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"] .13 - Z Adiacent Land Uses: The site is bordered by Redwood Creek to the north; the San Francisco Bay and Pflrt of Redwood City marina to the east, the Port of Redwood City parking loi with small L�at launch and Seaport Center office park to the south; and Seaport Center, Sesport Plaza, and the Stanford boathouse to the west. Past and Existina Conditions: Until 2000, the site was owned by the Cargill Sait Company and used for salt storage. During Cargill's ownership, the site was well known by its large white salt pile that was visible from Highway 101 as well as hillside vistas. A pier is connected to the east side of the site, in close proximity to the Port of Redwood City, and was used for shipping the salt. The salt pile has been removed and the center of the site is considerably depressed from settlement. Currently Cargili retains an easement to use and service the pier for the express purpose of shipping out bittem (a caustic byproduct of salt processing), which is pumped though a pipe in slurry form. Cargiil's easements for this operation will expire in late 2010. Various structures related to salt processing operations remain on site. In addition to Cargill's continued use of the pier, the Marine Science Institute (MSI) is also operating from the site. MSI has temporary classroom structures located on the north portion of the site. MSI also has a boat which can be boarded from a dock attachesi to the north portion of the site. Proiect Description: Abbott Laboratories proposes to construct a 541,000 square foot "West Coast Research Center" campus for the research and development of vascular devices and related pharmaceuticals in three phases over a ten to fifteen year period. At full build out, the campus would include a manufacturing/warehouse building, an administrative office building, two large research and development buildings, a small building for the MSI, and two five-level parking structures. The buildings are proposed to be arranged around a large central open space plaza. The buildings and campus interior would be secured from public access. Public access via a multi-use path along the waterfront would be provided in a 100-foot deep landscaped open space area. Development of the proposed campus is briefly summarized below: • Demolition: The remaining structures, buildings, and equipment that were formerly used for salt processing by the previous property owner, Cargill, will be removed. Temporary classroom structures used by the Marine Science Institute will be relocated or replaced with other temporary structures on another part of the subject site during construction. (These buildings will eventually be removed and replaced with a permanent facility as de�cribed below.) . Phase 1: Phase 1 includes 200,000 square feet of manufacturing, warehouse, research and development, and administrative office floor area in two buildings. A 10,000 square foot permanent building for the Marine Science Institute would also be included in Phase 1. All parking wouid be provided in surface lots. • Phase 2: Phase 2 includes a 176,000 square foot, five-story research and development building and a five-level parking structure.