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Challenges Facing the West San Leandro Area 1. Residential and Industrial Conflicts West San Leandro includes several residential neighborhoods. The Mulford Gardens neighborhood was originally developed as '/4 acre ranches in the 1940's. Annexed into the City in the 1950's, Mulford Gardens was a thriving community full of nature loving individualists with a regionally recognized Volunteer Fire Department. Mulford Gardens, like other west San Leandro neighborhoods, maintains much of its unique character and individualism today. The Davis West and Davis East neighborhoods were built during, and soon after, World War II to meet the booming housing demand in the Bay Area. The Little Alaska and Marina Faire neighborhoods came later in the early 1950's and 1960's. When these homes were built, west San Leandro had a great deal of open space that was zoned for industry. As west San Leandro neighborhoods matured, industry developed around them. In the 1950's and 1960's San Leandro developed a strong industrial base which provided jobs and economic stability for the growing community. Today, established west San Leandro residential neighborhoods are surrounded by active commercial and industrial districts. Unfortunately, the close proximity of residential and industrial uses naturally leads to conflict. Balancing the residential and business perspectives, the Advisory Committee identified a number of conflicts that present significant challenges for the area: Challenges • Noise generated by industrial activity and associated traffic • Lack of buffers such as soundwalls, landscaping and transition zoning between residential and industrial areas • Impact of truck traffic on major streets and in residential areas • The appearance of older industrial areas • Environmental and hazardous materials concerns Z. Youth Programs and Facilities West San Leandro is fortunate to be the home of some of the City's finest recreational facilities including the Marina Park, Oyster Bay Shoreline Regional Park and the Tony Lema Golf Course. The area also includes three neighborhood parks including Warden Avenue, Grover Cleveland and Mulford Parks. Warden Park is a small park that backs up to Interstate 880 and provides recreation facilities to the Davis West neighborhood. Although Warden Park is currently undergoing improvements to the play equipment, the park has a large expanse of asphalt and lacks green space. Grover Cleveland Park, recently underwent a face-lift. This park also backs up to Interstate 880. Both parks are significantly impacted by freeway noise. Mulford Park serves the Mulford Gardens neighborhood. The Parks Assessment Report, completed in 1998, indicates that the park is 2