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7.1.B. - Page 33 <br /> Diana Reddy urged Council to seek legislative or State Lands Commission remedies <br /> and to not displace people while the process is being pursued. <br /> Marilou Seiff, Executive Director of the Marine Science Institute, thanked the Task <br /> Force and spoke about having a permanent home and their work with students and how <br /> they have worked with every school in this city by teaching them about the bay, the <br /> impacts of humans, and making stewards out of students. She noted that they are on a <br /> year-to-year lease and they need a permanent home with sufficient land facilities to <br /> meet their specific needs. <br /> Tom Gillman, with DES Architects and on behalf of the Jay Paul Company developers, <br /> said they have attended meetings about the Inner Harbor Plan since last Fall and said <br /> their design concept embraces the guidelines to date. He requested that Council direct <br /> Staff to provide study entitlements as a parallel process. <br /> Julie King, an 18-year resident and 10-year plus member of BIAC, said she has <br /> attended most of the meetings, appreciates the Task Force, and noted that while people <br /> often think sports organizations (like BIAC) only serve families and youth, they are also <br /> open to others. She said that rowing is a sport open to others, including seniors. She <br /> opined that the land should be open to every citizen and asked that the land allocation <br /> be reinstated to the current size and or be considered for a larger allocation. <br /> Gita Dev, with the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Sustainable Land Use Committee, <br /> spoke about being proud of the downtown and hopes more will be done for the housing <br /> units there because people need space to go outside when they live in more crowded <br /> conditions. She spoke against having development in areas that can be flooded. <br /> Carol Wong, a Task Force member, said this is an opportunity for shared <br /> understanding. She encourages Council to go through the Guiding Principles and <br /> incorporate the vision as the Task Force stands down and the Inner Harbor Plan is <br /> fleshed out into more details. She talked about using the vision and Guiding Principles <br /> to help with deviations, evaluation criteria, and as plans are made more concrete. <br /> Mayor Gee said that Mr. Ekern and his team were available for questions. <br /> One Planning Commissioner inquired about the Guiding Principles and how tonight <br /> people spoke about affordable housing but when he looked at the floating communities <br /> of preserving and accommodating new communities there was no mention of <br /> affordability. So he wanted to know if that was a presumption in the Guiding Principles. <br /> Mr. Ekern responded that there were two parts. The first part is that the Task Force <br /> wanted to preserve the existing, which is Docktown. The second part is an implication, <br /> in looking forward, to an opportunity to write the rules of how this will be implemented <br /> and added that the rules could be added and the Zoning could move forward. <br /> Another Planning Commissioner thanked the Task Force and she would have liked to <br /> have known what were the non-adopted options. Mr. Ekern said that what is critical is <br /> the Task Force was asked to talk about uses and not specific properties, including <br /> BIAC's property. Adaptive uses were discussed in some detail. <br /> CITY COUNCIL May 12, 2014 <br /> MEETING MINUTES PAGE 11 <br />