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78 Page 5 Section III 1. Would the initiative apply to a newly~acquired parcel of land that would be used for a new park? No, nothing in the initiative limits the City's ability to acquire new land not covered by the initiative and designate that land for a park. Such action would not require voter approval. In addition, even if the City Council designates the newly-acquired land as one of the General Plan or Zoning Code designations covered by the initiative (such as "Park" or "Tidal Plain"), that designation would not then require voter approval for any changes to the use of that land in the future. Put otherwise, any land that is redesignated in the future to one of the designations listed in the initiative would still not be covered by the initiative because the initiative applies only to lands with those designations as of March 13, 2008, when the initiative was drafted. For example, a parcel of land that currently is zoned "Commercial/Industrial" but is subsequently converted to a park and rezoned "Tidal Plain" (a designation covered by the initiative) would not be covered by the initiative because it was not zoned "Tidal Plain" as of March 13, 2008. 2. Would two-thirds voter approval be required for a land-swap where, for example, the City would permit Jardin de Ninos Park to be used for charitable purpose and then build a new park in a new location? No, two-thirds voter approval would not be required because Jardin de Ninos Park is not covered by the initiative. Thus, a land-swap of this park with another parcel could be accomplished without being subject to the initiative. 3. Would two~thirds voter approval be required for the City to acquire a currently vacant parcel, build a park on it, and sell a nearby park site, which is covered by the initiative, to another party to build housing units on it? Yes; if the proposed land-swap included a covered park, then housing could not be built on that site without two-thirds voter approval. That is because the construction of housing is not one of the permissible uses of lands covered by the initiative. As discussed above, however, the acquisition of new land for the purpose of building a new park would not require two-thirds voter approval. 4. Would two-thirds voter approval be required for the City to acquire land currently zoned "Industrial" or "Residential" for the purpose of building a teen center or new park? No; the initiative applies only to "Tidal Plain" and "Redwood Shores Bay Fronr zoning districts and therefore any change to "Industrial" or "Residential" districts are not covered by the initiative and would not require two-thirds voter approval. 5