Surf Pool – Alameda Point Environmental Report

City Council sidesteps community planning process for Enterprise Park

During a closed session meeting of the City Council on October 21, 2025, the council unanimously authorized city staff to prepare a long-term lease agreement with a private developer to build a commercial surf pool and associated amenities in Enterprise Park at Alameda Point. They did so, despite the fact that no community-at-large master planning process for this shoreline park, as was done with other parks, has ever been conducted to find out if Alamedans want a commercial enterprise of this type anchoring the park.

If the project moves forward, a significant part of this public parkland will become fenced off and privatized under a no-bid contract.

Surf Pool Proposal Perverts Park Planning Process

Lost in the fog of media hoopla about a proposal to build a surf pool at Alameda Point is that its proposed location is within a larger public park awaiting a master plan. Normally the city initiates a formal consultant-led community process to develop a master plan design from scratch. In this case, the process is backwards and misleading.

At issue is the popular tranquil open space that extends from the Encinal Boat Ramp through the former campground all the way to the ferry maintenance facility. Its unofficial placeholder name is Enterprise Park.