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7.A. - Page 74 Backgra�nd• The generaI public and the several hundred accupants af Pete's Harbor first Iearned of tl�e Permit A�plication o�September 20,2012,at a breakfast meeting held by Paula Uceelli.. Na de�eIopment has been proposed at Pete's sinoe 2008 and no study session or other public involvement has occurred since befare voters voted dawn t}te Marin�Shores proposai in 2�1�4�. �`he 2U0$ c€evelapment filing daes not appear to have be.�n rr►ade publiciy lcnawn to residents�r vnters,ax�d was taken aff tk�e City's record with a�ang list of ztems to be addressed(see Appendix B to GP discussing Site 7(�'ete's �Tarbar and noting(in 2010?)that liveaboarcis v�rould stay. Mrs.Ucce�li daes not ap}�ear to have ever notified tenants of any post-24U4 r4evelapmen�. A e t en kn w o ' c dev 1 Pet ' i ce ° "v e e In additian,ti�e Ci#y shauld be aware�;at resic�nts at Pete's are prah.ibited ta state C7ne Uccelli Blvd.as their addz�ess,�ience they wottId not receive any notice sent ta res�de�ats,tenants or occupants of One Uccelli$l�d. i ' notice inin r h far exam 1 ' the"�isionj��"or c�raftin�srocess of the 201�General l'lan for�``'S�aterfront'_'_neigh h d.Note aSso,tlie Waterfront 20�4_`.visio�_sri�nette�'or_L�e_�T�ter�r��East/North 10 r s that urivatizaTion of a comm�rcial fnarina has�ke� ln�c�. It should alsa be noted thaE t�se Marina Shvres devetopment would not have pri�atized Pete's Harbor for exclusi�e l�,u�cury private slips. Rather,the harbor and marir�a wou�d have cantinued in commercial use, including the inclusion of liveaboards,at Ieast based on the information ma.de available to voters at the ti�ae. Therefore,whether Marsna�hores passed or not,comrnsrcial use of Pete's would have continued. In adclition,ra#her than in�Iuding or notifying Pete's ten�nts and the ptcblic in any patential post-�Oq4 developmeztt pla�as,Mrs. Uccelli ser�t letters indicating: *"As soon as there is any hin�af major change on the horizon you will be informeci IMIv�DIATELY' {all-capitals emp�asis iri ariginal,Dec.2006} * "I receive frequent inquiries from some of you regarc�ing as�y chan�;es planned�or the Marina in 2009.I want to take this opportunity to rernove any concerns or uticertainty you m�ight have ahout�.ie fisfut'e of the Harlsor. . . .I want to assure you fihat if and when [a]project does proceed, we veill giye you fhe consideration of several manths of priar notice befare auy work starts."(�a reference ta ejection af liveabaards,No�. 2fl08) * "We ha�e no plans ta change the Enarina."(Marc�2009) * "Pete's Harbar has na�beea snld,it is not in�ontract or in optio:n ta be sold and Qur business operataons remain txnchanged"{March 2049). *°`Also,it has a�ways been my intention t�at tl�e marina continues as part of�'ete's legac:y"(Ju1y 2012 and�ot advising of ejection af Ii�eaboards). '� "Among those interested[in residentiai and rt�arir�deve�opment at�ete's Harbor] are pec�ple Pete al�uvays fe1C r�vat�ld respect the tand,the envirox�rr�ent,and be a good steward of the property(same July 20121etter,not identifying athers interested or pfans im�nir�etAt thai warxid privatize the slips for luxury condos). * "In the past,there have been several fa�se rumors, especially the one thaz the Harbar had been sold. How�ver,I continue with"busi�xess as usual,"ancf r remain optimistic and hopeful that someday Pete's clream will beccsme a reality. . . {July 2012) *"In Ju�y�wrote to you that there v�+a5 a resurge�ace of interest in develoging residences at Pete's Harbor �nd that a patenCiai developer was s�bmitting�lans ta the City. (Septe�ber 14, 2U12(and a blatant�y unixue statement,the��ly 2�112 letter did not state that a de�reloper had filed plans with t�e Cih', otherwise the residents would have had two additional months of�otice)). "`Note: September 10, 2�1�, letter titled"Up�ate nn Pete's Harbor°'and stil�no menfiion of e,�ection and privatization,with an invitation to"hear about the plans"at a�reakfast mesting. 3