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24 SEPTEMBER 2018 IINTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND D Redwood City is a thriving urban center of nearly 85,000 residents, and has long been a vital hub of commerce, manufacturing, and cQ government for San Mateo County. Like many communities in the (D" Bay Area, recent years have brought rapid population and job growth (0 along with the development of higher -density housing and new commercial businesses. Since the adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan in January, 2011, Downtown Redwood City has experienced tremendous growth in the form of new multi -story office buildings, mixed-use developments, and high-density residential complexes. With this growth has come much needed housing and new business; however other than Courthouse Square (2007), no new parks or publicly accessible open spaces have been created, and thus the ratio of open space to population has declined. With this in mind, Redwood City Council held a Study Session in early 2017 regarding the implementation of the Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP), where it determined that a high priority need to be placed on Goal #3 of the DTPP: "to create a network of great public open spaces." In 2017, the City hired a consultant team to analyze six public parcels in the Downtown Precise Plan Area that were underutilized and/or could be repurposed, with the overall understanding that each could contribute to a larger parks network in the Downtown Core. After developing a series of criteria, the consultant team evaluated and ranked the six potential sites, recommending three for eventual development as urban parks. Those three sites are Site 02: Library Lot A/Roselli Park, Site 03: City Hall/Main Street and Site 06: Bradford Street/Redwood Creek. Sites 02 and 03 are currently used as public parking lots and Site 06 is a segment of Redwood Creek stretching from where the creek daylights at Bradford Street to the Highway 101 undercrossing.