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A PACIFIC INTER-CLUB YACHT ASSOCIATION NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER CRUISER ASSOCIATION SMALL BOAT RACING ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SMALL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY SOUTH BAY YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY SEQUOIA YACHT CLUB POST OFFICE BOX 5548 REDWOOD CITY , CALIFORNIA 94063 June 11, 1976 Honorable James Knecht Chairman - Park and Recreation Commission and Members of Park and Recreation Commission Dear Chairman Knecht and Commissioners , The Harbor Development Committee of the Sequoia Yacht Club has had the opportunity to review The Port of Redwood City Development Program Report pre- pared by Williams -Kuebeleck and Associates . We have been very impressed by the thoroughness of the report and in it ' s effective manner of presenting a great amount of background and supporting data . As an organization interested in all aspects of recreational boating , we would like to offer some thoughts and suggestions that have resulted from our review of the Report . While we are interested in all features of the Develop- ment Program, we will restrict our comments to those features that most directly affect recreational boating . In order to convey to you the priority of our concerns , we will cover them. in order of priority. or- 1 . We see the development suggested by the preliminary plans for waterfront restaurants in the area between Charley Brown 's and Wharf 5 as having a potentially adverse affect on our Junior Sail- ing Program . This program is part of our overall boating program for young people to teach boating safety, boat handling and sail- ing . The program is open to all young people between the ages of 10 and 18 years of age and has wide recognition as one of the out- standing programs in the Bay Area . Currently there are 80 young people active in the various phases of the program . As noted above , the Junior Sailing Program is open to all young people, and draws a large number of young people from the general public in the Red- wood City sphere of influence ° They meet the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month . We envision potential problems because : a . The area of the present turning basin out to Channel Marker No . 22 near Wharf 5 is the best part of the harbor area particularly for beginning students . Classroom