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9.B. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er June 25, 2012 SUBJECT Inner Harbor Study Session RECOMMENDATION Provide direction to staff regarding community engagement and stakeholder groups for the development of an Inner Harbor Precise Plan. BACKGROUND There has been considerable interest in developing a comprehensive plan for the Inner Harbor Area, which includes the Docktown Marina, the County Women's Jail facility, a homeless shelter, the City's Police headquarters, the planned County Jail, Bair Island Aquatic Center, and vacant properties owned by the City. Because there are so many competing interests, not just the property owners and users in the instant area, but those of the industrial uses along Blomquist Avenue and Seaport Boulevard and the residential and commercial uses across Redwood Creek, development needs the guidance of a Precise Plan to move forward. ANALYSIS To begin the process of this recommended Precise Plan, the meeting will be facilitated by Kip Harkness, who has assisted the Council with the Block 2 Project and with establishing priorities for disposing and developing City-owned properties. The goal of the facilitation is to have the Council provide staff the direction on how to proceed. This is not a discussion on what the Precise Plan will be or the direction it should take. Staff's goal is that at the end of the discussion the Council will provide direction on the public process and the stakeholders to engage in developing the Precise Plan. Staff will return at a later meeting with a confirming document that lays out the agreed upon process and stakeholders. Stakeholders are recommended to be identified by interest group, rather than individuals, so the focus remains on the "how" of the process. When staff returns with the process document and the working group is identified, the next steps creating the "what" and ultimately a Precise Plan can be more clearly laid out.