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The acquisition is contiguous with Park District property on the east and the west, resulting in a connection of these two existing portions of Pleasant on Ridge Park. The property grants panoramic views of the San Ramon Valley, the cities of Pleasant on and Dublin, the Livermore area, and Mt. Diablo. The acquisition of this acreage will provide an important habitat linkage between publicly owned parcels, will create a protected wildlife corridor in this urbanized region, and will provide essential trail access to the northern end of Pleasant on Ridge Regional Park. Additionally, the acquisition of this land would prevent it from being developed into a home site. The review of the proposal by the Advisory Committee involved a submittal package and a presentation by the EBRPD, and input from the staff assigned to attend the Advisory Committee meetings, Committee members, and members of the public in attendance. General Plan Staff believes that the proposal is consistent with several goals, policies, and programs of the General Plan Land Use and Conservation/Open Space Elements: Fundinf! The grant proposal from EBRPD requests $200,000 of the fund to be used toward the purchase of the property. The total project costs are $930,000, with $790,000 being secured by other funding sources as noted in the attached project application (Exhibit A). Although the location of the subject property is within the County's jurisdiction, the grant funds are being requested from the Pleasanton portion of the settlement. The method of fund usage is based 'on the boundaries established in the settlement and the assessment of what jurisdiction(s) would most benefit from the proposal. In this case, the project is located within the Pleasanton boundary, and it would be the main beneficiary of the proposed acquisition. The award of the grant funds ($200,000) to EBRPD for the acquisition of this property would leave approximately $573,459.89 remaining in the Pleasanton portion of the settlement fund as of the July 28, 2006 calculations. Propertv Ownership Currently the property is owned by four individual parties, each having varying percentages of undivided interest in the property: Swartz (20%), Lehne (45%), Roberts (15%), and Bulter (20%). When the acquisition is complete, the property would be owned by the EBRPD (80%) and Larry and Juanita Butler (20%) as tenants in common. The percentage of undivided interest in the property for the Butlers is not changing from the pre-acquisition amount. SR 06:250 Page 4 of 5