Bayfront Focus Area

Existing General Plan: Commercial-Office Park/Mixed-Use	Existing General Plan: Open space, unimproved for future development, preservation

What: Based on public input and City evaluation, the planning team refined the original alternatives to further study:

• Alternative 1: Bair Island Neighborhood Expansion and Resource Management
  
  
• Alternative 3: Seaport-Office Expansion

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  with Office-Technology Emphasis
  
  
• Alternative 6: Mixed-Use Neighborhood with Optional Seaport Expansion
  
  
• Alternative 7: Seaport Expansion, Resources, and Public Recreation

What We Heard: Some participants at the September 27 Community Workshop expressed that preservation and restoration of the wetlands is valuable to the community as open space and also as a buffer to help manage flooding, sea level rise, and other global warming-related issues. Open land also could be used as a green technology park, with solar and wind farms.

Others indicated that a balance of housing (some affordable), commercial/industrial uses, recreational facilities/opportunities, and nature is important. For industrial uses, some participants expressed the need for water desalination, co-generation, green technology, and building materials recycling areas. Docktown and other live-aboard areas, Pete’s Harbor, and the Peninsula Yacht Club were mentioned as unique areas that should be preserved and/or encouraged.