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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 28, 2008 Agenda No. 08-16 Page 7 of 11 Ned B. Kisner, who owns property at 1930 Fairview Drive, which is near the proposed development site, noted that the property is zoned industrial, with conditional uses, including one that applies to the business he has operated there for 24 years. During the scoping, he urges ensuring that none of the legitimate industrial uses in the area are affected in any way. For instance, he believes one requirement of his conditional use, which specifies a certain distance from any residences, may be violated by development of the residential part of the proposal. He noted, too, that the Kaiser Permanente portion of the development, particularly the hospital, comes very close to his property, although he is uncertain about any requirement that his business be a certain distance from a hospital. These issues, he said, need to be addressed. In addition, he noted that the area lies within a Redevelopment Agency jurisdiction. While he does not know what impacts the proposed development may have in that respect, he said that scoping should include evaluation of that issue. From a personal point of view, he urged that the zone remain industrial, in that San Leandro has been an industrial community for many years. While much of the industrial base has gone away and it has shifted in its impact, he was part of the group when Redevelopment Agency planning was underway. At that time, he and other property owners made considerable concessions and he wants to ensure that all the agreements reached in that process remain applicable now and in the future. Commissioner Abero asked what kind of business Mr. Kisner has at 1930 Fairview Drive. Mr. Kisner replied that he operates a paint manufacturing facility (Triangle Coatings). Wafaa Aborashed, 3081 Teagarden Street, indicated that she thought afive-minute presentation was the norm for speakers in a Public Hearing rather than three minutes. Acting Chair Dlugosh said that the five-minute standard applies to Agenda Item 2, Public Comments, at which time the public may make comments unrelated to topics under Agenda Item 6, Public Hearings. To be fair to the others speaking to the Public Hearing issues, he said the three-minute standard would apply to all. Ms. Aborashed is the Executive Director for Healthy San Leandro Environmental Collaborative. She said that she wants more information to clarify what scoping is, and noted that she is concerned about having a hospital next to I-880. She called attention to numerous accidents in that area in the past year alone. About a month ago, for instance, a couple of trucks were involved in a fatal accident. The diesel particulate matter that comes out of such accidents will impact the hospital unless the windows remain closed, she said. Her group also has concerns about building new housing next to a freeway. Healthy San Leandro and ARB have produced studies that discourage building next to freeways due to heightened cancer and asthma rates resulting from vehicle emissions. She described the asthma rates in the area as "unbelievable." There are five schools in the area, which is another matter of concern on the health front. Even now, she said, trucks and the idling they do affects the children in the schools and area residents, and there seems to be nothing can be done about it. She said she is glad the area will be rezoned. Her group has been studying West San Leandro, the industries in the area and their emissions of particulate matter that affect nearby school populations. Ms. Aborashed also noted that she has seen nothing about how increased traffic resulting from the proposed development would be handled.