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would urge the leadership to create an open and accessible system of <br />fields {not like fields which are locked or gated, like Hearst, or at <br />the Val Vista soccer fields. <br /> <br />Because of the closed playgrounds at Hearst School, I would recommend <br />that a minimum size play structure as the one locked at Hearst be built <br />immediately, so that the neighboring 630 kids (680 students minus the <br />50 having access because of their Kids Club membership) have an <br />accessible place to play, available as immediately as possible. <br /> <br />Because of the closed playground at Hearst School, I would recommend <br />that two wall-ball courts and a shade structure for parents (like at <br />Hearst) are built as a part of the Bernal Property, available as <br />immediately as possible. <br /> <br />Because of the closed playground at Hearst School, I would recommend <br />that two full-court basketball courts be built on the Bernal property, <br />available as immediately as possible. <br /> <br />Conclusion: by looking at the past failures of the PUSD and the City of <br />Pleasanton to provide accessible facilities for the children living in <br />the surrounding neighborhoods of the Bernal Property, it is possible <br />for the leadership of the City of Pleasanton to IMMEDIATELY provide <br />that which the children have never known to exist...an open, accessible <br />play structure, wall-ball courts, and basketball courts. (It is <br />assumed that the paid representatives of football, lacrosse, baseball, <br />and soccer constituencies will have their representatives at the <br />meeting and that they will successfully lobby for their group access to <br />the fields.) <br /> <br />What I am talking about, if it is not clear, are providing for the <br />rights of the silent majority of kids and parents who have no local <br />place to go and self-organize, congregate, play, and become neighbors <br />who know each other. That is what makes a co--unity a great place to <br />live, not great facilities locked behind gates. <br /> <br /> Sincerely, <br /> <br /> Steve Page <br /> <br /> P.S. Please forward to the appropriate decision-makers so that they can <br /> understand the urgency of the situation facing the kids who are "stuck" <br /> in the situation described above. <br /> <br /> <br />