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DISCUSSION Despite the District entering into the MOU in which it commits to diligently work to complete the construction of the Garms Staging Area by December 2020, the City is unaware of any District efforts toward that commitment. The District has not communicated any reason(s) for delaying or abandoning its stated intention to construct the staging area by December 2020. The letter to the EBRPD Board of Directors from the City Council is intended to elevate the inquiry and reiterate the importance of the District following through on the stated commitment to construct the Garms Staging Area in exchange for the City allowing development of an access point to the Castleridge property despite the parking and congestion problems it would, and has, caused for the Alviso Adobe Park. The MOU includes language that allows the City to revoke the District's right to use the Castleridge Trailhead across the Alviso Adobe Park; however, the Castleridge Trailhead is very popular, so it is recommended that efforts be made toward encouraging the District to construct the primary access from the Garms Staging Area as it committed to. It is also important to note that an access easement from Old Foothill Road across the Alviso Adobe Park is dedicated on the park's property title to the benefit of the three properties to the west of the park. Two of the properties are residential properties, and the third is the 231-acre EBRPD Castleridge property. The access easement has been developed by the two residential property owners to serve as their shared driveway, without consideration for the previously privately owned and undeveloped Castleridge property. Regardless, the Castleridge property maintains rights to the access easement without restriction. In 2014, when the District acquired the Castleridge property, City staff met with District staff who stated the District's intention to use the existing easement to allow public access to the Castleridge property and Pleasanton Ridge. District staff also met with the two property owners with which they share rights to the access easement; the District's stated intention was not received well by the two other property owners. Due to this easement, revoking the District's right to cross the Alviso Adobe Park from the trailhead they developed won't necessarily stop access to the Castleridge property from Old Foothill Road Submitted by: Approved by: rttaxe) q4(,(9 Steve Kirkpatrick Heidi Murphy Gerry Beaudin Director of Engineering Director of Library and City Manager Recreation Attachments: 1. Letter to EBRPD Board of Directors with attached 2016 MOU Page 3 of 3