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7A Page 10 whether the City's administrative actions must comply with the initiative, the initiative is clear that all acts by the Port are covered. 13. Provide a better description of the relationship between the Oracle lands and the relationship between Redwood City and Belmont. (p.42) Response: The Oracle office campus covers a large area in Redwood Shores. The parcels that surround the lagoon on Marine Parkway have a recorded Development Agreement with the City of Redwood City which sets permissible development and uses in the office complex. Moreover, these parcels are not covered by the initiative because they do not have land designations listed in the initiative. The smaller parcel across the Belmont Slough arguably could come within the initiative because a portion of it has an "Open Space" general plan designation. However, it also has a recorded Development Agreement with the City of Belmont Redevelopment Agency even though the land is in the City of Redwood City, and under that agreement. (The Cities of Belmont and Redwood City entered into a Lead Agency Agreement in 1988 to handle the coordination effort of the site with the City of Belmont being the entitlement agency). The Oracle parcels are essentially built out and are governed by their respective Development Agreements. 14. For the Preserve at Redwood Shores, could the City set aside some of the wetlands acreage for play fields without triggering the two- thirds voter requirement? How would the initiative affect the public park designated within the Preserve at Redwood Shores? Response: The Preserve at Redwood Shores has general plan designations of School, Medium Density Residential, Public and Quasi-Public and Open Space. The wetlands area of the Preserve lies within the Open Space designated area and thus would be covered by the initiative, To the extent a portion of the wetlands area would be developed for public park or public recreational activities or facilities, such a development would be consistent with the purposes of the initiative and therefore would not trigger the two- thirds voter approval. As stated in the May 19, 2008 staff report, the park site is also covered by the initiative and therefore could not be used for any "Non-Open Space" use without two-thirds voter approval. The proposed public elementary school has a general plan designation of "School." In order for the school lands to expand into the wetlands (which has a General Plan land use designation of "Open Space"), a General Plan amendment would be required. In such an instance, the amendment would be seeking to change some of the Open Space land to a non-Open Space Use (School), and therefore the two-thirds voter approval requirement would be triggered. 10