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proceed with Council placing the initiative on the ballot so that the proponents would not have to collect signatures. He suggested incorporating the sports fields within the area that the initiative proponents proposed, as submitted by the original Task Force and allow the design competition to go on. Council should be able to have a great dialogue within its community as to whether or not there is an alternative that might fit the community needs better. Mr. Brozosky believed there was confusion because Council said the design competition had to include a minimum of two baseball diamonds. Council said that one of the designs had to have those fields in a specified location so they can be built first. He felt that this was not the sports field he wanted. He wanted the two baseball diamonds for that location but wanted more of the sports fields than were in the original plan. He believed Council could state what it is looking for to the design people so that everyone is clear. Mayor Pico said he was willing to back offthe plan for just two fields. It appeared that the plan that fits within that 800-foot setback, and within the intent of the inifiative, is the Task Force plan that has exactly the same fields as the other design. Ms. Ayala said that was not the Task Force, that was the original community park plan that came forward that went back. Mayor Pico said he understood that. Ms. Ayala said it could be simplified, which is a design with eight fields. She noted that there are two smaller ones. Some people could figure nine fields and it could be kept simplified so as to give the designers more latitude for up to eight lighted fields, including one that would be all weather mfr. This would give the designers some flexibility to design the fields, but at the same time, Council could indicate that it would like to see the lighted baseball fields, which were the ones that the sports community wanted to move forward first. Council would like those located in an area that is near infrastructure so that it could in fact move forward quickly. The second plan, the plan that was voted for by the Parks and Recreation Commission, is probably not the best plan. It is fairly close to the houses and there is no infi:astmcture there. If one looks at the original community park plan, the lighted baseball fields were located near infrastructure right by Valley Avenue. She thought there was a fix to this that Council could vote on, which would be an initiative that would incorporate all of the uses on the Bemal property. The initiative could be placed on the November ballot, and Council would actually be able to get the cultural arts, the sports groups and all of the various interests taken care of in one fell swoop. She believed this would be the easiest thing to do. Ms. Hosterman said this must be an election year. She wanted to come back to what she believed was Master Plan I. That Master Plan was the plan that included the 800-foot setback from the homes. This is one that includes the outdoor amphitheater with lighting and an amplified sound system. It includes the baseball complex with five Pleasanton City Council 9 03/02/04 Minutes