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• Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - January 16, 1996 Page - 10 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) The Initiative requires that open space areas be dedicated to a public agency or that a habitat management plan be prepared. If the property is not deeded to the City until the monitoring and mitigation plan is fully implemented, which could be 5 to 10 years, a habitat plan must be prepared in accordance with the Initiative. She submitted a letter. Steve Mattas said, if the fill plan is approved and Citation dedicates the open space to the City, the requirements of the Initiative will be met. The issue is timing; when Citation finishes the RMI plan they would move toward completing the conveyance to the City. The City and Citation will enter into an agreement for all maintenance and monitoring costs to be paid to the City until the plan is fully implemented, which should occur in the summer. Mr. Mattas said the Bay Conservation and Development Commission required benches and garbage cans in the buffer. He said staff believes the park is consistent with the Initiative because the buffer uses must be compatible with the buffer purpose, which is to provide separation between residential uses and the wildlife area. In response to questions, Steve Emslie, Planning Manager, said the GDP sets the number of park acres or requires in -lieu fees. There are four acres of park land; the remainder is in -lieu fees. Mayor Corbett asked if the park area could be removed from the buffer and park in -lieu fees paid, or if there is any other solution to the park in the buffer zone. In response to Council questions, staff explained how utility companies would service their facilities. They noted normal maintenance would be permitted, but areas buried in the habitat areas would require a Corps of Engineers permit. Evelyn Plate, 1341 Belding Street, speaking on Behalf of Citizens for Positive Planning, presented a letter outlining inconsistencies between the project and the Initiative. She said people in the area know more than the experts. The Council should give residents more consideration, not just listen because it's the law. She said Roberts Landing is subject to floods and earthquakes. Frank Delfino, 18673 Reamer Road, Castro Valley, said the burial site for hazardous materials will be a raceway for motorcycles or off -road vehicles. Teenagers will go out to the restored wetlands because there are no recreation facilities on -site and will dig pits in the hazardous materials. He said the area should be fenced and trespassing should be enforced.