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Capital Improvement Program is presented to the Commissions and City Council sometime in the spring. Mr. Brozosky said the purpose of the renovation to the Donlon athletic fields was to utilize field space that is heavily underutilized because of the poor quality of the soil and the irrigation, The proposed basic improvements design is more than he originally envisioned. His intention was not to make the fields at Donlon School into a sports park. He did not want to bring the renovation of these fields up to the same level as the fields at the Sports Park and Val Vista Park. He believed the project is over engineered as it relates to the funding costs. He realized that the City strives to do the best; however, the City needs to revaluate the purpose of the renovation of these fields. He questioned the need for storage structures. His recommendation would be for staff to value engineer this project to determine the minimum amount of work that needs to be done to maintain these fields. In addition, he would also recommend that staff continue to work with the School District and the School Liaison Committee to jointly finance this project, and to identify additional funding resources. He was not willing to spend $2 million dollars on this project, as it is not what he originally had envisioned. Ms. McGovern wanted the City to continue to move forward on the two lighted sports fields on the Bernal property as this is a number one priority for the community. She wanted the City to continue to work on the proposed renovation of the existing athletic fields at Donlon Elementary School, as it could be a win-win situation for both the School District and the City. She was concerned about the funding and when it would be available for the infrastructure that is needed for the Bernal property. By renovating the existing fields at Donlon Elementary School, it would provide a possible method for giving additional fields to the community while Council works out a financing plan for the design of the Bernal Park. She agreed with Mr. Brozosky's comments to value engineer this project. She noted that a 30 percent contingency is built into the budget for the basic needs for this project. She shared her concern with the way in which the overall costs are determined for public projects, particularly when the project goes out to bid. She is interested in hearing from the School District regarding what it has planned for Donjon Elementary School and what might fit into this project to jointly modernize this entire area. She was hopeful that the City and the School District could work jointly on this project to supply the School District with a beautiful field for children for school use and athletic fields for Pleasanton residents. She believed the School District could look at the plans for fencing, as the District has always been concerned about making the schools safe for children. She would like to see the City move forward on this project as soon as possible. Mr. Sullivan did not disagree with any of the comments made by Mr. Brozosky and Ms. McGovern. He would be supportive of looking at a more scaled down version for the basic improvements design plan of the Donlon athletic fields. He believed this project should be considered in conjunction with the Capital Improvement Program so that cost comparisons could be made with respect to whether this project is taking money away from the Bernal property or another project. He noted that the Aviso Adobe project is also short of funding. He would be interested in seeing how fast this project could be completed versus how fast the sports fields on the Bernal property could be built. He would prefer for Council to make these decisions when this information is available. He was interested in receiving more input from the neighbors as to their opinion on the fencing. He preferred no fencing, as it will lock out the neighborhood. Pleasanton City Council 15 12/07104 Minutes