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freeway as a direct extension of Skyway Road and continuing to the Whipple Avenue Interchange.... We learned during our deliberations that BCDC had authority over this kind of a project. Mr. Will Travis of BCDC was invited to meet with our Task Force and at that meeting informed us that roads are not a public purpose that warrant Bay fill. An exception could be made, he said, for a purpose that involves the well being of the entire Bay Area. Mr. Travis believed that this project does not meet these criteria. BCDC has never approved a new road on Bay fill and will almost certainly not approve this design, he said. BCDC could possibly approve a roadway on the levee itself, but Fish and Wildlife oppose such an option. A further meeting was held with Mr. Travis in Assemblyman Ted Lempert's office with some of the Task Force members present, as well as Don Warren and Marge Kohler of Fish and Wildlife Service, and there Mr. Travis reiterated his position. With that in mind, I would like to state each of the seven recommendations that our Task Force has brought to you: "1. We recommend that the City Council support the continued access to and the protection of the SBSA Force Main. Nothing in our deliberations, nothing in our considerations, negated the overarching importance of supporting the protection to and access to the SBSA Sewage Force Main; "2. The Task Force remain in effect, and that a representative from Belmont be appointed; "3. We recommend that the Task Force be utilized to work with and provide input to the Fish and Wildlife Service on the use and public access to Bair Island. We recommend that we become an adjunct to the Fish and Wildlife Service, that we aid them in understanding what the public wants and needs in terms of public access to Bair Island. We recommend that the Task Force dispatch a letter to Fish and Wildlife stating that we want to be of aid to them, giving them input as to the recreational access that the folks in our community would like and need to have and we are ready to help them gain that knowledge. "4. That the Task Force proceed with informing the public and gathering public input through a formal citywide process about: access to Bair Island for recreational opportunities, environmental issues, roadway access to and from Redwood Shores bicycle lanes, emergency access to Redwood Shores and usefulness of a connector road to ease traffic congestion. The primary information gathering task should be under number three and that is, in providing Fish and Wildlife with knowledge about the public needs for access. "5. That Redwood City provide funding to help provide recreational access to Bair Island. It is the feeling of the Committee that we should help provide funding, but it is certainly an areawide recreational asset, also a federal asset. .. We in no way think that Redwood City should be the major funder. Other cities in the area might also want to contribute, but it will be in our City and a wonderful asset. We can take a leadership role in providing some of the funding, a reasonable amount. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 MAY 18, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 486 PAGE 8