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<br />[moved here] In order to encourage creative and flexible projects in rural areas where the City permits <br /> <br />limited development ij pem.itted, the City uses its Planned Unit Development (I'UD) wning district. <br /> <br />1\ good example of positive effeets tlf PUD zarung effects can be seen in 'll,e Preserve residential <br /> <br />neighborhood where the developer deeded 38 highly scenic acres of land to the City as public <br /> <br />open space including public access trails and a stag:in!, area. Transfer of development rights can <br /> <br />also be usedJor p!'()teenfli; to protect large area tlf open-space areas. Thi.. inwl, e.. the Clustering <br /> <br />development from a large area onto a smatter area, through a development credit system~ro"lting in <br /> <br />the !,roteeti"n tlf protects environmentatty sensitive lands and reduces surface water runoff. <br /> <br />Conservation casements arc another tcchnique whereby development rights can be purchased or <br /> <br />privately dedicated so that open space lands ean be arc protected and managed in perpetuity. <br /> <br />Recreational Open Space <br /> <br /> <br />Plea..am"n'.. rarl, ,I}jtem eOIl.liJtj "f 22 neighborhntl8 parkj totaling "bout 120 aeres, and <br /> <br />10 eomn.ufliry rarlu ttltaling appro.<in,ately 187 aere.I, a.I ..I.o..n in Figure II 5 "f tl,e Land Use <br /> <br />!Ole".e"t. Of the 307 aeres alloeated for Cit} park ".Ies on the ceneral Pl.m r.L.r, abn"t 286 aero, or <br /> <br />93 peleent, ale actually il'flpro. e.d. The rClnaining aerC3 ate being f'rt:Jer. cd fur future parh: UJL 'll1t:JC <br /> <br />figurej do not include tl.e 237 "ere .\gu.nin Bernal Park. Pleaj"nton emrentl} pro, ide, about 5.1 ,Ierej <br /> <br />of impw. ed neighbmh"od and et3111munitl pari" per 1,000 p"pul.,cion, jlightly abo. e the national <br /> <br />standard of Ii. e aere" per 1,000. <br /> <br />Besides nUlncrOllS parks within Plcasanton the City owns and has designated four areas as recreational <br /> <br />open space lands: Callippe Preserve. Gold Creek Bonde Ranch. and Mission Hills. The City also <br /> <br />considers Augustin Bernal Park as open space use due to its large natural area and hiking trails. 'llle <br /> <br />East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) also maintains two open space parks within Pleasanton: <br /> <br />Pleasanton Ridj!;e Regional Park and Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area. Shadow Cliffs and <br /> <br />Pleasanton Ridge parks arc an integral part of the East Bay park system desi!,llated in the East Bay <br /> <br />Rq,;onal Park District Master Plan. Figure VII-5. abovc identifies these recreational open space areas. <br /> <br />Bonde Ranch Open Space <br /> <br /> <br />The 4 I -acre Bonde Ranch Open Space stretches across rolling grassy hitts just cast of Indcpendence <br /> <br />Drive and south of Bernal Avenue before it curves northeastward. Hopkins Way near Livin~ton <br /> <br />Place. Independence Drive across the street from Mission Hills Park Arlene Place. Livingston Place <br /> <br />Braxton Place. and Middleton Place att offer foot access. Once pastureland. annual grasses stitt blanket <br /> <br />the undulating Bonde Ranch hillside and offer a visual reprieve to urban residents as they pass by. <br /> <br />Mature oak and sycamore trees adorn the western portion of the open space while sweeping views of <br /> <br />Pleasanton reward those who trek up the hillside. <br /> <br />Con ().~ I.].,n,:nt, cc 082')(t(" n'dlinc <br /> <br />VII-18 <br />