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Describe how the project meets the ALOSC funding criteria. 1. Significant Native Biodiversity Value One of the Park District's goals is to balance public access, recreation and education with the core mission to protect and preserve native biodiversity. Acquisition of the proposed property provides the Park District with the opportunity to further protect sensitive habitat values in the area. Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park contains habitat known to support many native and special status plant and animal species. The Preserve is populated primarily with a mix of oak woodlands, riparian-ephemeral canyon creeks and springs,mixed chaparral,and annual grasslands. The subject property is dominated by dense native tree and shrub cover including various species of oaks,California hay laurel,California black walnut and coyote brush. The ephemeral Tehan Creek runs behind the residence. Over the last decade, the Bay Area Open Space Council has partnered with 125 regional experts to develop the Conservation Lands Network, a collaborative, science-based effort and tool used to prioritize conservation of Bay Area landscapes for the protection of biodiversity. According to the Conservation Lands Network, the Glenn property lies within an area of the Pleasanton ridgclands that is highly suitable for conservation as ii contains habitat known to support the Alameda whipsnake, San Joaquin kit fox, California red-legged frog, California tiger salamander, and Callipe silverspot butterfly. Park District staff have recorded sightings of Congdon's tarplant and bristly]eptosiphon in the vicinity,as well. A search of the California Native Diversity Database (CNDDB) identified the following special status plant and animal species in the Dublin quadrant, in which the Glenn property lies: • Agelaius tricolor(tricolored blackbird) • Athene cunicularia(burrowing owl) • Elanus leucurus(white-tailed kite) • Vulpes macrotis mutica(San Joaquin kit fox) • Taxidea taxus(American badger) • Ambystoma califomiense(California tiger salamander) • Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus (Alameda whipsnake) • Antrozous pallidus (pallid bat) • Rana draytonii (California red-legged frog) • Helianthella castanea(Diablo helianthella) • Centromadia parryi ssp. congdonii (Congdon's tarplant) • Other species supported by the habitat include the mountain lion, bobcat, deer, golden eagle and other raptors. More importantly, the Conservation Lands Network finds this area to be a critical north/south linkage between the East Bay Hills Range and the South Diablo Range. Acquisition of the subject property will connect established parklands by linking the 111-acre Garms property with the other park acreage to the west and south, over 9,000 acres in total. Large, contiguous corridors populated by expanses of ideal habitat provide wildlife ALAMEDA COUNTY I Community Development Agency I PLANNING DEPARTMENT Grant Funding Application i ALTAMONT 4