The southern hill and shoreline of Mare Island was slated for use as parkland at the time the Reuse Plan for the former naval shipyard was adopted by the City of Vallejo in 1994 and was confirmed for that purpose in their general plan updates in 1999 and 2005. However, in 2002, Bechtel and Shell proposed building what would have been the first west coast Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) tanker terminal and a 1500 megawatt power plant on the site.

After an intense nine-month community debate for and against the project, that included the gathering of 11,000 signatures on a petition to the Vallejo City Council from Vallejo residents opposing the proposed project and the producing and airing of television ads both for and against the project, first Shell and then, Bechtel, withdrew their proposal.  After accepting their withdrawl, the Mayor appointed a Taskforce in February of 2003 to develop a plan for use of the property as parkland.

Learn about the future plans and how you can be a part of developing this newest of our regional parks by clicking on the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve Proposal Narrative.

Download the entire Taskforce recommendations submitted to the Vallejo City Council in December of 2007.

Based on the Taskforce Recommendations, the City Council appointed an Advisory Board in March 2008 to recommend a partner organization that would manage The Preserve in a cooperative agreement with the City and to develop a funding strategy.  Download their report that was accepted by the Vallejo City Council in September, 2008.