Alameda County
The Union City Hillside Area is in the northeastern part of Union City and consists of largely undeveloped ravines and open meadows on a series of steep slopes leading up to the Walpert Ridge. The hillside area is adjacent to the Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park and hillside areas in neighboring Fremont, and is an important link in the preferred alignment of the Bay Area Ridge Trail segment between the Vargas Plateau and Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Parks. The Union City Hillside Area is habitat for a number of threatened and endangered species; an important wildlife corridor and potential future connection between regional park facilities; and one of the few remaining pristine viewsheds in the area. As redevelopment occurs in the Priority Development Area around the Intermodal Transit Station approximately two miles away, development pressure will increase in the hillside area, threatening the viability of this vital habitat and recreational corridor.
For more information about this area, please contact:
Carmela Campbell
City of Union City
Senior Planner
ccampbell@ci.union-city.ca.us
(510) 675-5316
http://www.ci.union-city.ca.us/
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