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7.A. - Page 2 of 16 opportunities for construction of a Homeless Navigation Center (a temporary shelter offering housing and social services to homeless individuals), transitional housing and supportive permanent affordable housing. The County has investigated potential locations throughout the County for many years, without success. As such, the County sees its 1580 Maple site as the best location to develop a navigation center, unless the City and County agree on a property exchange. The two properties involved in the potential exchange are the City's 3.29 acre parcel at 1402 Maple Street and the County's 2.00 acre parcel at 1580 Maple Street. City and County staff negotiated a property exchange agreement that was considered by the City Council at the July 13, 2020 City Council meeting. During the meeting, the City Council received significant public comment. Public comment received included: • Homeless advocates advocating for the property exchange in order to develop a temporary Navigation Center on the City's Parcel • Housing advocates urged the City to agree to the property exchange because it was an opportunity to increase the stock of affordable housing in the city. • Parks, recreation and rowing club advocates who wanted to understand the City's plan for creating open space, a public park, or public access to the shoreline, and those who wanted to reserve more (or all) of the City's 1402 Maple Street parcel for passive or active recreational space, including for aquatic sports • Environmental advocates who were concerned about how the future Blomquist extension might allow for increased development on the eastside of 101, increased traffic from commuters trying to avoid 101, and fewer opportunities to mitigate sea level rise • Industrial business advocates concerned about locating housing adjacent to a concrete plant on a parcel zoned for heavy industrial • Former Inner Harbor Taskforce Members and community participants who wanted the City to incorporate the Inner Harbor Task Force planning initiative guiding principles in any future decision regarding the City's parcels in the area • Residents concerned that the potential deal terms were not sufficiently favorable to the City Ultimately, the City Council voted 4-3 to not execute an exchange agreement with the County. The City Council directed staff to work with the City Owned Property Ad Hoc Committee (Mayor Howard, Vice Mayor Masur, Councilmember Bain) in negotiating with the County to either lease the 1402 Maple Street parcel or consider a smaller area of the 1402 Maple Street parcel to exchange. The Committee met multiple times since July, seeking an approach that would enable the Blomquist extension, enable the creation a new homeless navigation center, and preserve a large area for future public passive/active recreational and open space. This study session is designed to receive input and feedback from the community and the full City Council and provide City staff with guidance for potential next steps. San Mateo County representatives will present their vision for addressing homelessness, and will be available for questions. The City owns approximately 11.8 acres of property in the Inner Harbor Area. Under the scenarios described below, the City would continue to own approximately 8.6 to 9.8 acres of property. The Page 2 of 13 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 142