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<br />Policy 11: Preserve and expand open-space opportunities, including open-space access to the public. <br /> <br />Program 11.1 Support expansion of the East Bay Regional Park District's Pleasanton <br />Ridge Park in areas designated as Open Space. <br /> <br />Program 11.2: Work cooperatively with Alameda County, the City of Hayward, and the <br />East Bay Regional Park District to retain Pleasanton Ridge as permanent open-space lands. <br /> <br />Program 11.3: Encourage public accessibility to appropriate public open-space land or in <br />private open-space land that could accommodate public-access open-space trails. <br /> <br />Policy 12: Preserve as permanent open space all areas of outstanding scenic qualities or areas which <br />provide extraordinary views of natural and human-made objects. <br /> <br />Program 12.1: Develop a ridgeline preservation ordinance and scenic hillside design <br />guidelines to improve safety and reduce the potential negative visual impacts of <br />development in hilly areas. <br /> <br />Program 12.2: Implement the recommendations contained in the Scenic Highway Plan for <br />I-680." <br /> <br />Program 12.3: Retain the scemc attributes of eXlStlng (1-680) and proposed scemc <br />highways (1-580) including views of woodlands, hills and ridges, valleys, and grazing lands. <br /> <br />Program 12.4: Along freeway corridors, use setbacks, landscaping, and architecturally <br />integrated screen walls to screen views of parking lots, loading docks, and service and <br />storage areas. <br /> <br />Program 12.5: Encourage developers to work with entities such as the Tri-Valley <br />Conservancy to dedicate scenic/conservation easements for private open-space areas <br />possessing exceptional natural, scenic, and/or vegetation or wildlife habitat qualities. <br /> <br />Program 12.6: Encourage developers to provide open-space buffers in areas where there <br />are conflicting land uses. <br /> <br />Goal 9: <br /> <br />Promote expansion and maintenance of a trail system that serves Pleasanton's diverse <br />population while respecting and protecting the integrity of its natural and cultural <br />resources. <br /> <br />Policy 13: Promote the development of a comprehensive system of pedestrian, bicycle, equestrian, <br />and hiking trails throughout open-space lands in the Planning Area. <br /> <br />Program 13.1: Light only those trails in natural areas that provide a reasonable alternative <br />to transportation, or important links, between residential areas, parks, and commercial <br /> <br />33 The City of Pleasant on, Scenic Highw'fJ Plan for Intmtate 680 in the City ofPleasanton,January 11, 1985. <br /> <br />Con OS Elemenl, CC U82906, dean <br /> <br />VIl-42 <br /> <br />City Council8!29/2oo6 <br />