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This document incorporates by reference the project EIR. The EIR and other portions of the administrative record are available for review at: Planning and Community Development Department 200 Old Bernal Avenue City of Pleasanton Pleasanton, CA 94566-0802 Contact: Terry Snyder, Project Documentation Organizer (925)931-5600 PROPOSED PROJECT The proposed project is the Phase II Specific Plan for 318 acres of the greater 516-acre Bemal Property. The Phase II area is owned by the City of Pleasanton and located on the south side of Bernal Avenue immediately west of downtown Pleasanton. The project also includes the Master Plan for the Bernal Community Park, which is to be located within the Phase II Specific Plan area. The Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan provides planning direction for the 318-acre public land portion of the greater Bernal Property. The primary purpose of the Phase II Plan is to supplement the Phase I Specific Plan in implementing the Pleasanton General Plan and in guiding the orderly development and provision of services for this site. The Plan is the culmination of five years of sustained effort by Pleasanton's City Council, City commissions and task forces, staff, consultants, and members of the public. The Phase II Specific Plan establishes a vision and planning guidance for the long-range development of an open space/park-like setting within which a variety of public and quasi-public uses are to be integrated. The Plan provides objectives, policies and guidelines for land use, design, transportation, public facilities, and conservation and environmental mitigation. In addition, a planning process is outlined for preparing future development project plans, a process intended to be flexible enough to allow future use of the Phase II Plan area to respond to changing community needs in a manner that will sensitively preserve the 318 acres under City ownership. BACKGROUND Planning guidance for developing the 516-acre Bernal Property is contained within three City planning documents: (1) the Bernal Property Phase I Specific Plan, adopted by the Pleasanton City Council in August 2000 for primarily the 198 acres of private develop- ment land; (2) the Draft Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan for the remaining 318 acres of City-owned land, and (3) the Draft Bernal Community Park Master Plan for approximately 50 acres of land that is situated within the Phase II Specific Plan area. Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan and Bernal Community Park Master Plan Environmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 2 of 24