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ATTACHMENT 7 3. Public comment from e Audience re•ardin• items not listed on the a•enda Amanda Brown — informed Com • sioners that as a mother and local business owner and someone with a Masters Degre- in Environmental Science with PhD research in Environmental Toxicology, she was c• cerned about the use of pesticides in the City of Pleasanton Parks and school sites. Ms. :rown noted that cities everywhere are drastically reducing their use of pesticides in an effort • create a healthy environment. Bay area cities such as San Francisco, San Jose, Berkeley, -nd Richmond are taking steps to reduce all pesticides and are banning ones that are most to ' . Commissioners were advised that two primary obje 'ves should be examined. One is to reduce the overall use of pesticides, and the second to increase public awareness and information about where and when pesticides are being ap• 'ed in public areas. Ms. Brown advised Commissioners that one pesticide of sig • cant interest is Glyphosate, which is sold under the brand name Round Up. She urged the Ci of Pleasanton to examine all the pesticides that are being used and join the movement take • place to reduce toxic pesticides and to increase public awareness. Ms. Brown was advised by Commissioner Streng that because this ite was not on the agenda, the Commission could not take any action on the matter, but would •nsider later in the meeting whether it was something they would like to place on the agend for a future meeting. MATTERS BEFORE THE COMMISSION 4. Consideration of Memorandum of Understanding (MOW with East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) to allow conversion of Old Foothill Road to southbound one-way traffic to facilitate construction of public parking to serve the newly acquired Castleridge Trail. The trail provides a new public access point to Pleasanton Ridge immediately west of the Alviso Adobe Community Park. The MOU also obligates EBRPD to construct and open the planned Garms Staging Area off Foothill Road near West Las Positas within five years. Mr. Dolan reviewed with Commissioners details about the East Bay Regional Park Districts acquisition of the 231-acre Castleridge site in 2014 and the subsequent approach they made to the City of Pleasanton asking that the City consider providing parking near the Alviso Adobe that would service the nearby trail. He advised that staff from both EBRPD and the City spent considerable time over several months contemplating all aspects and proposed terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). They addressed any concerns that related to costs, operation impacts that would affect the Alviso Adobe Community Park, along with construction and timing issues regarding opening of the Garms Staging Area. Commissioners were advised by Mr. Dolan that the City's Engineering staff have determined that in order to provide the most parking in the area, approximately 45-spaces, that it Parks and Recreation Commission April 14, 2016 Page 2