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.. (p. I f -5 ... ~ practice. Specifically, the ADB raised the issue that more water is used to wash the boats after practice now than when the pennit was issued because the SCKT now stores many more boats in the enclosure. However, only an average of six athletes attend anyone practice, consequently they only use (and wash) a tiny portion of the total boats stored. The SCKT recognizes that no one has ever monitored the water usage in that Park since our arrival, so the SCKT proposes that Parks and Recreation establish a "baseline for water usage" for the park as well as a "threshold water usage" and that a representative from the Parks and Recreation Department inform the SCKT if that threshold for water usage is ever breached so that the SCKT can respond with less water usage. If that threshold water usage continues to be breached for six consecutive months, the Parks and Recreation Department can recommend to the City Council to revoke the permit. We hope that this agreement on the part of the SCKT will demonstrate that we are sincere in our wish to maintain good relations with the Redwood Shores Community and with the City of Redwood City Lae:oon Use and Impact on the Community: While issues of Lagoon use have no direct bearing on the pennit for the enclosure to store boats, We would.like to address them in seeking the full support of the Redwood Shore Owner's Association and the Redwood Shores Community Association. The ADB has raised concerns about the changing use of the enclosure and its impact on the community. Specifically, the ADB has raised four ~ issues: community support, use of private docks, safety and noise. i First, in reference to community complaints, the SCKT has obtained eight letters of support from the community immediately surrounding the enclosure. These neighbors continually stress that the enclosure has improved their community. Four of the letters are from all four houses with fence lines that border the parks where the enclosure is built which would constitute 100% support from the four most affected homes in Redwood Shores. We spend more time at the enclosure than in front of anyone single house on the waterway. We are constantly moving when practicing on the water and spend 10 minutes or less in front of anyone waterfront home during a one hour practice; however we spend at least twenty minutes prior to practice and thirty minutes after practice at the enclosure getting boats out before practice and washing and storing boats after practice. We hope that these letters will be regarded as important because of the significance of these residents' experience with the SCKT, which is far greater than with any other set of homeowners on the waterway. Residents state that the enclosure has driven out gangs that previously hung out under the bridge and caused noise, graffiti and litter. One resident states, "Alcohol, drugs, loud music, debris, public urination, and gang graffiti were commonplace...This meeting place is no more." Furthennore, residents state that the enclosure has not created any problems for them, that it is a fine addition to the community and that the athletes who use it are quiet and respectful. Second, prior to the start of practice in the Fall of 2003, the team sought both verbal and written approval to access docks for convenience of water rescues. The team was very a well received along Quay Lane and Starboard Drive. We would add here that docks are not required for water rescues as the lagoon is very shallow in many places and athletes _..~.. -