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3 <br />the City that private residential uses were not permitted at Docktown. City officials have sought to <br />achieve a compromise with the State of California regarding residential uses in Docktown. <br />However, in late 2015, a group called “Citizens for Public Trust” brought a lawsuit against the City <br />challenging residential uses at Docktown. In early 2016, the State Lands Commission released <br />an opinion from the Attorney General’s Office confirming that residential use is incompatible with <br />the public trust. In January 2016, the City entered into a Settlement Agreement to resolve the <br />Docktown litigation which, among other obligations, requires the City to develop a plan to comply <br />with the granting statutes and Public Trust Doctrine by December 2016, and to begin <br />implementing that plan in 2017. <br /> <br />City officials have expended significant time and resources seeking a reasonable solution to the <br />relocation of the Docktown community. At the City’s request, State Lands Commission staff <br />agreed to work with the City, local legislators and members of the Docktown community to try to <br />revise the City’s granting statute in order to provide existing members of the Docktown <br />community an extended period of time (15 years) to move from Docktown. <br />As such, the City crafted legislation that State Lands Commission staff supported, and the <br />Commission directed its staff to work with the City and others on this legislation. Local legislators <br />then drafted legislation consistent with the City’s proposal, which sought to balance the interests <br />of the current Docktown community with the need to be compliant with the law. The proposed <br />legislation would have allowed the Docktown community to remain for up to 15 years, with <br />conditions to ensure that private residential use at Docktown would be limited to those currently <br />living there. This timeframe would have provided time for relocation, or permitting of a new marina <br />in another location in Redwood City. However, to succeed, the proposal would have had to pass <br />the State Legislature, and that would only have been possible with the support of the State Lands <br />Commission and Attorney General’s Office. Because the Commission directed its staff to work <br />with the City on this legislative proposal, local legislators were willing to work with the City, the <br />Commission and Docktown residents to carry it forward. <br />The legislation was drafted to include restrictions on subleasing and restrictions on transfer of <br />vessels to new owners who would remain at Docktown. Because the draft legislation did not have <br />full support from members of the Docktown community and members of the Redwood City <br />community, legislators decided not to pursue the proposal. <br />Additional background materials related to Docktown Marina can be found on the City’s website: <br /> <br />http://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/community-development-department/planning- <br />housing/planning-services/docktown-marina <br /> <br /> <br />ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Scope of Services – Relocation services will be provided to occupants of the berths at Docktown <br />who are on month-to-month rental agreements. Recreational vessels which are not being used as <br />a live-aboard will not be part of the Docktown Plan and will not receive relocation services. <br />Owners of these vessels will be asked to vacate within the time period provided for in their rental <br />agreement. <br /> <br />To develop the Docktown Plan for public feedback and City Council consideration, the consultant <br />will appraise vessels, identify potential relocation resources for watercraft that are mobile, <br />8.A. - Page 3