On March 20, 2008, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch made permanent an earlier tentative ruling that affirmed the Pleasanton City Council's 4-1 vote last November approving the Oak Grove plan to create a 497-acre city-owned park and 51 custom lots at the end of Hearst Drive. Judge Roesch found that the effort to gather signatures to overturn the City Council's decision violated state law.

Click here to see a press release on the ruling by a citizens group supporting Oak Grove.
Click here to link to the Pleasanton Weekly story on the ruling.  |  Click here to download the judge's ruling.

In November 2007, the Pleasanton City Council approved the Oak Grove plan giving the go-ahead for a public, 497-acre nature park and 51 custom lots. The plan evolved during a four-year public review process that included nine public hearings and was favored by the City Council, the Parks and Recreation Commission, the Trails Ad Hoc Committee and the Housing Commission.

To see a video of Pleasanton residents and leaders who are excited about the
new nearly 500-acre park at Oak Grove, go to The Plan page.

The Oak Grove plan:

• Creates Pleasanton’s newest and largest park. The City will own the new Park.
• Preserves 500 acres in the southeast hills forever with conservation easements.
• Opens public access to the southeast hills with miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails, a staging area with 11 parking spaces and a bathroom.
• Saves taxpayer dollars. The City requires the landowner to build the trails and staging area before the sale of the 5th lot and to give the nature park to the City free-of-charge. The development of Oak Grove will also result in an estimated $3 million in school mitigation fees, $1 million for traffic improvements, and the construction of either 20 affordable housing units elsewhere or equivalent in-lieu fees.
• Limits the number of custom lots to 51. Under the Pleasanton General Plan, Urban Growth Boundary and Housing Cap, Oak Grove is designated for as many as 98 homes.
• Clusters the lots near existing neighborhoods. Not one home is approved. Instead, the Oak Grove plan creates 51 lots on 62 acres clustered near the existing neighborhoods of Kottinger Ranch and Grey Eagle Estates.
• Protects ridgeline views. The site and grading plans place the lots so that future homes cannot be seen from anywhere except a few nearby locations. City restrictions and plantings of new oak trees will further minimize the visibility of future homes.
• Saves 12,000 oak trees. Every effort has been made to save the oak woodland habitat. The 58 trees that need to be removed to create the 51 custom lots will be replaced by 410 mitigation trees that extend natural oak groves.