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. .- '. (P.I £-~ . ( ~ Request for Support July 15, 2004 Redwood Shores Owner's Association, Redwood Shores Community Association Dear representatives of the Redwood Shores Owner's Association and Redwood Shores Community Association, Weare writing to request your support for the continued existence of an enclosure used to store boats in a portion of Portside Park. Back2round: On May 6,2002 the City Council of the City of Redwood City approved a Revocable Permit for Encroachment and use of a portion of Ports ide Park to Stanford Rowing and Paddling; c/o Craig Amerkhanian, Department of Athletics, Stanford University. Shortly thereafter Members of the Stanford Athletic Department Staff and members of the Stanford Canoe and Kayak Team built the enclosure. Starting in August of 2002, the Stanford Canoe and Kayak Team (SCKT) and Stanford Crew began giving lessons to residents who formed the Redwood Shores Rowing & Paddling Club as a result. Starting in October of 2002, the SCKT and Stanford Crew began practicing out of .. the enclosure. This marked the first time that Stanford Crew had practiced on this waterway during the fall. However, the SCKT had practiced here in the Fall of2001 as , well as the Winter and Spring of2002. In the Spring of2003, Stanford Crew ceased using the enclosure with the completion of the Stanford Rowing and Sailing Center at 300 Cardinal Way at the Port of Redwood City, although they continued normal springtime practice from Paragon Point. The Canoe and Kayak Team and Redwood Shores Rowing & Paddling Club continued to use the enclosure. Two years after the initial approval of the permit, on May 5th, 2004 The Redwood Shores Architectural Design Board (ADB) pulled their support of the enclosure. The Board had originally approved the drawings for the enclosure on April 25t\ 2002. The concerns of the ADB were discussed at the June 23rd, 2004 meeting of the Redwood City Parks and Recreation Commission. The Commission directed SCKT to seek to reaffirm in writing the approval of the Redwood Shore Community Association and the Redwood Shores Owners Association for continuance of the enclosure and related use of the lagoon. The concerns of the ADB fall into three categories: issues concerning the legalities of the permit, issues regarding the use of the physical enclosure and issues concerning the use of the lagoon. We addressed the issues concerning the permit and the use of the physical enclosure at the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting and can provide that full letter and binder. Below, we will summarize our proposed solutions for the revocable permit, the physical enclosure as well as the use of the lagoon. The Permit: With regard to the revocable permit, the ADB raised three issues: I) that I the permit to the party does not exist, 2) that the enclosure has been abandoned and 3) that the group using the enclosure does not have university oversight. -'.'. .-