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Mr. Fotheringham noted that one of the members of the Civic Arts Commission suggested rotating the civic arts center around to see where the noise will be a problem. He pointed out that the cuJtural arts center, the amphitheater and a teen center buffer the noise. Ms. McGovern said the noise on the knoll is much higher than noise on the ground next to the freeway. She had a discussion with someone about taking the cultural arts facility and including it in the 50-acres of the community park and putting it closer to the new roadway so that people could park at the school sites if there was a large event and walk to it or walk to the downtown. She asked if there would be enough space if the train station was removed and the ball fields were moved. Mr. Fotheringham said the building envelope for the civic arts complex includes 90 percent surface parking, which is larger than the train station site. Ms. McGovern asked if there would be ample space to place the ball fields on the Bernal property if the cultural arts facility, including the amphitheater, was moved to the southern corner of the property so that there would be parking available at the school sites? Mr. Fotheringham said there is ample room for shifting everything south and placing the cultural arts center and the amphitheater in the corner. Ms. McGovern asked for a definition of a youth club versus a teen center. Mr. Fotheringham said a youth club would be considered a private club and a teen center is a community facility that is public. He believed there was a desire to accommodate both types of uses. Ms. McGovern mentioned that an architect had been hired to prepare plans for a community center and a teen center that might be located on the Bernal property or possibly elsewhere in the community. She might want to change the name of "youth club" to "community center" so that people would have an understanding that the facility might not just be for younger people but for families and youth. Mayor Hosterman asked staff to discuss Ms. McGovern's suggestion to move the cultural arts facility up to the southern upper corner of the property to make the location closer to the downtown. She asked if this would interfere with the view shed? Mr. Rasmussen said the area that has the most visibility is as one enters the City in an easterly direction on Bernal Avenue. Locating the cultural arts facility to the southern upper corner of the property would take up a major portion of the community park as it is currently designed and might require that the plan be redone. Jim Wolfe, Director of Parks and Community Services, reviewed the Bernal Community Park Phase I sports fields process. __ Mr. Brozosky asked how many fields where on the previous plan versus the proposed revised Phase I schematic design? Pleasanton City Council 15 01/04/05 Minutes