Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Master Plan

4-2 Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Master Plan Section Four – Recreation Facility Recommendations 2014 4. Develop plans for consolidating City Administrative offices and Community Services Department through a Civic Center Master Planning Process 5. Consider either Joint‐Use Agreement to add lights and increase access to existing tennis courts at PUSD campuses or pursue development of a new tennis center in the City to meet future demand 6. Pursue the programming and phased implementation of a new Community Center of approximately 60,000 square feet for a variety of functions and groups including teens, community organizations and performing arts groups 7. Increased trail connectivity and opportunities should be emphasized, focusing on corridors and links to adjacent natural open space, parks, schools, and commercial areas 8. Neighborhood Parks should be located within reasonable walking distance of most homes and connected with bike paths or trails, linear pedestrian parkways or other connectors into the local neighborhood network of access 9. New residential development should be planned to include park and recreation facilities that adequately serve the planned population and complements and enhances the City park system as a whole 10. Continue to provide parkland acreage quantities consistent with the City’s standard of five (5) acres per 1,000 residents, with appropriate distribution 4.2 Recommendations for Current Facility Needs The following paragraphs provide more specific details for each of the four priority items identified in the Facility Needs Summary, Section 2.9.1 found on page 2‐22. In addition to this list, the Current Facility Needs table (Exhibit 2.9‐3 on page 2‐25) identified a current need for one additional skate park that is also included below. 4.2.1 Synthetic Turf Multi‐Use Sports Fields Emerging sports of Lacrosse and Rugby, and the past growth of soccer as a year‐round sport has put immense pressure on natural turf fields to handle winter sport activities. The City has traditionally rested fields in the winter just after the end of the demanding fall sports season. Ideally, a City would have all‐weather synthetic turf sports fields to be able to provide winter sports and growing year round sports play on a safe and durable surface. It is recommended to install high‐cutoff sports lights wherever synthetic fields are planned, to obtain maximum usefulness of the investment. Recommended Actions: 1. Exhibit 4.2‐1 identifies the planned location for three (3) all‐weather lighted synthetic turf multi‐use sports fields at Bernal Community Park. Exhibit 4.2‐1 Synthetic Turf Multi‐Use Sports Fields at Bernal Community Park (Phase Two)