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The Committee agreed that they'd like to hold a second Town Hall meeting on July 19, 2007 at the Marina Community Center to be followed up by a Council work session on Monday, July 30,2007. 3. Input from the May 24, 2007 Community Town Hall Meeting Assistant City Manager Hollister reported that the Town Hall meeting was well attended and introduced Assistant to the City Manager Battenberg who reported that an estimated 150 members from the public attended the meeting. Approximately half were from the marina area, while the other half lived throughout the City, and approximately 15 attendees were from Castro Valley, Hayward and Oakland. Following a presentation on the Marina by City staff, the public broke into six facilitated groups to discuss issues and then shared their ideas. Input on how to manage the $2.4 million harbor operations shortfall, included: increase berthing fees, charge a boat launch fee, close the harbor, implement an assessment, charge for parking and charge EBDA. The types of amenities and uses people indicated they would like to see at the Marina Shoreline Area included: restaurants and hotels, a range of no housing to selling land for housing, ferry service, events, water activities, shopping, cultural and educational activities as well as tourist uses, wetlands and mixed use development. The Committee discussed the possibility of creating an assessment and City Manager Jennanis introduced the idea of selling hotel and restaurant pads while maintaining ownership of the surrounding land. Councilmember Starosciak shared her view that the Town Hall meeting was well attended and very successful. Councilmember ProIa shared his concem that we take into account projections that the bay water level is projected to rise in the future. 4. Discussion Regarding Spinnaker Yacht Club Request for Lease Extension City Manager J ennanis explained that the Spinnaker Yacht Club approached him with a request for a five year lease extension in order to amortize $15,000 in needed repairs. The Spinnaker Yacht Club entered into a ground lease with the City in 1971, which is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2010. The yacht club owns the building and leases the land. Committee Recommendation: The Committee recommended approval of a five year extension of the Spinnaker Yacht Club lease until December 31,2015. 5. Public Comments Diana Gentry, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that the Chamber has not taken a position on harbor operations. Al Fernandez expressed his concern in hearing that a group tried to obtain a permit for a halibut derby from the City and the request was denied because the harbor is closing in July 2