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BACKGROUND In April 2006, the City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Alameda County Surplus Property Authority (ACSPA) regarding the future development of the County-owned Staples Ranch Property, located in the northeast unincorporated area of Pleasanton. The MOU anticipates the development of a 37+/- acre auto mall, 45+/- acre senior continuing care community with up to 800 living units (including skilled nursing support facilities), 17+/- acre community park, and an 11+/- acre commercial center. Ownership of the community park property would be transferred from ACSPA to the City at no cost. Following approval of the MOU, the City was approached by San Jose Arena Management, LLC (SJAM) regarding the potential of forming a joint public-private partnership to develop amulti-rink ice skating facility within the community park. SJAM is an affiliate of the San Jose Sharks National Hockey League (NHL) team, and operates all of the facilities associated with the Sharks. The vision for the facility, as put forth by SJAM, is to provide ice skating and related recreational opportunities (e.g. hockey, figure skating, etc) for all ages in Pleasanton and the surrounding Tri-Valley area. Existing facilities currently operated by SJAM are located in Fremont, San Jose and Oakland. The ice facility would not be a training facility for the San Jose Sharks. Further, SJAM indicated that the recreational aspect of the facility would limit its ability to pay ongoing rent for the site; however, it was willing to contribute to the park's development. At its meeting of October 3, 2006, the Council directed the Parks and Recreation Commission to conduct a community planning process for the purpose of developing a conceptual site plan and list of potential recreational uses for the proposed park. In doing so, the Council also asked the Commission to address the merits of including the SJAM proposal as a possible park use. The proposed concept plan could then be incorporated into the Staples Ranch Specific Plan update and Specific Plan EIR process. If the SJAM concept were included, staff would begin preliminary discussions with company representatives regarding the ice facility. The resulting conceptual plan for Staples Ranch Community Park was approved by the City Council at its meeting on July 17, 2007. During a joint City Council/Planning Commission Workshop on November 8, 2007, regarding the Staples Ranch Development, representatives of the local advocacy groups Pleasanton First and Friends of Pleasanton read a joint statement requesting a comprehensive master plan process be conducted to further refine the various park elements and where they would be located on the 17-acre property. The master plan process resulted in the City Council approving the Master Plan (Attachment 1) at its June 10, 2008 meeting. Page 2 of 5