SFPUC 2001 Alameda Watershed Management Plan

XII. SUMMARY OF COMMMENTS AND RESPONSESB. SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AND RESPONSES! Del Valle Regional Park (4,311500 acres) – EBRPD lands located on Del ValleBoulevard, south of Mines Road; developed with camping, swimming, picnicareas, and windsurfing and boating facilities as well as more than 20 milesof hiking, and biking, and equestrian trails. This park is contiguous withthe Sunol-Ohlone Regional Park.! Mission Peak Regional Preserve (3,0002,999 acres) – EBRPD lands located offMill Creek Road, off Mission Boulevard in Fremont; developed with more than20 miles of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails. Facilities include picnic areasand equestrian facilities. This preserve is contiguous with the Sunol-OhloneRegional Park.! Ed R. Levin County Park (1,544 acres) – Santa Clara County lands located offCalaveras Road in Milpitas; developed with 15 miles of hiking and equestriantrails as well as boating, fishing, and volleyball facilities. Spring Valley GolfCourse is also located within this park.EBRPD has proposed a trail segment from Sunol to Pleasanton Ridge as part of theCalaveras Ridge Trail. This trail would connect Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park andthe Sunol Regional Wilderness with a hiking trail west of Calaveras Road. This trailwould pass through secondary Watershed lands and the Sunol Valley. In addition,EBRPD has a land banked parcel located to the west of the Watershed and theTown of Sunol. This parcel is currently undeveloped and closed to the public,pending development of a land use plan for multi-use trails, staging areas, andpicnic areas, and environmental review of the plan.Comment C-2: “Page III.B-9 of the draft EIR contains a listing of incompatible and prohibiteduses within the Watershed. It is unclear if such prohibitions are intended to apply to just thoseWatershed areas managed by SFPUC or if they are intended to apply to areas leased or managedby other entities, such as the District’s 3,812-acre lease area in Sunol Regional Wilderness.Please consider the following examples where these prohibitions might conflict with existinguses:• Dogs are currently permitted at Sunol (including lease areas). Would this prohibition applyto this existing use at Sunol? The significance of such a proposed change and the cost tothe District to enforce such a prohibition should be addressed in the EIR.• The District currently allows for hiking, equestrian and vehicle access between SunolRegional Wilderness and the District’s Camp Ohlone which use some SFPUC-ownedWatershed roads. Would the proposal to restrict some trail uses on internal Watershedroads apply to this or other existing uses?” (East Bay Regional Park District)Response: In response to this comment, it is noted that the permitted uses of Watershed landsleased to the EBRPD are subject to the requirements, terms, and conditions of the lease. Futurechanges in lease conditions would be guided by the Management Plan.Comment C-3: “…the SFPUC cannot expect to have an adequate EIR without a clear statementof the impacts of its actions. Almost without exception, EIRs are usually done in numbered orNOP 96.223E: Alameda Watershed Management Plan C&R.14 ESA / 930385