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problems that are associated with having a parking lot relatively near to both an elementary and middle school. Susan Gold, a Pleasanton resident, spoke in strong opposition to relocating the ACE Train Station behind the elementary and middle schools for the same reasons as the previous speaker indicated. Pamm Ambrose, a Walnut Hills resident, spoke in strong opposition to relocating the ACE Train Station behind the elementary and middle schools. She noted that this would create a dangerous situation by placing vehicular and adult traffic that close to an elementary and middle school. If the train station were relocated to the Bernal Property, it would be accessible for children to play on the train tracks. As a homeowner, she believed the cultural arts center/amphitheater belongs on the south side of the Bemal Property. Bernard Cheng, a Walnut Hills resident, opposed the location of the cultural arts center/amphitheater at the Bernal Avenue site, as it would significantly add to the amplified noise that is already generated by the concerts held at the Fairgrounds. Steven Klinger, a Walnut Hills resident, was surprised to learn about an outdoor amphitheater with amplified music. He believed that a community park with a music facility should be a free, community and family-oriented music venue, more in line with the bandstand that is on First Street, rather than a revenue-generating venue that has amplified music. He did not believe this was in keeping with the character of Pleasanton. He referred to the disclosure statement that he studied before he and his family purchased their home in the Walnut Hills development. The disclosure statement only mentioned the noise generated by Bernal Avenue and how that necessitated upgrading the windows on the houses that were directly adjacent to Bernal Avenue. As a resident of Walnut Hills, he did not believe this community was designed to take an audio assault of the magnitude that is described in the staff report for the five site plan alternatives. He would prefer to have the cultural arts/amphitheater located at the south site of Valley Avenue and to have non-amplified music. He pointed out that the streets in the Walnut Hills development ara narrower than standard streets. The setbacks for the homes are reduced from what is typical, and the residents would feel any additional congestion in this neighborhood. Mayor Hosterman reminded the public that this process has been ongoing for a number of years even before the Walnut Hills development was built and occupied. She believed Council needed to do a better job of reaching out to the existing community, but also to the new community and neighbors. Erin Bringhurst, a Walnut Hills resident, was concerned about locating the cultural arts/amphitheater facility so close to the homes not only because of the amplified noise but also because of the parking issues and the lights generated from the parking lots that will shine into the neighboring residents windows. He noted that the neighboring community or the sports park would absorb any overflow parking. The idea to provide for pedestrian traffic in the center of Pleasanton to the cultural arts/amphitheater facility is ideal, but he believed it would not work as it is too far. He noted that Pleasanton is running out of open space and having a sense of open space to balance out the remainder of the usable space in Pleasanton is the ideal that makes this Pleasanton City Council 6 02/01/05 Minutes