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7.A. - Page 277 in expanding its large developrr�ei�t�lan ta Pete's Harbor, will have totally eradicated �ublic boatin� frorn twa forn�erly v�ry acti�e and vi�rant publicty-accessible z�arinas. Ii�2008 d�e to considera�ions not speci�eally k��awi�to SPH, but potent�ally due to the ecoalo�ny and the Pauls Cor-�oratiotj's c�esire to focus oz� Peninsula Park{now One Marina j, az�y plans fnr dcvelopir�ent of Pete's Harbor wer� reinoved fro�� the pIanning proeess, tak��1 off�he p��blic record, and no discussion of de�elopinent has occurred since 20D8. As a conse uence of Measure and no ublie action sinee 2008 it has not been the dail ex�erience of residents and voters, nar the�eneraI �ubIic, that an e�te�lsive �ubIie con��nentar 1�as occurred re ardin develo ��lent of tlzis lands-end oi�1t. In �act the 0 osife is t�-ue—des ite the s1i �tl scaled back nature of t�e �'ete's Harbor ort�ion of the Pauls Coz- ar�tia��'s current lans the vater�re'ected this t e of develp �nent and no one has considered a��y_active,�ro�asal on it sil�ce 2008. "Current fling anci �roposa�—intentionai car�paign ar unintended unfortu�ate series of events?" I�1 J�Iy 2012 Mrs. Uccell� included in rent-biil envelopes a lett�r stating that there was curre�t interest in developing ti�e property, but nat revealing that a�lan filing was imminent. Many residei�ts who pay�heir bills on a regular basis by walkin� in to the affice, did i�at s�e lhat rr�ailing, and no separate inailing was dane. Days Iater ihe Pa�ls Corporation �led its�ropnsal. No pubIic�c�sti�lg was made of a��y �1��1g in July,August or September, o�� t�e praper-ty, oi�the websi�e, in rent bilis or oth�rwis�. In mid-Septe�nber 1VIrs. Uccelli sent a letter in a separate maili�g inviting residents�o a coffee on th� early mornii�g of Se�tember 20, 2012, without mentianing that�I�ere was an architec�ural review board ("ARB") p�blic hearing the day be�ore. The Septe��bir letter also stated that tk�e:Fu�y Ietter had advised t�nants that a dev�loper had �iled pian�, whieh is a�7 unL�ue statement, as tl�e Ju�y �etter never�r�entio�led the develop�r's filing. No i�otic� of`pul��ic hearing for the�RB ineeti��g was posted at�h�property, 0�1 the website, in rent bills, or ot�er�ise. Two full preciaus �ontl�s were ipst within whiel� residents anc�me��bers af tl�e public could abtain and i-eview the pro�3osals, relevant l�istory ai�d impacting assues. C)n Septe�nber 20, Mrs. Uccelli, the dcveIoper and a city contract employee were present at t�e meeting, ai�d ad�ised�enai�ts that if�he PIanning Commission adopted the Resolutian on October 16, 20I2, eviction nalices would be issued promptly and tenants would bc givc�� "60 to 45" days notice, with fu11 vaeancy expected��o later tl�an�nid-Ja�uary 20I3. The developer revealed pla��s �o fully shut down the site, apparently with no road access to t11e state lanc�s. "Septem�er 20,2012 breakf�st �eetin� auc� response" A z�urnber of very concerned residents expressed the hardship ex�erienced by boa�ers i�z find'zn�; local erz�pty slips due to waitir�g lists occasianed by der�ar�d and t�e 10% BCDC liveaboard cap, and others noted that those t}�at must sell ii� licu of relocating wouJd be unal�le to, or seriously l�az�rned, iz�the dead of�vinter whe��the inarket for sellin�boats is