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78 Page 2 On January 12, 2009, The City Council received a letter from John Bruno, Vice President and General Manager of OMS Redwood City Saltworks (representing the property owner, Cargill). In the letter, Mr. Bruno requested that the City's general plan process retain the existing IlOpen Space" and uUrban Reservell land use categories on the Cargill Saltworks property. He also suggested that the City only evaluate the General Plan designations for the property at the time an application is made to develop the property. The stated reasons for this request were to allow for a more comprehensive approach to evaluate alternatives for the property and also to permit the City to complete its general plan update in a more expedited manner. (Please refer to Attachment 1, letter from OMB Redwood City Saltworks dated January 12, 2009). On January 13, 2009 the Planning Commission further discussed various land use alternatives for three corridor study areas and also a new corridor for consideration, Middlefield Road. It did exclude, however, the Cargill Saltworks property from the discussion because of Council's request through staff to have the Planning Commission wait for their input. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Planning Commission confirmed their preferred land use alternatives for each and all of the corridor study areas. The purpose of this report is to provide information and options on the New General Plan process going forward, specifically as it relates to the Cargill Saltworks property, and to provide the City Council with an update of the land use alternatives being generally supported by the Planning Commission, and an opportunity to concur with the draft land use maps dated January 26, 2009 for the four study area corridors. Upon direction by the City Council, and concurrence of the Planning Commission, the New General Plan team will immediately begin the Programmatic EIR and complete the drafting of policies and writing of the New General Plan elements. Cargill Saltworks Property Beginning in the fall of 2008, the New General Plan team prepared land use altematives for the Cargill Saltworks property for the purpose of public outreach and discussion. As of December 16, 2008, seven alternatives were presented to the public and Planning Commission. These alternatives are summarized in Table One below (see also Attachment 2). At the December 9th Commission meeting staff also introduced the concept of "Performance Standards" relative to the Cargill Saltworks property, but which could also apply to land use planning throughout the Bayfront Area to some extent. The standards included: . No net new water use . Resolve flooding issues and plan for sea level rise . Accommodate wetlands restoration . Support mobile home community . Provide secondary access (e.g. via Marsh Road) . Roadway performance criteria (e.g. Level of Service) . Must not exceed specified carbon thresholds . Provide active park space . Net positive fiscal impact for City of Redwood City . Inclusion of affordable housing . No interference with Port functions . Transit linkages