Decision makers, residents, and business

Decision makers, residents, and business

agenda
 Tonight’s meeting format
 Overview of the Inner Harbor planning
program
 Opportunities for public involvement
 Task Force roles and responsibilities
 ASU student presentation: Reclaiming the
Waterfront
 Immediate next steps
 Closing comments
project team
City of
Redwood City
Decision makers, residents,
and business community
Inner Harbor
Specific Plan
Task Force
Project Manager
City of Redwood City
Jill Ekas, Contract Planner
Inner Harbor Specific Plan
MIG
Lisa Brownfield
Rick Barrett, ASLA
Specific Plan
EIR
BAE Urban Economics
Fehr & Peers
Fuscoe Engineering
ESA
Task Force Facilitation and
Community Workshops
MIG
Laura Stetson, AICP
Lisa Brownfield
why plan? why now?
 Inner Harbor is an asset for the entire
community
 Implement General Plan policy
 Create a special waterfront place
 Improve Bay Trail continuity
 Build on Downtown’s success
 Address potential impacts of sea level rise
 101/84 interchange planning underway
specific plan will address:
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Vision
Allowed uses of land and water
Open spaces
Mobility: pedestrians, cyclists, boats, cars,
trucks, trains
 Infrastructure
 Standards for development and design
 Implementation and financing
tentative schedule
July-Aug
2013
Sep-Dec
2013
Jan-Apr
2014
Fact
Finding/Visioning
Alternatives
Consideration
Prepare Draft
Specific Plan
Sep-Nov
2014
Public Hearings
and Adoption
July-Aug
2014
Public Review of
Specific Plan and
Draft EIR
Jan-June
2014
Draft EIR
Preparation
 RWC Police
Station
 Bair Island
Aquatic Center
 Peninsula
Yacht Club
 Docktown
 Miscellaneous
outdoor
storage areas
 County Jail (under
construction)
 Vacant City property
 Malibu Golf and Grand Prix
 T & H Building Supplies
 Granite Rock offices
 Ferrari property
share your
concerns and ideas
inner harbor specific plan
task force
inner harbor task force
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Members
Mission
Roles and responsibilities
Meeting ground rules and protocols
Decision making
Communications protocols: staff and media
Homework assignment
asu student presentation
immediate next steps
 Background reports
 Task Force meetings
- July 9
- July 23