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1 Project L7.B. - Page 29 <br /> The proposed project would provide residents and workers in the Bayfront area with non-vehicular <br /> access to the various retail, restaurant, entertainment, and government establishments in the City's <br /> Downtown areas as well as its public transportation networks. The joint-use path would also <br /> provide residents and visitors in the Downtown areas with pedestrian and bicycle access to the San <br /> Francisco Bay Trail and other open space and recreational opportunities in the Bayfront area. <br /> The proposed joint-use path was identified in the 2008 Peninsula Park Precise Plan,which contains <br /> land use, design, and circulation policies for creating a distinctive,water-oriented,urban residential <br /> community for the area east of US 101. The Peninsula Park Precise Plan covers 33 acres north of <br /> the project area on the bay side of US 101(City of Redwood City,2008). The Peninsula Park Precise <br /> Plan consists of the One Marina development project,which is currently under construction and <br /> includes 231 residential units,three community parks, a 14-acre marina basin, a waterfront esplanade <br /> along Redwood Creek, an inner village walk,and a site for up to 200 hotel rooms and 10,000 square <br /> feet of retail space. To the north, the Pete's Harbor redevelopment project,which is currently under <br /> review,would consist of a public marina,411 new multi-family residential units,and a publicly <br /> accessible pathway along Smith Slough. <br /> The proposed project also includes an extension of the pedestrian path west of Convention Way <br /> within the adjacent City-owned parcel and would have a scenic overlook of Redwood Creek. These <br /> improvements were identified in Chapter 1,page 1of the 2008 North Main Street Precise Plan. The <br /> 2008 North Main Street Precise Plan provides for increased-density infill development of residential <br /> and office uses and limited,locally-oriented commercial space. The North Main Street Precise Plan <br /> includes frontage streetscape improvements where the joint-use path would extend to Convention <br /> Way and a publically-accessible trail segment along Redwood Creek. <br /> As part of the proposed project, the City would upgrade the existing storm drain pump station on <br /> Bair Island Road, adjacent to the joint-use path. The upgraded Bair Island storm drain pump station <br /> would provide the capacity to handle the flow from the expected 100-year storm event,which is <br /> approximately 32.40 cubic feet per second (cfs). The existing pump station has a capacity of <br /> 13.37 cfs and is inadequate for the 100-year storm event. The new pump station would include a <br /> 2,900-cubic foot wet well for collecting runoff during peak storm conditions. The discharge from <br /> the new pump station would connect to the existing discharge line to Redwood Creek. <br /> 1.3 PURPOSE AND NEED <br /> Creating a strong physical link between the Bayfront and Downtown areas has been a long-term <br /> planning goal in the City. The proposed pedestrian and bicycle path under US 101 has been <br /> included as an important planning or circulation feature in the four recent planning documents <br /> applicable to the project area and its surrounding neighborhoods. <br /> • The North Main Street Precise Plan identifies the Downtown-to-Bayfront Link as its first <br /> development issue and goal and states, "A key objective of this Precise Plan is that infill <br /> development along North Main Street creates a land use and circulation link between these <br /> two areas of future development" (North Main Street Precise Plan,January 2008,page 3). <br /> 1-3 US 101 Pedestrian Undercrossing and <br /> Bair Island Storm Drain Pump Station Project <br />