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7.A. - Page 72 ' EF To:City Cou�cil of Redwaod City; Msyor Aticis C. Aguirre;Vic�-Mayor Jeffrey Gee cc: Redwood City Planning Cammission;Planning Staff;l'ress From, Save Pete's Harbor 2012(Pete's Hazbor cwrrent as�d former residents and 1b4Q local and nadonal supporters,Redwoad City vaters}—"This Place Matters" Date:November 12,2012 Subject: Grounds for rejection and appea!of the�iotice of Final Decision re: Issuaxace of�'la�v�ed Developmei�t{PD}Permit�&Vesting Tentative Maps and adoption of Resolution 12-23, including parldng exception,Addendum to EIR,and findings and eonditions of approval{"Resolution"){the Decisian arid Resolution being appealed def'tncd as the"Matteir" in�e Redwood Ciry Appeal Form) introd�ction s Re�wDOd C1ty�R5�aWatd-winning General Plan of which, overall,tr�e City asad atl af its residents should be�•oud. However,no award is fit and tl}e Plan is hollow if it disregards its own�atemen�ts in t�e Plan declaring to preserve the marina liveaboxrd housing at Pete's Haxbor�n any new developme�nt;and if it disregards overwhe�rnin�disp�ayed public sentiment respecting this historic, special-use case praperty that includes a�arbar and marina,which is a Natt�ral Resource of the City under the Plan.Ttte public sentiment is not merely tenants,nor Iiveaboa�rd boaters,but 1600 members of the broader caxnmunity i�terested in responsible bayfront devalapment�cross frozz�pratected wetIand habita� Tl�e Ciry shauId aci�nowledge�h.at the publio knew r►othing of this deveiopment until Septennber 20,2D 12, and that the Planning Comnnission approved it wi�haut any material discussion of Che public ix�ut at a single public hear�ng. Tl�e Co�ncil shouFd immediatelv shift fhe dis�us�ia� into an Itu�er Harbor P��cise Plan for du� c�nsiderat�gn of its imvact on the er,tire inlet.including adequate public access and parking for use a£tb.e complex and tha Bay ax�d Water trails,as wel�as the rights vf other property awnexs in limited allowable residarntial capacity on this inlet, I i � the a s ion i There is an erroneous perceptian,discussed in more detai�in the Background section,that the people of Redwood City have known for years of the"vision"nf the C'rCy, owner and developer to pri�atize the marina for high-end(uxury condo private slips.Dne Marina is naw"None Marina"and"Gone Marina", �cvith 411 slips destroyed and over 30E�boaters ejected.Very few marirtas attd�arbors remain in Redwood City,WktEl DOC��Wi1�[i�BYAC 5�50"visioned"as Waterfron#,where the same fate may await. The history of the Vill�.s at Bair Island next donr tn Pete's I-�,arbar sk�aws a residential slip-occupancy of between five and ten percent,liberalIy. With�F21 units at Pete's tltat would mean 20 to 40 blips at the private marina. With over 260 slips,that would maan 220 slips empty and unused at Pete's,likely resulting in demolition of them, nr evenhtally apening up to co�nercia�leasing as at#he�illas. et • e ' tin communi 1 resident a a at dis�laced. and the histQric elemertt of Pete's losi f.ar�ver.This n�not occur. Tt►e Ge�eral Plan s#ates in several areas that liveaboarcis at Pete's Harbor will no#be displaced,and floating comrnunities rr�eet"all" af the aspects of khe housing ele�nent far Redwood City's gaals and policies respecting nat only affordahle but alternative housing,and do nat have tha barriers tu develop�ent of land-based ur�its. 1