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RecreationandParkCommission | 2019-02-14 | 10 | From: Lydia Greer To: Amy Wooldridge; ARPD Subject: Enterprise Park- Encinal Boat Ramp Date: Monday, February 11, 2019 3:56:01 PM Dear Commissioners of the City of Alameda and to whom it may concern at Parks and Recreation, I am writing concerning the potential private/public campground project near the Encinal Boat Ramp. Privatizing and developing this area piecemeal is a bad way to begin the long overdue park planning along this shoreline. The old campground is near the Encinal Boat Ramp and Breakwater Beach and is part of a larger park area that the Navy built. From the beginning of the base reuse planning process in the mid-1990s, this triangle park area, from the ferry maintenance facility to the boat ramp, has been envisioned as one complete park. Even though this area is referred to as Enterprise Park in various city documents, it is not an official park. As a citizen of Alameda and a homeowner a few blocks away in the neighborhood who utilizes this space every day (I can quickly walk here, and many more will also do this when the Plan A housing is finished) and sees many others from the neighborhood and region spend time in this special space, I would like to request that you please start a full planning process for the entire park. I also want to let you know that space is already used by the neighborhood as a park, it is a vital and rare green space with unique vistas. There is no other space in the neighborhood of the Point (and there ARE people who live and work near or in the Point) that has trees, mature plantings, and views of the bay. Privatizing in any way or restricting the use of another parcel of land directly on the Bay from the public is not justified. Why can this space not remain what it is with some simple upgrades? It is a peaceful and unique green space in a sea of concrete. I have a better idea, keep the mature trees and plantings, improve the native habitat, build a better and more accessible path, put in a few picnic tables, and benches for people to enjoy the space as is. Go take a stroll at sunset with your colleagues and you will understand. Can I take you all for a tour? l'd love to show you why it is special. Brown Pelicans, Seals, Hummingbirds, Shore Birds, songbirds, butterflies and lizards are just some of the animals that you can see in this area. Don't take this little bit of nature and habitat away from the animals who use it, the people who spend time there and the people who could enjoy it in the future. Some ideas: you could create picnic areas and rent out/permit some of the space for larger picnics and celebrations as they do at Crab Cove and Crown Beach. You could create an open play field next door and expand the park by knocking down the rec center. The "campground" can be a beautiful shady nature trail and picnic area. How can I help? I would personally volunteer to help create this public green space for the city. Instead of a private campground, can you imagine creating a unique green park that is a gift to the neighborhood and a crowning jewel for the City of Alameda, Parks, and Recs and provides regional public access to the Bay Front? A campground is a strange thing to have so near to housing and an urban environment. As I said, I can walk here quickly from where I live. A park is actually what the citizens of Alameda need. I am about to go walk there now. It is already a beautiful, peaceful park on the bay even if not officially. You would only have to improve the path and add some benches and picnic tables. Let's make this space an official park. We do not need or want a campground in our park or in our neighborhood. Please keep me posted on this and if there is anything I can do to assist. Your neighbor, Lydia Greer | RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf |