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<br />Sent By: REDWOOD CITY PO~ICEj <br /> <br />650 780 7149j <br /> <br />Jul-6-00 1 :04PMj <br /> <br />\~ A -\ <br /> <br />REDWOOD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />MemoréU1dum <br /> <br />June 27, 2000 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br />Steve Blanc, Police Sergeant @ <br /> <br />Waterfowl Hunting Update <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />At the Council meeting on April 24, 2000, Council asked for clarification on a few issues <br />regarding the waterfowl-hunting ordinance. The current ordinance in Redwood City <br />prohibi ts hunting within 500 yards of residential or commercial buildings, as well as in <br />other specified areas. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Council asked for information from neighboring cities regardil1g regulations <br />related to hunting and distance requirements associated with firearm discharge. <br />Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Foster City, Newark, and Fremont all allow waterfowl <br />hunting withiD their city limits, unless prohibited by State or Federa11aw. None <br />oftbese cities, however, reguJate the distance a hU1l1~r must be from buildings <br />when discharging a firearm. <br />Council asked for clarification on whether or not hunting was allowed in <br />Corkscrew Slough. Hunting is currently prolúbited in the following an:as of <br />Corkscrew Slough: 1,000 yards east ofthe confluence of Steinberger Slough in a <br />perpendicular line, and 1,000 yards west of the confluence of Redwood Creek in a <br />perpendicular line. The remaining portion of Corkscrew Slough is unregulated. <br />This area is approximately 1,000 yards. <br />Redwood City Code 37.8(d)(8) requires signs posted on Redwood Peninsula <br />"giving reasonable notice of the prohibition of shooting or hunting on said <br />Peninsula." Public works is in the process of making the signs, which will be in <br />place before the next duck-hunting season. <br />Council requested c1arification on the report from Terry Huffinan related to 1he <br />clapper rail. Since hunting is prohibited from land, the habitat of the clapper rail <br />would not be disturbed. Any permitted hunting would take place 500 feet from <br />the shoreline. According to Mr. Huffman, any impacts regarding disruption of the <br />clapper rail would be indjrect oncs related to the noise generated by the boats and <br />gunfire. Also, relative to dogs used to retrieve the bird:,;, they would be out in the <br />water and not 011 the marshland. There is also no overlap between the hw1ting <br />season and the clapper rail breeding season. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />cc: <br /> <br />Carlos G. Bolanos, Police Chief <br /> <br />T"" <br /> <br />---T <br />