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05/21 /2007 WHEREAS, the USFWS' plans include closure of the existing Whipple Avenue access to Inner Bair Island, two levee breaches to restore tidal flow to the island, elimination of the continuous loop trail around the island thus converting it into two, non-continuous trail segments leading to observation platforms, and construction of a pedestrian bridge from Bair Island Road in proximity to an existing public parking lot; and WHEREAS, in order to best accommodate and coincide with the USFWS' planned trail alignment and access point changes on Inner Bair Island, Redwood City desires that the Bay Trail Project plan for a complementary realignment, to include Bay Trail designation of the two planned non-continuous trail "spurs," maintaining the existing Bay Trail spine alignment along the western edge of Inner Bair Island, designating the eastern edge of Inner Bair Island including the bridge crossing to Bair Island Road as Bay Trail spine, and eliminating Bay Trail designation on the levee adjacent to Inner Bair Island as a result of the proposed trail access closure at Whipple Avenue; and WHEREAS, such a realignment and designation of Bay Trail on Inner Bair Island will provide the estimated 250,000 annual visitors to Bair Island, from the community of Redwood City and the entire region, with enhanced recreational opportunities as well as more direct and environmentally-sound access, and will be in concert with the USFWS' Bair Island restoration plans. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLOWS: That the Council requests the Bay Trail Project incorporate this realignment of the Bay Trail on Inner Bair Island into the Bay Trail Plan. ,~ ATTY/RESO/RES0.1704 050307 14778 Muff # 205 2