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The Callippe Preserve Open Space includes a 30-acre habitat for the endangered Callippe silverspot butterfly within the fenced, 61-acre southern open-space area. During early sununer wild violets (Viola pedunculata) adorn this habitat area. The City plans to provide a hiking and equestrian trail that circles the Callippe Preserve Open Space and Golf Course, offering spectacular views of the open space and the outlying Tri-Valley area. Access to the northern open space is from the water tower and an operting on Clubhouse Drive. There is currently no public access to the southern open space which may only be enjoyed as a passive view from the adjacent trail. Gold Creek Open Space The 38-acre open space with staging area is a natural area located south of The Preserve housing subdivision on the west side of Foothill Road. This public open space is adjacent to additional private open space owned and operated by both The Preserve and Moller Ranch subdivisions. The Gold Creek staging area at The Preserve subdivision includes a paved parking lot, a public restroom, and trailheads. Public trails crisscrossing the open space and the restroom are open to the public year around, weather permitting. Gold Creek Open Space includes grassy hillsides, oak woodlands and related underbrush, seasonal creeks and springs, wooden bridges, and riparian vegetation. Mission Hills Open Space Mission Hills Open Space contains 4 acres of uncultivated grassland on the south side of ]urtipero Street and further south of the marUcured 8.S-acre Mission Hills Park. The City clears this open space in the spring, maintaining it as a grassy open hillside dotted with mature oak trees. Pedestrian access is from both ]urtipero Street and Hopkins Way. A concrete drainage ditch cuts through the hillside near the eastern border of the open space. This open space offers a respite from both urban land uses and developed parks. Augustin Bernal Park The 237-acre Augustin Bernal Park is located in western Pleasanton on the Pleasanton Ridge. Access to this open space park is through the Golden Eagle Farm subdivision which contains a staging area with parking, restrooms, park interpretive displays, and a trail head. Hikers may also enter the open space from the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park via the Ridgeland Trail (discussed below, under trails). This open space contains a lush reserve of California native plant specimens and wildlife which offer a urtique opporturtity for interpretation and enjoyment. Oak woodlands grace steeper portions of the open space while dense chaparral-type vegetation dots the lower hillside. Annual grasses and wildflowers comprise the savannah (grassland), which wraps the ridgeline, and riparian vegetation Con os Element, CC 082'XJ6, clean Vll-23 City Council 8/29/2006