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Councilmember McGovern believes the added circulation of the entire project would offer a lot more use of the park and supported staffs exploration of the added cost. She said the public might want to purchase trees and donate them to the City for helping to get more of the woodland in earlier. She also hoped the teen and community center could be brought forward sooner, as well, acknowledged neighborhood comments and synthetic turf concerns. The item was opened for public comment. Tom Sansen said his home abuts the baseball diamond, questioned the installation of new fencing which might eliminate some of the homes' access to the park, said he was not at the neighborhood meeting but knows all neighbors in the court are opposed to synthetic turf, questioned park hours, questioned if for-profit organizations have a lease agreement to use Pleasanton parks. Greg Crofton said he lives one block from the park, said neighbors enjoy the ability to have mixed use, voiced safety concerns regarding parking and automobile circulation problems within his neighborhood, asked for drainage improvements and to be able to continue using the park. Public comment was closed. Mayor Hosterman confirmed with Mr. Wolfe that there has been no proposed change to date for the Upper Bernal Field, that the plan will be updated in the spring of 2009 through the CIP. Councilmember Cook-Kallio asked staff to address comments regarding fencing, traffic, park hours, and for-profit sports organization use. Mr. Wolfe said if the park is modified and the Council and Commission approve access, it will include a neighborhood process.. He said there are no for-profit sports organizations; the City handles all scheduling of youth sports. Regarding hours, they are typically dawn to dusk, but they can go as late as 10:00 p.m. Councilmember McGovern suggested looking at the fields' proximity to houses and review hours. Mr. Wolfe said staff does work with neighbors on the issue. Motion: It was m/s by Thorne/Cook-Kallio to approve consultant agreement with Harris Design Landscape Architects for preparation of construction documents for Bernal Community Park, Phase 2, Project No. 017045 and reach out to the community for community-sponsored trees, amend the contract language to reflect "multi-use" or "all-weather", incorporate woodlands on the west side and involve those neighbors in the design development, and explore costs to put through Pleasanton Avenue to Bernal. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Noes: None Absent: None Mayor Hosterman called for a brief break and thereafter reconvened the regular meeting. 15. Public Hearing: Adopt a resolution updating the Tri-Valley Transportation Development Fee City Traffic Engineer Michael Tassano gave the staff report; said staff is reintroducing the resolution due to Council previous action not being noticed as a public hearing. He said the resolution was the same and that funds from the fee increases will be used to leverage additional funds. He reviewed fee changes, upcoming steps if the fee increase is approved, and noted that the City is now one of the last agencies to bring forward its resolution for adoption. City Council Minutes 6 October 21, 2008