urgent: San Francisco Supervisors to vote Wednesday on marina boondoggle

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address in the text below.  Correct version:  *Sandra.Fewer**@sfgov.org
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 1:46 PM Al Sargent <asargent at stanfordalumni.org>
wrote:

> In case you haven't already see this... Please take a couple of minutes to
> write. Details below. Thank you.
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> From: Save Clipper Cove <huntercutting at saveclippercove.emailnb.com>
> Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 12:50 PM
> Subject: urgent: San Francisco Supervisors to vote Wednesday on marina
> boondoggle
> To: Al Sargent <asargent at stanfordalumni.org>
>
>
> Save Clipper Cove
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> Al --
>
>
> We've just learned that the Office of the Mayor will try to push the
> marina project through this coming Wednesday by packaging it with a
> separate project - a long-term lease for the Treasure Island Sailing Center.
>
> This move comes despite the failure of the developers to live up to the
> terms of the stakeholder agreement reached last year.
>
> Friends of the Sailing Center, US Sailing, BayKeeper and the Sierra Club
> have all spoken out to oppose this move.
>
> Please take a moment to email the Supervisors voting on Wednesday and urge
> them to vote NO on the marina lease and vote yes on the Sailing Center
> lease: Supervisor Sandra Fewer, Committee Chair, (SandraFewer at sfgov.org); Supervisor
> Rafael Mandelman (rafael.mandelman at sfgov.org); and Supervisor Catherine
> Stefani (Catherine.Stefani at sfgov.org).
>
> Supervisor Matt Haney who represents District Six, which includes Clipper
> Cove, won't be voting in this Committee hearing on Wednesday, but his
> support his crucial.  You can email him at matt.haney at sfgov.org
>
> Under the Mayor's current proposal there is no plan to mitigate the risk
> of the Cove filling-in due to sedimentation generated by the new marina and
> the new entrance channel (a problem frequently experienced in other marina
> projects). There is no analysis calculating the financial risk for the
> City. And there is no consideration for current berth holders with small
> and medium sized boats.
>
> In addition, the developers continue to insist that the environmental
> analysis of the threat to the sea grass beds (new sedimentation and
> maintenance dredging) be conducted in the BCDC permit process *after* the
> City signs a 66-year lease.
>
> The public is already sacrificing part of Clipper Cove for a private
> luxury marina. In return the developers should meet all of the requirements
> in the stakeholder agreement, in full.
>
> Victories often need to be defended lest we lose our progress.  This is
> one of those moments.
>
> Thank you so much for your help!
>
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