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� <br /> REDW� OD 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 VISION FOR THE FUTURE <br /> The Redwood City Plan and Proposal for Bair Island (Redwood City Plan or <br /> Plan) included here is in partial response to the National Wildlife Refuge Service <br /> (NWRS) Bair Island Restoration and Management Plan (NWRS plan) for the Don <br /> Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) Bair Island Ecological <br /> Reser�re. An Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS) <br /> has been caused to be prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The <br /> FWS EIS has been compiled and, late in the drafting of this Redwood City Plan, was <br /> published in the Federal Register on August 27, 2004. <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, counry representatives, operators of the San Carlos Airport, the <br /> port of Redwood City�, Pete's Harbor (I added the port and question whether to <br /> include Pete's) and even members of the press were solicited for their views and <br /> input on long-term solutions to the issues facing Redwood City in the open space <br /> habitat adjoining the San Francisco Bay. One is struck, when discussing habitat <br /> issues with Redwood City residents and officials, by the nearly unanimous preference <br /> for sound environmental principles and compassion for endangered species. One is <br /> also struck by the desire to promote, protect and improve on the habitat that has <br /> been protected from development. The City of Redwood City encourages the rapid <br /> rehabilitation of the habitat at the Bair Island Complex. <br /> 5 <br />