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� I'roject Description The propased project would provide residents and workers in the Bayfroclt axea with non-vehiculat access eo the variaus retail,restaurant, entertau�nent, and goverrunent est.�blishments in the City's Downtown areas as well as its public transportation networ�s. The joint-use path would aJ.so pxovide residents and visitors in the Downtown areas with pedestrian and bicpcle access to the San Frar�cisco Bay Trail and other open space and recreational oppoxtuniries icl the Bayfront area. The proposed joint-use path was identified in the 2008 Peninsula Paxk Pxecise Plan,which contains land use, design,and circularion policies fox crearing a distincuve,water-oriented,urban residenrial community fox the area east of US 101. The�'erunsula Patk Precise Plan covers 33 ac�es north of the project area on the bap side of US 101(City of Redwood City,2008}. The Peninsula Parl�Precise Plan consists of the One Marina development project,which is curxently under constxucrion and includes 231 xesidential uzits,three community parks, a 14-acre marina basin,a waterfront esplanade along Redwood Creek,an inner village wa1k,and a site for up ta 200 hotel rooms and 10,Q40 square feet of�etail space. To the north,the Pete's Haxbor redevelopment pmject,which is currently under review,would consist of a public marina,411 new mulri-fatnily residential units,and a publicly accessible pathway along 5mith Slough. The proposed project also includes an extension of the pedestrian path west of Convention Way within the adjacent City-owned parcel and would have a scenic overloak of Redwood Creek. These improvements were identified in Chapter 1,page 1of the 2008 North Main Street Precise Plan. The 2008 North Main Street Precise I'lan provides for increased-density infill development of residential and office uses and limited,locally-oriented commercial space. The Noxth Main Street P�ecise Plan includes frontage streetscape improvements where the jaint-use path would extend to Convention Way and a publically-accessible trail segment along Aedwood Creek. As part of the proposed project,the City would upgrade the existing storm drain pump starion on Bair Island Road,adjacent to the joint-use�ath. The upgraded Bair Island storm d�ain pump station would provide the capacity to handle the flow from the expected 100-year storm event,which is approximately 32.4Q cubic feet pex second (cfs). The existing pump sta.uon has a capacity af 13.37 cfs and is inadequate for tihe 100-year storm event. The new pump station wauld include a 2,900-cubic foat wet well fox collecting runoff during peak storm conditions. The discharge from the new pump station would connect to the e�sung discharge line to Redwood Cxeek. 1.3 PURPOSE AND NEED Creating a strong physical]ink between the Bayfront and Downtown areas has been a long-term planning goal in the City. The propased pedestrian and bicycle path under US 101 has been included as an important planning or circulation feature in the four recent planning documents applicable to the project a.�ea and its surrounding neighbothaods. • The Narth Main Street Precise Plan identifies the Downtown-to-Sapfrant Link as its fitst development issue and goal and states, "A key objecrive of this Precise Plan is that infill development along North Main Stree�creates a la.nd use and citcularion link between these two areas of future development" (North Main 5treet I'recise Plan,January 20a8,page 3}. I .3 US 90 9 Pedestrian Uredercrossing asrd Bair Island Stor�r�Drcaan Parrrcp Station Prnject