Title
East Bay Regional Park District Update on Access to Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This item updates the Facilities & Transportation Committee on East Bay Regional Park District's plans to enhance public access to Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline. This item is for information only.
BACKGROUND
In December of 2013, the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) adopted a Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA) for Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, a 194-acre public park located atop a former landfill immediately west of the Waste Management transfer facility at the end of Davis Street. As of 2015, only 19 acres of the park were open to the public. This LUPA updated the District's original 1977 Land Use Development Plan that was drafted upon acquisition of the property. The LUPA designated Davis Street as the primary park entrance with the following recommendations:
* "Construct a 28-foot wide entry road with an 8 to 10-foot wide multi-use trail at the Davis Street park entrance. Provide landscape buffers and/or slatted fencing along the roadway edges to serve as a visual screen from the adjacent San Leandro Rifle and Pistol Range and the Waste Management transfer facility."
* "Designate the Neptune Drive entrance as an Emergency and Maintenance Vehicle Access and public walk-in access, and connect it to the main vehicular roadway inside the park extending from the Davis Street entrance."
* "Increase Oyster Bay's maximum parking capacity from 100 vehicles to 700 vehicles."
Since the LUPA was adopted, the EBRPD has been receiving and placing soil at the park with the goal of covering the former landfill area with soil onto which future park amenities will be built. The soil hauling operation has utilized Davis Street as its primary truck route, although for the past several months empty trucks have exited at Neptune Drive due to logistical issues with the fill operation.
Analysis
The EBRPD is now reconsidering the LUPA origi...
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