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� � o <br />c7 111[li€[llli <br />SAMCEDA <br />CM San Mateo County Economic Developmer€t Assodadon y <br />EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE January 11, 2021 <br />Sherri Sager <br />Chair of the Board <br />Lucile Packard Children 'sHospital Stanford Honorable Mayor Diane Howard <br />Ariane Hogan City of Redwood City <br />Vice Chair 1017 Middlefield Road <br />Genentech <br />Robert Webster Redwood City, CA 94063 <br />Vice Chair <br />Bohannon Development Company Dear Mayor Howard and Honorable Members of the City Council: <br />Steve Mincey <br />Past Chair of the Board <br />DES Architects + Engineers, Inc. On behalf of the Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Economic Development Association <br />PaulCasias (SAMCEDA) I respectfully urge the City Council to accept the findings of the Redwood City Ferry Financial <br />Vice Chair of Finance <br />My -Business -Advisor LLP Feasibility Study and Cost -Benefit & Economic Impact Analyses and direct staff to initiate the Business <br />Elaine Breeze Plan Phase of the Redwood City Ferry Project. <br />Secretary <br />SummerHill Apartment Communities <br />Rosanne Foust SAMCEDA has supported water transit for decades as an important addition to the mobility options to <br />President & CEO address traffic congestion in, out and through San Mateo County; and provide emergency transportation <br />SAMCEDA in the event of a major natural disaster. <br />DIRECTORS <br />ErryleneAspilla SAMCEDA has been working with City staff to support engagement of major employers in the <br />San Francisco internationalAirport feasibility study and we applaud the work of staff at the City of Redwood City, Port of Redwood City <br />Fran <br />Heritage <br />Bank ofCommerce and Water Emergency Transportation ation Authority (WETA) to finally reach this important milestone in the <br />Norman Book, Jr. process to bring ferry service to the Port of Redwood City. <br />Carr McClellan <br />Ken Busch <br />Sores Regis Group of Northern Calfa, Even with the challenges and uncertainties associated with the pandemic and economic impacts, moving <br />Carol Donnelly forward with the Business Plan Phase should not be delayed. The pandemic will end, the economy will <br />Fmbarcadero Capital Partners, LLC recover, and traffic will return. Similar to SAMCEDA's support for the Measure RR campaign for Caltrain <br />Shelley Doran dedicated funding this past November, moving the Business Plan Phase forward now will be the right <br />Webcor <br />William Graham decision in hindsight. <br />Sequoia Hospital/A Dignity Health Member <br />Rick Knauf SAMCEDA has full confidence in the ability of the professional staff at the City, Port, WETA, and <br />Colliers International San Mateo County Transportation Authority to develop a business plan that does not impact the <br />Sunil Pandva <br />Wells Fargo other critical public health, safety, and normal city operations at City Hall. <br />Frank R. Petrilli <br />Arent Fox LLP Congratulations on reaching this important milestone in the process to bring passenger and <br />Marto Puccinelli <br />Becology Son Mateo County commuter ferry service to the Port of Redwood City. <br />Doug Reynolds <br />Kaiser Permanente Sincerely, <br />Jonathan Scharfman <br />Randy Smith <br />Oracle America, Inc. � <br />Ashley Stanley <br />BKF Engineers Rosanne Foust <br />Lucy Wicks President & CEO <br />Stanford University <br />SAMCEDA <br />EMERITUS ADVISOR CC: Melissa Diaz Stevenson, City of Redwood City <br />TO THE CHAIR <br />T. Jack Foster, Jr. Kristine Zortman, Port of Redwood City <br />Faster Enterprises Seamus Murphy, Water Emergency Transportation Authority <br />Jim Hartnett, San Mateo County Transit District <br />April Chan, San Mateo County Transportation Authority <br />1900 O'Farrell Street, Suite 380 1 San Mateo, California 94403 1 650.413.5600 1 info@samceda.org I www.samceda.org <br />a <br />S <br />