Comments on: Developer pauses Saltworks development for internal review as community oppose project http://peninsulapress.com/2012/01/30/developer-pauses-redwood-citys-saltworks-development-for-internal-review-as-community-oppose-project/ News and Views from Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Nedra Moore http://peninsulapress.com/2012/01/30/developer-pauses-redwood-citys-saltworks-development-for-internal-review-as-community-oppose-project/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 Nedra Moore Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:43:08 +0000 http://peninsulapress.com/?p=16632#comment-6676 To clarify the reference to Measure W in the article above: This was placed on an Election Ballot a few years ago, and, if passed, would have required that anytime a developer intended to destroy any Redwood City, CA., open space or park to build something, this intention would have to go to a vote of the residents of Redwood City. Thus, the lengthy and laborious process of collecting petition signatures and fulfilling the requirements to get a measure on an election ballot would not have to take place for future issues of developing open spaces or parks in Redwood City.
An opposing ballot measure defeated Measure W with two [2] articles of “misinformation:”
A – Measure W has been crafted only to oppose the proposed Saltworks development by Cargill/DMB.
B – The homes on the northwest corner of Red Morton park on Valota & Madison would not be able to be sold since they are zoned “park land.” [The Friends of Redwood City, creators of Measure W, explained to these homeowners that in order to change the zoning of their properties from parkland, they would have to deal with the city of Redwood City, as this zoning was assigned to said land by the city in the 1940's.]
This anti-Measure W was created by a group calling themselves “Citizens to PROTECT Redwood City.”

Measure W was never intended to be a “single issue anti-Cargill-SAltworks development” measure. And the core leaders of the Friends of Redwood City, CA., include professional environmental scientists, who, of course, serve FRC on a volunteer basis, free of any remuneration. Thank you for this opportunity to clarify “misinformation” which has lingered since the Measure W and the opposing measure was brought to a vote several years ago.

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