<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Hello V15 fleet:</div><div><br></div><div>I’ve spoken with some of you about the proposal to convert Clipper Cove into a private marina.</div><div><br></div><div><div>An on-line petition has been started. It calls for a pause in planning so the public benefits of this marina proposal can be weighed. You can sign here. </div><div><br></div><div>Petition: <a href="http://saveclippercove.nationbuilder.com/petition">http://saveclippercove.nationbuilder.com/petition</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>I see this proposal as a spectacularly bad idea that has gotten surprisingly far in the approval process, mostly because the approvals won to date were secured 10-20 years ago, and are based on a re-use plan for Treasure Island that was approved in 1996, three years before TISC was founded in 1999. The proposal has lain dormant for 10 years and has only started moving forward a couple months ago as the litigation over the re-use of Treasure Island has finally settled and the Navy has just last month passed title to of land parcels to the City.</div><div><br></div><div>However, there are plenty of opportunities left to save Clipper Cove, either by stopping the marina development outright or getting them to reduce their footprint such that the cove can still host recreational and instructional small boating.</div><div><br></div><div>People are just starting to come together and organize themselves so we can show public officials what an amazing resource will be lost if the cove is converted into a private marina.</div><div><br></div><div><div>And I’ve written a long blog post with most of the background to this issue, which you can read here:</div><div><br></div><div>Post: <a href="http://abovetheblueandwindysea.com/">http://abovetheblueandwindysea.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>But, most importantly, please sign the petition! </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Hunter Cutting</div></div><div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>___________________________________________</div><div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Hunter Cutting</div><div>1455 Alabama Street</div></div></span><div>San Francisco, CA 94110</div></div><div>+1 415-420-7498 cell</div></div></div></body></html>