward to ask Council first before it began spending any time working on this project. <br />She preferred to keep this site available for park use. <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 29 02/03/04 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />