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at its meeting in August 2005. This report outlines funding strategies developed by the Commission and staff to construct the Alviso Adobe Community Park as originally planned by the project Task Force, or in a phased approach based on the current funds available. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The Alviso Adobe is one of the oldest structures in Pleasanton. The Adobe and its surrounding seven (7) acre site have been identified by the California State Office of Historic Preservation, the City Council, and Parks and Recreation Commission as having great potential for historic interpretation of Pleasanton's past, including its rich Native American history. The site is located at the intersection of Foothill and Old Foothill roads, and is the former home of the Meadowlark Dairy. In the early 1990s, the City acquired the subject property from the De Silva Company as part of its park dedication requirement for the adjacent Laguna Oaks housing development. In 1996, the City Council approved a seismic stabilization project to restore and strengthen the basic structure of the Adobe, which was to be to be more fully restored at some future date. The seismic work was completed in 1997 at a cost of approximately $100,000. As part of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), the City Council allocated funding in FY 1998/99 to develop a Master Plan for formal development of Alviso Adobe Community Park. In November 2002, the City Council approved an agreement with PGA Design, Inc., project consultants, authorizing the preparation of construction documents for formal bidding based on the approved Master Plan. The construction documents for all proposed work were completed in late 2003. PROJECT DESCRIPTION This project would result in the development of the seven-acre site into one of Pleasanton's most unique community parks. The project's design provides opportunities for interpretation of three (3) distinct periods of history by revealing or re-creating artifacts and/or architecture from the property. The Native American bedrock mortar on-site would be made accessible (along with other artifacts of the early inhabitants), and interpreted through signage and museum-style display boards. In similar fashion, the Californio period would be presented in the form of a fully restored adobe structure complete with period furnishings, and the dairy period highlighted by re-creating the historic milking barn and bunkhouse. Old Foothill Road would remain closed to through traffic, but function as a "staff only" access to the site for maintenance or emergency purposes. The visitor's entrance to the park would be from a 30- space parking lot off of Foothill Road, with a drop-off zone at the site's southern tip. A bus SR 06:062 Page 2