Pete’s Harbor

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Pete’s Harbor

Site Analysis

In the site analysis of Pete’s harbor, various elements attributed to the area are important. They include location, natural features, size, and zoning, human and cultural, as well as legal and utilities. The size and zoning aspects of the area point to extensive coverage of over thirteen point eight five acres of land, with three point one eight going to water. Its location is on the Uccelli Boulevard in Redwood city, California. The division of the inner and outer marina characterizes Pete’s Harbor into its distinct features for land use and development (Eslinger 1). In the latter, an approximate extent of a hundred and twenty-five berths is in possession of the establishment. The former, inner marina has distinct berths within the locality for its utility on landscape expedition. It is used by the public upon its developed bays and adjacent effect of the shoreline. Adjacent lands are leased for continued development of the area and extensive infrastructure.

            The element of natural features in Pete’s harbor includes various environmental, climatic, and iconic landscape attributes. The marina facilities in the area are adjacent to the bay fill, renowned for the rising tides and shoreline along the divide. The sea is an added distinguishing feature in the area, with public designated access spots. A sheet pile fascia wall is present to the buttress zones of the harbor, with notable wind action (Walsh 1). It has scenic views from the bay area, extended into the shoreline against the landscape. The skyline provides plenty of attractive elements to both domestic and local tourists interested in visiting the area. Vegetation is a constant reminder of the Bair Island together with natural resources such as the wildlife, aquatic life and the plant communities. In addition, a slough is present within the perimeter extension of the Bair Island.

            The legal elements surrounding Pete’s Harbor affect the location’s development. For example, the engineering criteria review board is responsible for the viewing of projects and assessing the viability before the deployment. It regulates the adequate extent of infrastructural development as well as enhanced changes to the area. The design review board is tasked with the imminent analysis of the applications before inauguration of any project (Williams 11). It also authenticates according to the proposed alterations for superior analysis. The public access to the area is also protected by the board entities responsible for ensuring that utilities within the area are benefiting to the locals. Pete’s harbor is characterized by the legal demand of the extensive coverage of the area with propositioned effect in changes to the present infrastructure and social amenities for the public use. Community and legal issues handled within the concerns of the location are forwarded to state and local representatives.

            The environmental element of Pete’s Harbor is distinct with the climatic conditions as well as weather patterns in the area. The weather patterns experienced in the locality alternate from the hot wet conditions, into the humid and to a lesser extent, cool and cold alterations. The hot and wet conditions are synonymous with majority of the annual period as opposed to the humid and cold changes. With the adjacent sea line nearby, occasional rainfall of the convection specialty is experienced along to the bay and edge. The average climatic shifts are favorable with the distinct vegetation proof of the prevalent precipitation. Occasional flooding due to storms as well as the presence of the slough whenever the tides rise causes concerns on the human effect (Kazmierczack 1). With the natural resources, wildlife and aquatic life presence, the balanced ecosystem is maintained for the naturally occurring phenomena all through the year. However, the balanced outlook of the environment is symbolic of the annual conditions from time to time.     

Recommendations

The structures that can be built in the redevelopment of Harbor are residential in nature. Due to the extensive land acreage of the location, much of the development should favor the increased settlement demands of the area. In addition, the extended public access area is welcome for the increased residential building. According to McPherson and DeStefano (13), it should include the social amenities for the residents as well as protective design in terms of the expected experiences wit the natural environment, resources and wildlife. They should not be higher than the guaranteed height of two storeys for the requirement of utilizing the scenic views per mandate.

Uses and Conditions

The past use of Pete’s Harbor for the community utility has significant impact towards the development project. For example, the occasional rise and fall of tides in the area did not account for public safety into the access zones. Therefore, initial designs and authorized development should restrict on the materials use, extent, and coverage to the sea front. The presence of a concrete perimeter wall is imperative from the north to the west side of the slough according to the buttress (Kiker, Linkov and Wenning 17). A scour zone is required for the retaining wall support since the shoreline is eroded from time to time. Native landscaping should also guide the development of the residential development from harming any environmental features.    

Works Cited:

Eslinger, B. “Redevelopment of Pete’s Harbor can proceed, Redwood City Council Decides.” Mercury News, (2014): Print.

Kazmierczack, Richard. “Improving natural resource management.” MDPI Journals, 1.1, 1-2 (2012): Print.

Kiker, Gregory A, Igor Linkov, and R J. Wenning. Environmental Security in Harbors and Coastal Areas: Management Using Comparative Risk Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. Dordrecht: Springer, 2007. Print.

McPherson, Guy R, and Stephen DeStefano. Applied Ecology and Natural Resource Management. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Print.

 Walsh, Austin. “Redwood city pulls anchor on Pete’s harbor: City officials give green light to former marina community redevelopment.” The Daily Journal, (June 24, 2015): Print.

Williams, Kevan. Strategic Management. New York, N.Y: DK Pub, 2009. Print.