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RecreationandParkCommission | 2019-02-14 | 4 | EXHIBIT 1 Alameda Point Campground Discussion Item 7C Recreation and Park Commission meeting February 14, 2019 Dear Commissioners, It is an encouraging sign that there is interest in an actual management plan for the old campground at Alameda Point. However, it is discouraging that this discussion is a continuation of a piecemeal, ad hoc planning process for the larger triangle park space that this campground is a part of. The campground should be discussed as part of a master plan for triangle park. The triangle park, including the campground, was designated in the 1996 Community Reuse Plan as a region-serving park. Even though the anticipated leasing of this park area to the East Bay Regional Park District has not materialized, numerous city documents since 1996 have envisioned a public park in this location. The Community Reuse Plan called it Inner Harbor Park. For a number of years, the name "Triangle Park" was used. The most recent name is Enterprise Park. All of the planning efforts presented to the public since 2006 have featured this area as a public park. Most recently, the 2014 Alameda Point Master Infrastructure Plan identified this area as a public park. It even suggests a bulb extension of the park northward across West Hornet Avenue into the Enterprise District. Besides becoming a local and regional recreational asset, a fully planned shoreline park in this location would become an asset for the economic efforts in the adjacent Enterprise District. The city's own promotional materials suggest as much. I am opposed to privatizing the campground under any scenario. If the city wants to bring in a private operator to invest money for improvements to serve the public and also produce revenue for the parks department, offer the land where the old recreation building is located. Seek out a café/restaurant operator to tear down the obsolete building and build an attractive year-round destination that would serve all visitors to Alameda Point, as well as employees in the Enterprise District. I suggest tearing down the building because at least two businesses have looked at the old recreational building for unknown commercial uses and determined that the costs of rehab would be too costly to make it viable. It's also an eyesore that should be dealt with before inviting the public to camp at the campground-50 feet away. I urge you to direct staff to return at the earliest possible date to begin a master planning process that would lead to the creation of a new city park stretching from the ferry maintenance facility to the Encinal Boat Ramp. The city should be hosting community meetings on the master plan, not incrementally cobbling together park 1 | RecreationandParkCommission/2019-02-14.pdf |