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��,� Mayor Jeff Ira 1017 Middlefield Road Vice Mayor Barbara Pierce P.O. Box 391 �� Redwood City. Califomia 94064-0391 Council Members Telephone (650) 780-7220 lan Bain �f�� FAX (650) 261-9102 Aosanne Foust C't� F �� www.redwoodcity.org Jim Hartnett Diane Howard Ira Ruskin M E M O R A N D U M Date: September 2, 2004 To: Members, City Council From: Mayor Jeff Ira, Vice Mayor Pierce, and Councilmember Foust Re: Update on the Efforts of the Ad Hoc Committee in Developing the "Redwood City Plan and Proposal" for the Restoration of Bair Island As you know, this ad-hoc committee has been developing a plan for the restoration of Bair Island, as an alternative and complementary to the restoration plan proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The Redwood City Plan and Proposal is on the Council agenda for September 13 for your consideration of adoption. We apologize for not making an earlier report to Council, as was our intent. A great deal of work has been accomplished with the City's consultants in analyzing and evaluating the needs and desires of Redwood City and the greater peninsula community for both the protection and pubtic appreciation of Bair Island. All of our efforts have been focused on creating the City's alternative Plan which we feel will best reflect the wide range of community and environmental interests concerning this irreplaceable natural resource. With the Council's consent, this Plan will be presented to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service during that agency's Draft EIS/EIR comment period for its restoration plan. This memo outlines the activities we've undertaken since the approval of the extension of the contract with our consultant, Mr. W.H. Fawcett, of the preeminent Washington, D.C. law firm Perkins Coie. Perkins Coie is a leading international firm, with more than 600 attorneys and 15 offices in the United States and China. This firm is known for working across political lines with multiple stakeholders, businesses, and government agencies at the highest levels to address federal, state and local environmental issues. Our efforts include the following: • More than a dozen meetings and work sessions with Mr. Fawcett, both in person and via telephone conference; these meetings included, at various times, the Mayor, Council members Pierce and/or Foust, the City Manager, and other staff; • On the City's behalf Mr. Fawcett has used his Washington, D.C. office to set up meetings and contacts with a variety of political stakeholders in Washington, D.C. as part of his research; these contacts include Senate appropriations committee staff, and Congressional representatives and their staffs;