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08/10/2009 . Saltworks 50/50 Balanced Plan — Executive Summary Overview of Application Submittal & Statement of Justification May 2009 Page T capacity to the south. (See Regional Access plan, attached.) Primary access to the Saltworks Site no longer, would be via the Woodside interchange, but to the east via Marsh Road and to the west via Whipple. 50 /50- Balanced -Plan- related improvements would also provide existing residents improved and more convenient access to the City's Downtown and other districts. S. Infrastructure Flood protection, perhaps the most prominent public safety priority of the 50150 Balanced Plan, innovatively is premised upon adaptive design principles. Initially based upon the most current science for sea -level rise projections, future levees at the Saltworks Site will be designed to accommodate future expansion and elevation should unanticipated magnitudes of sea -level rise occur. The Statement of Justification and a technical appendix in the Application Submittal address other infrastructure issues including: project- generated stormwater management and quality control, off site generated runoff management, potable water service, sanitary sewer service, recycled water, solid waste management, and dry utilities. The 50/50 Balanced Plan also proposes to address the vexing flooding issues related to the adjacent regional stormwater channel facility, providing benefits to its immediate neighbors and the region as a whole. V. Conclusion It truly is unprecedented to have the open canvass of a two- square -mile undeveloped infill site situated amidst booming job centers and existing regional transit facilities. The inherent opportunities in such a configuration are extraordinary. The question is, what to do with those circumstances? Here, Redwood City has two choices: continue the 100 -year history of industrial salt making and its related preclusion of public involvement and access, or bring a comprehensive balance of community open space /ecological restoration and innovative, beneficial community design that improves the quality of life for both existing and future residents of the City. The Saltworks Team is confident that after full public vetting, both the elected officials and citizens at large of Redwood City will see that the 50150 Balanced Plan not only is the right choice, but it is a vision and model of which all can be proud and which should set a new standard for balanced community building in the Bay area and beyond, 14958 MUFF # 601