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park is now restricted due to the lack of a parking lot. Recreational users now park on both sides of Neptune Drive where it deadends into the park entrance. Potentially Significant Impact Potentially Significant unless Mitigation Incorporated Less than Significant Impact No Impact XIV. RECREATION a) Would the project increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated? b) Does the project include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment? D o o ~ D o o ~ DISCUSSION: The project could slightly increase the use of the existing Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline park since the trail and bridge would allow direct hiking and bicycling access into the park from the north. The increased use of the park is planned by the East Bay Regional Park District, and the use would not cause or accelerate the deterioration of the park. The planned improvements to the park are consistent with plans adopted by the East Bay Regional Park District and the city of San Leandro. The construction of the bridge and connecting trail segment is one of the last links in the trail alignment called for in the Association of Bay Area Governments' Bay Trail Plan (ABAG, 1989). The project is consistent with the East Bay Regional Park District Master Plan 1997 (EBRPD, 1996). The Master Plan 1997 sets priorities for implementing the vision and mission of the District in the next decade, including a priority to "Complete the missing sections of the Bay Area Ridge Trail and the San Francisco Bay Trail." The San Leandro General Plan includes the following text about the Bay Trail extension: "Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline holds the greatest potential for improvement among EBRPD's local landholdings...San Leandro also contains approximately four miles (6.4 kilometers) of the San Francisco Bay Trail. Bicyclists can travel south from the San Leandro Marina to the San Mateo Bridge-a distance of eight miles (12.9 kilometers) -without crossing a single roadway. An extension of the trail will soon provide a direct link as far south as Union City. On the north, a planned bridge across Oyster Bay Slough and a new trail across Oakland's reconstructed Galbraith Golf Course will provide a link to the Martin Luther King Junior Regional Shoreline in Oakland. The ultimate goal is for the trail to encircle the entire Bay. Spur trails from the Bay Trail are also planned to provide shoreline access from nearby neighborhoods." Action 23.03 -A in the General Plan states that the City will "Work with the EBRPD to complete the following improvements to the Bay Trail within San Leandro: Construction of a bicycle/pedestrian bridge across Oyster Bay Slough; Development of a signed bike route along Neptune Drive between Y4204IS.00693.doc - 4/5/07 -37-