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REDWOOD CITY PLAN AND <br /> PROPOSAL <br /> NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INTERFACE WITH AN <br /> URBAN MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND REGIONAL <br /> GOVERNANCE. <br /> REDWOOD CITY COMMENTS <br /> A VISIONFOR THE FUTURE <br /> The Redwood City Plan and Proposal for Bai� Island (Redwood <br /> City Plan or Plan) included here is in partial response to the National � <br /> Wildlife Refuge Service (NWRS) Bair Island Restoration and �ed�0� <br /> Management Plan (NWRS plan) for the Don Edwards San Francisco ���o�mornia <br /> r�e.�a ner <br /> Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) Bair Island Ecological Reserve. � <br /> An Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report <br /> (EIS) has been caused to be prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Redwood City: <br /> Service (FWS). The FWS EIS has been compiled and, late in the Working for <br /> drafting of this Redwood City Plan, was published in the Federal Conservation's <br /> Register on August 27, 2004. Future. <br /> In compiling this report many interviews and discussions were held with <br /> environmental, professional, political and recreational experts and advocates. City <br /> department heads, county representatives, and operators of the San Carlos Airport, <br /> the port of Redwood City, and Pete's Harbor were solicited for their views and input <br /> on long-term solutions to the issues facing Redwood City in the open space habitat <br /> adjoining the San Francisco Bay. One is struck, when discussing habitat issues with <br /> Redwood City residents and officials, by the nearly unanimous preference for sound <br /> environmental principles and compassion for endangered species. One is also struck <br /> by the desire to promote, protect and improve on the habitat that has been protected <br /> from development. The City of Redwood City encourages the rapid rehabilitation of <br /> the habitat at the Bai� Island Complex. <br /> 6 <br />