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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 23 authorized structure. In this amended permit, public access restrictions and dedications will occur by a date certain, not with the construction of the levee improvements which are likely to be completed first. However, public access on the perimeter levees will continue until all of the alternative inland access areas and improvements have been guaranteed and constructed. Because the interim access on the perimeter levee is more desirable than the alternative inland access that will eventually be provided to close portions of the perimeter levee access pursuant to USFWS recommendations, and because, as conditioned, areas needed to complete the alternative inland access trail and associated improvements are to be guaranteed and the required improvements constructed prior to occupancy, the Commission finds that the scheduling of completing public access improvements minimizes, disruption of the public's use of the Bayfront and adequately ensures that the alternative public access will be dedicated or otherwise restricted and constructed in conjunction with the closure of access on the levee. E. Amendment No. One. Amendment No. One authorized modifications to the original permit to ensure that the project will be consistent with the requirements of the u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service's Biological Opinion, including outlining seasonal restrictions for project construction and altering some public access improvements. F. Amendment Nos. Two and Three. Amendment No. One authorized a time extension for completing levee improvements. Amendment No. Three authorized: (1) placing fill on levee segment III to raise levee elevation and thus improve flood protection; (2) placing fill on levee segment II to level the public access connection between levee segments II and III and repaving this 300-foot-Iong portion of the levee; and (3) maintaining access to the observation deck by creating a gradual slope for handicapped accessibility and constructing timber stairs. Work is defined in Regulation Section 10601(b )(5) as "routine repairs, reconstruction, replacement, removal, and maintenance that do not involve any substantial enlargement or any substantial change in uses" within the 100-foot shoreline band and thus, the project is a non-permit pursuant to Regulation Section 10822. Please note that Amendment No. Three to this permit includes Ryland Homes as the co-permittee to the City of Redwood City because at that time Ryland Homes accepted assignment of this permit from Redwood Shores on July 22, 1997. G. Amendment No. Five. Amendment No. Five deletes a segment of the alternative inland public access originally required adjacent to Shearwater Parkway. The access deleted will be replaced with an approximately 1,700-foot-Iong path along Shearwater Parkway and a new 2,400-foot-Iong, 10-foot-wide path along the top of a levee pursuant to the requirements of Commission Permit No. 5-07 issued on July 11, 2008, to Keech Properties, LLC, the new owners of this portion of the alternative inland access. Because the project, as revised, will not diminish the public access previously-required in this amended permit, the public access required herein remains the maximum feasible consistent with the project and thus, is not a material change in the originally-authorized project. Therefore, the Executive Director may issue an amendment to a major permit pursuant to Regulation Section 10822. H. Amendment No. Six. Amendment No. Six authorizes the placement of earth material along an approximately 3.5-mile-Iong section of shoreline adjacent to the three sloughs at the project site to raise the levee and provide protection for inland areas from tidal flooding. This amendment is a part of a larger project to reinforce the entire Redwood Shores Peninsula, which