"There is a lot going on during the holidays," Councilwoman Aileen Kao said. "People have various commitments. We want to have all members at the meetings. That's why we have rescheduled."

The Dec. 1 meeting will be 6 p.m. on Dec. 13 in the administrative conference room at city hall, 13777 Fruitvale Ave. The date of the final meeting will be determined that night by the task force.

The task force is supposed to come up with a plan for the development of Kevin Moran Park and present it to the city council on Jan. 4 at the first council meeting of the year.

Four groups are represented on the task force: the council ad hoc committee, neighbors to the park, citizens-at-large and sports user group representatives. The council ad hoc committee is represented by Vice Mayor Norman Kline and Kao. The park neighbors are Elaine Clabeaux, Peter Pranys and Marty Goldberg. Saratoga residents from outside the park neighborhood are Paul Jacobs and Brigitte Ballingall. Sports user groups are represented by CYSA representative Mary Ann Escobar and AYSO regional commissioner Howard Miller.

Neighbors do not want game fields in the park but Saratoga's sports groups have demanded regulation-sized fields. In a city that is built out, the park's nearly 10 acres offer a tempting location for playing fields for sports such as soccer and lacrosse. It is a three-decade-long conflict that the city council is determined to resolve in the upcoming year.

Neighbors, sports groups representatives and community-at-large representatives each presented a plan for the park's development at the Nov. 17 meeting.

The neighbors' plan included a meditation garden, a tennis court, a basketball court, two bocce ball courts, a picnic area and two practice fields for children 14 years old and younger. The plan had a 100-foot buffer between the park and bordering homes. It did not include bathrooms and additional parking.

The sports user group representatives presented a plan with a lacrosse field, two volleyball courts on the lacrosse field, a soccer field, a basketball court, two bocce ball courts, a community garden, a picnic area, a restroom and additional parking.

The community-at-large representatives plan included one lacrosse field, two basketball courts, two bocce ball courts, a meditation garden, a community garden, a picnic area, restrooms and additional parking.

"The sports and community-at-large representatives agreed on working on one proposal," Kao said. "The Dec. 13 agenda is to get the neighborhood to come to an agreement on a proposal that all three groups can agree to. But right now we have not come to that type of consensus."

"We're going to have to see how this next meeting goes," Clabeaux said. "If we can come to an agreement, that would be great. We should have the total number of meetings as originally planned. If we need to go into January, I would like to see it go into January."

Clabeaux said that the neighbors have never been against children playing there. It is organized sports games in the park that they are opposed to. "Our plan does not include game fields," she said. "We strongly feel that this is not the place for games."