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PERMIT NO. 6-94 (Issued on July 24, 1996, As Amended Through March 4, 2010) AMENDMENT NO. SIX (Exclusive of Amendment No. Four) City of Redwood City and Keech Properties, LLC Page 22 The Bay Plan recognizes that public access should be developed around particular site conditions, including existing wildlife resources. Earlier discussions with USFWS indicated that it could support a 300-foot-Iong spur trail along the southwestern end of levee segment VII. However, the primary reason for limiting public access in this area appears to be for carrying out predator control activities, there does not appear to be evidence that this area is used by either the endangered rail or harvest mouse, although the area adjoining the levee appears to be suitable habitat for both species. The Commission's Design Review Board, at its July 8, 1996 meeting, strongly recommended that access be returned to the rebuilt levee as much as possible. Because the 6,200 feet of levee segments VI and VII are shown as a park priority use area, and because the outboard tidal marshes in this location are the smallest of any at the tip of the Redwood Shores peninsula and thus are likely to support few if any endangered species, keeping approximately 15% of this levee open to public access seems the minlmum needed to assure consistency with the Commission's park priority use area. By this authorization, the Commission again reluctantly finds that by providing public parking for 12 vehicles at the southern end of levee segment VII, extending the public access path 900 feet along the southwestern end of levee segment VII, and reviewing the public access restrictions and alternative inland access areas every three years to determine if revisions to the levee access restrictions or inland access are warranted, the project is consistent with Bay Plan park priority use designations. Amendment No. Six does not alter the present or possible future public access within the proiect area identified in Bay Plan Map No.6 as a Waterfront Park/ Beach Priority Land Use Area. The amended permit continues to require the periodic evaluation of whether it is still necessary to close off portions of the levee to protect the endangered species living in the area. 4. Timing of Opening Relocated Public Access/Public Access Restriction. To assure that there will be minimal interruption in the public's ability to use access along the Bayfront, the timing of closing existing levee access, constructing the levee improvements, and opening the inland trail route must be carefully coordinated. The permittees stated that "public access restrictions will be implemented after completion of construction on the exterior levees and prior to the occupancy of Lido Parcels 1 and 2. The alternative public access improvements described in the Public Access and Mitigation Plan should be completed prior to implementing the public access restrictions". The permittees proposed that access on the rebuilt levee would not be closed until an acceptable alternative route has been provided, and that the inland route would have to be completed before any residence could be occupied at Lido Parcels 1 and 2. The permittees submitted a detailed outline for the phasing and implementation of each segment of the alternative access route which is designed to ensure that the alternative route is completed prior to implementing restrictions on the exterior levees. The Commission's permits typically include conditions requiring that public access areas be restricted for public access use prior to any construction on the project and that required public access improvements be completed prior to use of any