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10.A - Page 3 <br /> preparation of the Project Description, the first key step in the CEQA process, and the <br /> Plan consultants to begin structuring the Specific Plan. <br /> The Task Force agreed that at least one-third of the total project area (this includes both <br /> land and water areas) be reserved as Open Space. Open Space at this point in the <br /> Plan development includes a range of definitions including Active Space, Passive <br /> Space, and Wetlands. In the final Plan, Open Space will be clearly identified as active <br /> open space, passive open space, water open space, or wetlands. <br /> Second, the Task Force agreed that a Floating Community was a desirable <br /> development within the Project Area. The Task Force identified two locations for a <br /> floating community: 1) utilizing approximately 2/3rds of the Ferrari site; and 2) in <br /> pockets along Redwood Creek. The Task Force recommends that the City consider <br /> pursuit of legislative remedies to enable residential uses on the lands granted to the City <br /> from the State. The Task Force further recognized that there are no guarantees that <br /> regulatory permits can be obtained to allow for a floating community even on private <br /> property. <br /> Third, the ability to develop private property was recognized and supported by the Task <br /> Force. No specific development types (e.g., residential, office, retail) were addressed <br /> by the Task Force. The detailed requirements for development standards will be written <br /> as part of the Specific Plan, as they were for the Stanford in Redwood City and <br /> Downtown Precise Plans. As part of the environmental review a range of development <br /> intensities will be studied and then formulated in the Specific Plan. Heights and <br /> densities remain to be established, as well as materials and view corridors. <br /> Finally, the ability and desire to move people and vehicles through and around the <br /> Project Area were developed. It is important that there be a connection to the Bay Trail, <br /> that there be bicycle access along Blomquist, that the Maple Street connection to <br /> Downtown be enhanced to support better Complete Street planning, that Blomquist <br /> extend over Redwood Creek and that it also be designed to address the conflicts <br /> inherent between automobiles and construction trucks. <br /> Throughout all of the scenarios and potential uses, it is critical to the Task Force that the <br /> Plan address the long-term issue of sea level rise. The preferred approach to this <br /> constraint is to seek a system of adaptive retreat rather than construction of a sea wall <br /> and continuous levees. The details and implications of this approach will be evaluated <br /> in the EIR and the economic analysis over the next several months. <br /> Subsequent to the Study Session, staff will request the City Council confirm that the <br /> land use types and circulation concepts are acceptable for consideration in an EIR for <br /> the Inner Harbor Specific Plan. <br /> Based on Council direction, a Project Description will be prepared and a draft will be <br /> circulated to the individual Task Force members for their early, pre-EIR comments, as <br /> well as to staff for final approval. Once the Project Description is complete, the public <br />