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<br />MelUlowlllrk Developmellt -Allstill Property - Ellvirollmelltlll Checklist <br /> <br />Surroundin!! Land Uses and Settin!! <br /> <br />The Austin property was once part of the Meadowlark Dairy /aeility, owned and operated by the Austin <br />/amily, Walter Briggs, great grand/ather of Charles and Scott Austin, founded the Meadowlark Dairy in <br />1919. The dairy established a reputation for the quality and purity of its product. It was, at one time, the <br />primary supplier of dairy products to Oakland's Children's Hospital. In 1925, it became thc first Cali- <br />/ornia dairy certi/ied/or product purity and quality and continued operation until closing in 1969, <br /> <br />The Alviso Adobc that was oncc part of the dairy property still exists on the Alviso Adobe Park site be- <br />tween Foothill Road and Old Foothill Road overlooking the Laguna Oaks dcvelopment. Thc carctakcr's <br />home still exists on the Austin property, is occupied by the dairy's former carctakcr, and is proposed to <br />remain, The entire site is currently used tor cattle grazing, Figures 2 through 6 are photographs of the <br />Austin property, thc existing carctakcrs housc, and thc Alviso Adobc building. <br /> <br /> <br />Figurc 2: Looking northwcst from Old Foothill Road across thc plannctl opcn spacc arca. <br /> <br />PGPA-/l/PUD-58/PTR-7813 <br /> <br />Page 3 (if 36 <br /> <br />July /9. 2006 <br />