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PROJECT DESCRIPTION Thoroughly describe the fullproject and clearly indicate which portions are proposed for ALOSC funding. East Bay Regional Park District proposes to acquire approximately 4.0 acres of real property from Raili J.Glenn,Trustee of the Raili Glenn Survivor's Trust and the David Glenn Memorial Trust as part of Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. The Glenn property is a rural/agricultural inholding within Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. The property is improved with a 3,500 square-foot single-family residence built in 1982 that was used as the Glenn family home. The property is located at 10 Tehan Canyon Road,adjacent to the Pleasanton city limit, in unincorporated Alameda County. Tehan Canyon Road is a private shared access road that can be accessed from Serenity Terrace in the Moller Ranch subdivision off Foothill Boulevard. The Glenn property lies within the 13,000-acre Pleasanton ridgelands which are characterized both by heavily forested ridges and valleys on the eastern and northern faces and vast open grasslands along the ridgetops and southern and western slopes. The ridgelands stretch from I-580 to the north, Niles Canyon Road to the south, Palomares Road to the west and Foothill Boulevard to the east. The proposed acquisition will eliminate an inholding within Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park and thereby further protect the habitat value of the surrounding parkland. In the future,the residence may possibly serve as a staff or public facility, to be determined through the Park District's land use planning process. Acquisition of the property may also serve to provide an alternative trail alignment into the interior of the park from the nearby Park office, security residence, meeting facility and future staging area located on the former Garms property, purchased by the Park District in 1994. The future staging area is highly anticipated by the public as it will provide the only access into the park from northern Foothill Road. Additionally,the potential trail may possibly serve to bring the public to Tehan Falls, a popular destination that is currently inaccessible by the public. Park District ownership of the inholding at the same time will serve as additional staff eyes and ears on this sensitive area of the park's interior once it becomes open to the public. The Glenn property is comprised of one legal parcel corresponding to Alameda County Assessor parcel 941-1900-003. The parcel is irregularly shaped,roughly rectangular,and zoned Agricultural 100-acre minimum with a General Plan designation of Agricultural. The property is improved with by a single-family home that was built in 1982 and contains 3,500 square-feet of living space including three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The home also has an attached two-car garage_ The residence fronts directly on Tehan Canyon Road. The site is also improved with a detached garage/workshop and cottage that are in poor condition. According to the Seller, the structures are at least 100 years old. The Park District plans to contract with an Archaeological/Historical consultant to determine if the structures are of historic significance. The property is serviced with a private well and septic system and is linked to PG&E power. The eastern side of the subject parcel,behind the residence,has steeply sloping topography that is mostly in a natural state,except for some landscaping at the front of the residence. Seasonal Tehan Creek runs behind the home at the foot of a heavily wooded hillside and can he crossed by a footbridge. The hillside is populated with oaks,California bay laurel and California black walnut,punctuated by stands of coyote brush in the sunnier locations. The creek travels from the northeast portion of the parcel through to the southwest portion of the parcel. The elevation of the property runs from 540 feet at creekside to a high point of 680 feet in the southeast corner. ALAMEDA COUNTY I Community Development Agency I PLANNING DEPARTMENT Grant Funding Application ALTAMONT 3