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particutarty when the parking tot is the same size as the existing parking tot. The train station needs to provide a link to other transportation hubs throughout the community. He did not want to see a transit center located in the middle of the Park. He did not see the outdoor amphitheater as an active use. The amphitheater was never intended to be a Concord Pavilion. His vision for the amphitheater is a ~green area" that is sunken into the ground, which is a part of the Park and accessible for people to mingle and eat lunch, and in the evening have theatrical events, such as Shakespeare in the Park and local band concerts. He noted that part of the plan mentioned constructing a fence around the amphitheater, which he opposed. He believed Council needed to discuss how many sports fields are needed. When the jury selected M.D. Fotheringham's design, it suggested moving the cultural arts/amphitheater closer to the center of the Bemal Property and to reduce some of the sports fields. He noted that Council originally asked for a minimum of eight sports fields and M.D. Fotheringham's plan included ten sports fields. Mr. Sullivan believed Council received a lot of good input from the community tonight; however, there were divergent ideas on how to do things. He believed there are many community members that have not become engaged at this point. Given that, he believed it would be premature for Council to select a plan at this point in time and send that plan back to the Commissions for further public input. He believed Council should send all five site plan alternatives back to the Commissions to receive their input and see how they would propose Council refine the uses and pick the locations, and to schedule a Town Hall meeting to allow the community an opportunity to participate prior to Council providing further direction. He did not believe the community and the Commissions had provided enough input for him to select a plan. Mr. Brozosky did not believe Council's objective tonight was to pick a single plan. He believed staff was asking Council for its direction as to what types of uses could be eliminated, and then direct staff to forward the results to the various Commissions for comments prior to returning to the Council for further direction. Mr. Rasmussen said one option would be for Council to narrow the site plans down to two alternatives, as there are two distinctively different concepts: one concept features the cultural arts canter/amphitheater at the south of Valley Avenue and the other at Bernal Avenue. By narrowing the five site plan alternatives to two, Mr. Sullivan was worried about inhibiting the Commissions or the public from discussing options and alternatives. He believed the process should start with the public and then work through the Commissions to provide Council its recommendations and then Council can make its decision. Mayor Hosterman suggested that Council finish providing input to staff with regard to the primary planning elements. She agreed with Mr. Sullivan's comments and believed it was important for all of the Commissions to review all five of the site plan alternatives. She suggested that the five site plan alternatives be forwarded to the Commissions before Council revisits this issue. She believed it is important to discuss the public process wherein the public can be given an opportunity to comment. Ms. McGovern pointed out that the five site plan alternatives have been forwarded to the Commissions for their input. She is ready to provide her comments so Pleasanton City Council 9 02/01/05 Minutes