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RECOMMENDATIONS 1. The City recommends that dredge spoils from the Redwood Shores lagoons also be used by the NWRS for Inner Bair rehabilitation. 2. Redwood City recommends that the Bair Island Complex be served by two parking lots; one as shown on the NWRS plan on Redwood Creek, the other at a location near the San Carlos Airport. Two parking lots will provide ample areas for trash bins restroom facilities and protect the refuge from human litter. 3. The City recommends against including a 0.5 -mile trail that lies between a residential neighborhood complex and directly adjacent to unprotected critical habitat outside of the refuge boundaries. 4. Redwood City recommends closing the Whipple Street entrance to the refuge and will join with the NWRS to encourage redesign of the Whipple Street access to discourage uncontrolled predator intrusion and to eliminate Whipple Street access to all but emergency and authorized vehicles. 5. The City recommends that access to the refuge be strictly limited to pedestrian access bridges at Redwood Creek and the San Carlos Airport. 6. The City recommends the bridges to Bair Island be designed as covered bridges with handicap assisted doors at either end of the bridge to protect the refuge from unauthorized access. The bridge doors should be lockable. 7. The City recommends that refuge consider opening and closing hours of the refuge at dawn and dusk. 8. The City recommends that the two overlooks or mounts included in the City plan provide a handicap accessible ramp with a rise in elevation to approximately fifteen feet. 9. The City recommends that the two overlooks or mounts be pulled away from the environmentally sensitive mixing zone at the confluence of Smith Slough and the breeched levee portions of Inner Bair Island. 10. City recommends that on Bair Island the interior public area of the refuge is defined by a berm of approximately 3 feet. 17