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Candidates Night-September 8, 2010

Broadmoor Neighborhood Association is partnering with the Washington Manor Homeowners Association and Floresta Gardens Homeowners Association co-hosting a city wide Candidates night Forum on Wednesday September 8, 2010. The forum will be held at the Marina Community Center on Wicks Blvd. from 6:30 pm until 9 pm. Former Vice Mayor and City Councilman Bob Glaze will be the moderator for the event. Candidates campaigning for San Leandro mayor and SL city council will be available to answer your questions about their individual political platform. The election for these positions will be in November. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

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For more information visit: http://www.acgov.org/rov/rcv.
Videos: http://www.co.alameda.ca.us/rov/rcv/video.htm

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Dunsmuir Heights Property is Preserved

Dunsmuir to Chabot Trail Map (Acrobat PDF)

The saga of the Oakland hillside property we enjoy seeing from our homes here in the north area of San Leandro is culminating into an environmental success story. On August 11, 2009 the East Bay Regional Park District board put the final stamp of approval on the purchase of the property, voting unanimously in favor of the acquisition. The City of Oakland and the East Bay Regional Park District have agreed to purchase the property owned by developer Chabot-Dunsmuir LP. The purchase insures the properties preservation as publicly owned green space for recreation, habitat, and watershed preservation. Following the ratification, Board Member Doug Siden said, “It is important to note that due to the keen interest, support, and citizen action by the north area of San Leandro, Oakland, and Sheffield Village, this project took precedence with both the Park District and the City of Oakland. It is also a landmark project as it is the first project undertaken using the voter approved Measure WW funding.” “And we haven’t even sold a bond yet!” he added jokingly.

As one of the largest, never developed, privately-owned properties in Oakland, this 64-acre site will connect several large open space areas including Oakland’s Dunsmuir House and Gardens, Dunsmuir Ridge Open Space, Lake Chabot Golf Course, and the Park District’s Anthony Chabot Regional Park. The Park District will build the “Dunsmuir Heights to Chabot Trail” connecting the existing Sheffield Village staging area trail entrance to Anthony Chabot Regional Park’s Goldenrod Trail. Hikers will enjoy spectacular views from the proposed 1.6-mile trail at elevations heights ranging between 200 and 600 feet. Ownership and upkeep of the property will go to Oakland once the Park District has completed the trail.

The last effort by the developer to build on the property was in 2006. The developer planned to construct 61 single-family homes ranging in price from $900,000 to $2,500,000, with the size ranging from 2,100 to 4,610 square feet. The July 2008 appraised fair market value was $3,600,000. The owner agreed to sell the property for $2,925,000 and owes taxes and assessments on the property for 2008-09 now due and unpaid including penalties of $26,868.57. Acquisition monies come from the passage of Oakland’s 2004 Measure DD for Watershed Preservation and Acquisition along with the Park District’s Measure WW for Regional Open Space, Wildlife, Shorelines and Park Bond Extension passed in November 2008.