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I I I Chapter I - Background, Issues, and Goals I I tion measures. The Precise Plan also contains detailed development parking area is vacant land, disturbed and overgrown. This area is standards and design guidelines that promote the urban design vi- basically flat, and lies at about the same elevation as Bair Island 1 sion established during the staff working meetings and public re- Road and approximately 8 feet below the adjacent elevated 101 free- view sessions. Additionally, it incorporates site planning and archi- way. I tectural design recommendations of the Design Review Committee I of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commis- Area B is approximately 13.2 acres in size and contains a variety of sion (BCDC), provided to the project applicant by BCDC staff in existing uses, including "Inner Pete's Harbor," a 2.9-acre/116-slip ! September, 2003. marina, and, at the northerly portion of the property, "Outer Pete's Harbor," a 147 -slip marina at the confluence of Redwood Creek and I The Precise Plan Area Smith Slough. Existing buildings include: a I-story clapboard resi- 1 dence surrounded by a fence and metal storage structures; a 2-story The Precise Plan Area contains a total of 46.5 acres; 29.5 acres of land wood shingled restaurant/harbor master office; wooden outbuild- I and 17 acres of water. It consists of two separate and distinct proper- ings including the marina restrooms and kiosk; a metal shed R.Y. ties, the Peninsula Marina property on the south - Precise Plan Area repair shop; and a variety of metal shipping containers and prefabri- I A - and the Pete's Harbor property on the north - Precise Plan Area cated storage sheds. B; (see the Precise Plan Areas map on page 4). The two properties I are separated by a 600-foot-wide swath of land that includes the The 204-foot tall PG&E towers are the tallest structures in the area. I Villas at Bair Island apartments, the Bair Island Marina, and an 80- Because they are open-frame steel structures, however, they do not foot wide PG&E easement over U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service block views. A parking lot for the Bair Island Wildlife Refuge occu- I (USFWS)-owned property; at the time of the Precise Plan's pre para- pies the western end of the USFWS land. The eastern end is an unde- tion, the developer was negotiating to acquire 1.3 acres of this prop- veloped field. Adjacent to the USFWS parcel is the Villas at Bair I erty for additional recreational open space. Area A is located to the Island, a marina/apartment complex. The buildings are Mediterra- east of Bair Island Road. Area B is located to the east of Ucelli Boule- nean in style, 4 stories, with 3 stories of housing above ground level I vard, a privately-owned street that is an extension of Bair Island parking garages. I Road. Open water is a central feature of each property with water- ways defining the perimeter of most of the Precise Plan Area. Currently, access to the Precise Plan Area is possible only from the I Whipple Avenue interchange at Highway 101, via East Bayshore Area A is approximately 33.3 acres in size and contains a former Road and Bair Island Road. Both are 3-1ane streets with center left ., marina and office buildings. Docks, slips and pilings have been re- turn lanes. Sidewalks on both streets are narrow or non-existent. I moved, leaving 14.1 acres of open water, riprap/vegetated banks, Bair Island Road contains bike lanes, East Bayshore Road does not. and an abandoned road and parking area around the marina's pe- Neither street has curbside parking. I rimeter. One 2-story and four 3-story commercial office buildings overlook the water. The buildings have a nautical, "Cape Cod" -like East Bayshore Road parallels Highway 101 and is separated from I appearance, and are bordered on the south and east by a 750-space the freeway on the south by a chain link fence-topped concrete bar- surface parking lot. The central portion of the property is elevated rier. The north frontage properties consist of industrial and auto sales I on fill approximately 8 feet above Bair Island Road. South of the businesses and a 12-screen cinema complex. The cinema site has - 3 - Final Plan - June 2004 I