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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALISON MADDEN AND THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY This Settlement Agreement ("Agreement') is entered into as of July 25, 2022 ("Effective Date") by and between Alison Madden ("Tenant') and the City of Redwood City (the "City"). Tenant and the City are each referred to individually as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." RECITALS This Agreement is made with reference to the following facts and circumstances ("Recitals"). A. The City serves as a trustee for state public trust lands on which Docktown Marina ("Docktown") is located, on and along Redwood Creek. B. Beginning in or around the 1960s, individuals rented slips at Docktown, some for residential use and others for non-residential use, e.g., recreational use. C. In or around 2013, Tenant and the City entered into a written rental agreement that authorized Tenant to dock a specified and identified vessel ("Inferno') in a designated slip (no. 26) at Docktown for residential purposes. D. In or around April 2019, Tenant and the City also entered into a berthing license agreement by which Tenant secured; a right to dock another specified and identified vessel ("Bohemia") in a designated slip (no. 52) for non-residential purposes. E. In or around late May 2022, Tenant moved another vessel ("Grace") into Docktown, which Tenant docked in al slip at Docktown without permission from the City, and which the City notified Tenant in June 2022 that she is obligated to move out of Docktown. F. As used in this Agreement, "Premises" means and includes any and all slips or other property at Docktown at which Tenant has docked any vessel (e.g., Inferno, Bohemia, and/or Grace) and/or for which Tenant has claimed any rights to ownership, use, occupation, or possession. G. On December 12, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 15550, which (i) directed the City Manager to terminate all residential rental agreements at Docktown (but not non-residential rental agreements), and (ii) approved the Docktown Plan attached thereto to provide relocation assistance and benefits to qualified residents of Docktown, not under the California Relocation Assistance Law (Gov. Code § 7260 et seq.) ("CRAL") or federal law. H. In or around June 2018, the City gave Tenant notice terminating her written rental agreement for Inferno and her residential tenancy at Docktown. I. Tenant has asserted she has a right to continue residing at Docktown, to receive relocation assistance and benefits under the ORAL, to just compensation for inverse condemnation, and/or for other legal or equitable relief. The City has asserted Tenant has no such rights. ATTY/AGR/SETTLEMENTS/SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT -ALISON MADDEN REV: 07-21-22 VR Page 1 of 13