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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 VISION FOR THE FUTURE <br />The Redwood City Plan and Proposal for Bair 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 mmod <br />Management Plan (NWRS plan) for the Don Edwards San Francisco <br />xW M <br />Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) Bair Island Ecological Reserve. <br />An Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report 1 W <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 Worldng for <br />drafting of this Redwood City Plan, was published in the Federal Conservation's <br />Future. <br />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, 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 Bair Island Complex. <br />6 <br />