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Draft Environmental Impact Report Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan b. Trails and Staging Areas The Community Trails Master Plan designates approximately 120 miles of trails and routes39 to form a connective network for Pleasanton.4o Specifications for this network that are particularly relevant to the Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan include: . Maintain a quarter mile maximum distance to the network from all locations that have recreational, residential, community services or workplace land uses. . Develop a pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian trail system that connects public places such as schools, parks and shopping districts. . Connect trails and routes to East Bay Regional Trails where possible. Staging areas typically provide off-street parking for trail users arriving by vehicle. Staging areas may accommodate facilities that range from a bench and drinking fountain to rest rooms and picnic areas. The Community Trails Master Plan advises that each staging area in the City should be designed to fit the unique conditions of the particular site involved.41 The Plan recommends that major staging areas provide a "gateway" quality with amenities such as potable water, trash receptacles, interpretive signage, trail information, benches, and telephone service. 3. Key Project Characteristics, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures a. Key Project Characteristics Figure 5 (p. 13), Illustrative Site Plan of the Phase II Specific Plan, incorporates the Draft Bernal Community Park Master Plan, which is presented in Figure 18. These plans show the location and types of sports fields currently planned for inclusion in the Bernal Community Park. The sports fields would be designed for heavy use by the community, and would therefore be complemented by availability of parking within or adjacent to the BCP area and provisions for nighttime illumination of most active outdoor use areas. Figures 5 and 23 also show a generalized network of trails. The Specific Plan Land Use Element states that: . Multi-use trails are planned to accommodate leisure walking, jogging, bicycling, and access for emergency and open space maintenance vehicles to all major public facilities. Multi-use trails are to connect to regional trails. Secondary trails are to connect the multi-use trails to other pedestrian circulation systems, including sidewalks, bicycle lanes, hiking paths, garden paths, etc. (Land Use Element, Description of Potential Land Uses, p. 15). 39 "Trails" are pathways separate from streets and sidewalks while "routes" follow existing streets and sidewalks. 40 City of Pleasanton, Communny Trails Master Plan, July 1993, p. 11. 41 Ibid., p. 21. 124