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6.3A _. Page 1 ��o� � To the H�onorab�e Mayor and City CouRC'r( From the City Ill�ana�r May 21, 2007 SUBJECT Resolution Requesting Bay Trail Realignment on Inner Bair Is{and RECUMMENDATlON Approve by resolution a r�quest that the San Francisco Bay Trail Project incorporate a future rea(ignment of fhe Bay Trail on Inner Bair Island into its Bay Trail Plan BACKGROUND Since 1989, the San Francisco Bay Trai1 Project, as part af the Association of Bay Area .r Governments, has been implementing the vision of a continuous trail along the shoreline of all nine Bay Area counties. When complete,the trail wi!!be 500 miles long. Currently,288 miles exist, providing opportunities for recreatian, hiking, bicycting, skating, and an aiternative#ransporta#ion corridor. A current segment of the Bay Trail in Redwoad City is designated on a portion of the existing loop trail on Inner Bai�Island, parallel to U.S. Route 101.As you know,the United States Fish and Wi1dlife Services (US�WS),with the involvement and support of Redwood City, is embarking on a restoration of the Bair Isiand complex, which will alter the trail af ignment and access paints to Inner Bair Island. City s#aff and representatives of fhe San Francisco Bay Trail Prpject agree that in order ta best accommodate those changes, planning for a future realignmen#of the Bay Trail on inner Bair Island is appropriate, and will best serve the community and visitars to this natural treasure.The USFWS'manager of the Bair Island complex has indica#ed support for and appreciation of this realignment request. The�estoration project includes the efimination of the existing continuous loop trait around the island, and converting it inta two, non-continuous trail segmen#s leading to observation platforms at the point of the future levee breaches.The attached map illustrates the current and future alignments. The proposed realignment of the Bay Trail would designate those two ptanned non-continuous trail segments as Bay Trail°spu�s,"maintain the existing Bay Trail spine alignment along the western edge of Inner Bair Island, designate the eastern edge of fnner Bair Island including the future bridge crassing to Bair Isiand Road as Bay Trail"spine,°and eliminate Bay Trail designation on the ievee adjacent to Inner Bair Island as a result of the proposed trail access closure at Whipple Avenue. In order ta incorporate the proposed realignment into the Bay Trail Plan #or future implementatian, it is necessary fflr the City Cauncil to adopt a resalution requesting that change. The proposed realignment would take place as part of a future "public access" phase of the restoration project. !f the City CouncH adopts this resolution, a report on the