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Shoreline CAC September 16, 2009 Meeting Highlights Page ~3 • The hotel conference center was centrally located on the plan and included a small beach. • The proposed office component would be 350,000 square feet of office space in a campus setting on the inside of the North Dike and West Dike Roads. The office campus could have up to three buildings (with a similar architectural design concept in Discussion Plan 3). • Pedestrian bridges (the unique feature in this plan) over the existing harbor area connect the hotel, office and southerly edge to each other, in addition to a 15 to 20 foot promenade along the entire perimeter. • New housing was proposed at the northerly entry into the shoreline area, to make the drive to a proposed hotel conference center and the shoreline more attractive. • A cultural center was proposed for Mulford Point; a new restaurant on the outside elbow across from the former Blue Dolphin site; a community park for public gatherings with a small amphitheater was proposed at Pescador Point. • In summary, this plan was not as intense as Discussion Plan 3 and had the best pedestrian/bicycle connection of the three plans. Discussion Plan 3 • This design was the most intensive of the three. • This concept included 450,000 square feet of office space in a campus setting on the inside of the North Dike and West Dike Roads. The office campus could have up to four buildings. (The design of the office buildings would include a parking structure within the center of the building; the architecture of the buildings would wrap around the parking structure and conceal the levels of cars). • The hotel conference center would be located north of the offices along the bay, on the EI Torito and former boat launch site. (This location would enhance the Marina Boulevard entry to the shoreline with its presence and the hotel would take advantage of an unobstructed and panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay). • Multi-family residential was proposed on the east side of Monarch Bay Drive, across the street from the hotel conference center. • A cultural center was proposed for Mulford Point and a new restaurant on the outside elbow across from the former Blue Dolphin site. • A community park for public gatherings with a small amphitheater was proposed at Pescador Point. • A 15 to 20 foot promenade along the entire perimeter of the area would connect the new amenities and new development on the proposed plan. • In summary, this plan was more concentrated with new development and included larger buildings. Discussion, including questions and answers, between the Shoreline CAC, Mr. Miller and Mr. Withee ensued (comments from the CAC are non-italic; comments from Mr. Miller and Mr. Withee are in italic).