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Review and Make Recommendations on the Encinal Terminals Waterfront Open Space Development Plan.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Review and Make Recommendations on the Encinal Terminals Waterfront Open Space Development Plan.
BACKGROUND
The Recreation and Parks Commission heard and discussed this project on December 13, 2018. The Commission requested to continue the item for further discussion.
The Master Plan for Encinal Terminals was approved by the City Council on September 18, 2018, with the second reading of the Ordinance approving the plan on October 2, 2018. The Master Plan requires submittal of a Waterfront Open Space Development Plan.
The Master Plan ensures that the public will have access to:
At least three (3) acres of public open space along the waterfront edge of the project site. Public access shall be ensured though public access easements. The final configuration and design of the waterfront open space is subject to future review and approval by the Planning Board, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and a variety of other regional agencies.
A public promenade around the perimeter of the waterfront open space is at the water's edge. The pubic promenade at the shoreline edge of the wharf shall include a railing, a minimum 10-foot wide pedestrian promenade with benches, lighting, and trash receptacles, a two-foot buffer to separate the promenade from a 12-foot wide dedicated bicycle path, and a three-foot buffer between the bicycle path and any adjacent roadway for vehicles or adjacent property line. The public promenade and bicycle path shall extend along the entire perimeter of the site from the Wind River campus to the Fortman Marina entrance.
A water shuttle docking facility and kayak launch facility will be placed either in the Alaska Basin or on the north side of the site in the Oakland...
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