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that she may continue the process of what the Commissions have already done. She believed it made good sense to narrow the five site plan alternatives to two plans, one plan that places the cultural arts center/amphitheater at the south of Valley Avenue and one plan at the Bernal Avenue site. She would like for the Youth Master Plan Implementation Committee to review the plans for the "Central Area" of the Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan. Mr. Sullivan noted that the Planning Commission has had little input on the plans for the Bernal Property from the beginning. The only input the Planning Commission had was in providing comments with regard to the design competition finalists. He believed Council would be shortcutting the process by selecting a plan or narrowing the plans down to two and sending a Council-directed plan back to the Commissions for further review. Ms. McGovern disagreed with Mr. Sullivan. She had previously mentioned the possibility of moving the cultural arts center/amphitheater to the northeast corner of the Bernal property. She was under the impression that the cultural arts/amphitheater could not be moved until she reviewed a copy of the Initiative, which states that a cultural arls center can be located in the Community Park. She applauded Mr. Fotheringham for his patience throughout this process and recognized his artistic abilities. She said that the reason she preferred locating the cultural arts center/amphitheater at the south of Valley Avenue was because she thought of water, but she would only want it in this location if water was going to be there year round. She asked Mr. Fotheringham if it is possible to keep water in this area year around? In July of 2004, Mr. Rasmussen said the five design competition finalist's plans were forwarded the Youth, Civic Arts, Parks and Recreation, and the Planning Commissions for their review and comments. He noted that only the Civic Arts Commission has reviewed the five site plan alternatives for the "Central Area" of the 318-acre City-owned Bernal property Phase II Specific Plan. He said it would be an acceptable process for Council to direct staff to forward all five of the site plan alternatives to the Civic Arts, Youth, Parks and Recreation, and the Planning Commissions as well as the Youth Master Plan Implementation Committee. Rather than looking at this from a self-directed process, Mr. Fialho suggested Council look at it from the viewpoint of what is the Council not willing to live with in terms of the train station. If at a minimum Council omits the train station, Council is sending to the Commissions and the community what looks like three or four alternatives. Ms. McGovern said she is more comfortable with Mr. Rasmussen and Mr. Fialho's suggestions. She did not believe all five of the site plan alternatives needed to be forwarded back to the various Commissions. Given the fact that the Youth, Parks and Recreation and the Planning Commissions have not reviewed the five site alternative plans, Mayor Hosterman believed it was appropriate to include them in the process. She noted that there is ample time for input from the various Commissions and the public. Ms. McGovern said she was not sure how comfortable she is with the process. She asked Mr. Fotheringham if it is too late in the process to move the cultural arts center to the northeast corner of the Bernal property? Pleasanton City Council 10 02/01/05 Minutes