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7.A. - Page 261 <br /> Tllese five lcfiters, �roin 2005 thrnugh Septe�nber 2012, are in the public record, and"��ane" except the <br /> Septemb�r 10, 2012, letter meutians a�ieve3oper�'iling pTans. Moreover,�he Septe��ber l�tter inviting <br /> residents tn the meeting did t�.oi state t�at the haz'l�a�sli�as were being privatized for luxury use, nor that <br /> t�ere was a� architectural review board public hearing tl�e day before tl�e Septembez'20, 2012, ir�eeting, <br /> oii tl�e af�emoon of September I9. <br /> I!is t�erefore beyo��d erroneous to state that sale and developm�nt of this parcel I�ave he�n discussed <br /> constanfiIy for over 10 years and tlaat int�rested a��d impacted parties were ever iiivolved. It is kilow��tlaat <br /> wlae��Pete Ilceelli was alive he agreed to work wi�h the Pauis Corpora�ion of l�enver to �rst�i�part of the <br /> Mari��a Shores devcIo}?ment, and tl�at he may kzave continued to work with tl�is c�eveloper aFter tlie 2044 <br /> rejectio�l of'VCarina Shores. Pete di�d in 2005, aa�d although t�e Chronicle repar�ed in stories that there is <br /> an option on the lajld, :Vlrs. liccelli and her attorn�y de��y that tlaere is a bindin�aption requiring working <br /> with the Pa�ls Coiporatian. I��2002 Pete begal� iz�cludin�in re��taI agreements a sl�ort clause tha�stated <br /> "since na more liveaboards are bei�lg ad�ilitted", status as a li�eaboard was a favar, but this has loi�g been <br /> vitiated by liveaboards having been admitted far a��ather 10 years, by the h�zndreds over a decade's ti3ne. <br /> At ti�e S�ptember 20, 2012, 3neeting, the City's cont�-act plan�aer was prese��t, as well as€he ap�licant <br /> Pauts Corporation, vza Yaul Powers. On�l�at day, 14�people were liveaboards o�� S(i boats at�'ete's, a�Sd <br /> appz'oxiz�nately�0 peopl�resided in 20 FZVs. in addilian, several residents and met�t�ers of the public ra�� <br /> s�nall businesses at the property, anci dozens of additia��al cominunity men�bers rented sli�s for <br /> recreatio��.al use n�'thei�boats. <br /> Although the Pa�is Corporatioz� had �led its Permit Application on 3uly 23, 20I2, no notice af this was <br /> posted at the property, nor did?v[rs. Uccelli inform t�e tenants. lz2�act, t�e diversianary Ietter was sent <br /> earlier in Jttly, n�isIeadi�lg Lenants into believi:n�na cl�ailge wauld be made to the actual �narina and <br /> harbar whe�a reside�ces were l�uiIt, and no update was made a�er tl�e filin�. Ti�e Pa�€�s Ca�aratiia�� <br /> abtained a SeptemUer 19 architectural review hearing.:�a notice of this was posted at t1�e property, nar <br /> did:Vlrs. Uccelli iaa�o�rtara tl�e tenants af it. <br /> There are at least 263 slips at Pete's Harhar, the tr►ajority on State Lands Cotnmissian Iand in the oute�' <br /> harbor. 1"l�e State Lands Coi�n�issioil holds the"submerged lands" in public t�-ust for the Penple af tl�e <br /> State of Califorilia and tl�c property is lEased to Mrs. Uccelli on"comniercial"lease�s tha�were grant�d in <br /> a set�leanent that took anta account thc public use and access ta the public trust lands. 7'ha Ci.tv sh.c��ild <br /> take it�to account that#he leases are li�eI,,,y viola�ed a��.d re�udiatied.bv�he owner and devela�er if the <br /> marina is closed to com�nercial use,and�riv�tized. Althau�h ti�is was viewed as exiernal l�y the planniza� <br /> Cozntnissaan, it is a��i�nportant integra��art in�Ceeping tl�e histaric praperty intact. <br /> Note: A mare co�n�lete Backgro�nd staten�e��t res�ecting the cutrcnt proposaI, the State La��ds <br /> Gomt�ission action, the invoIve�nent of t�e People of.Redwood City and additional inforn�ation atld <br /> details are set fort� i� the Backpraund Section of the Memorandum sttbmitt�d by SPH 2O12 0�� October <br /> I6, 2012, ta the Pla��niilg Comrttission and copied to the CounciI and Mayor and Vice-Mayar. That <br /> Background secfiion is attached to this Appeal Bz•ief as Appendix A and is inco�-porated hercan by this <br /> reference. A11 aral and written s�atements�nade or submitted by speakers du�-ing �ublic r-�earing in either <br /> Public Comments or�ge��da discussion are also referez�ced and ii�corporated. <br /> PositionslSu�port: <br /> A. Ge�eral Plar� Po�icies/�'ur�ose: Inner I�Iarbor I'recise PIanlStudv Session; <br /> Sunst�ine/�'r€�cesslGo�ernance: <br /> Based nn the text in t�e Background section above, SPH takes the position th.at the Comtrs[ssian and <br /> P�anning Staff]Za��e comprt��nisect the rights of residents and the ge��eral p��hlic by engaging in a fast-track <br /> 4 <br />