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Memorandum <br /> <br />To: San Leandro Planning Department <br /> <br />From: Project Team for Aurora Cottages <br /> 13533-13547 Aurora Drive, San Leandro <br /> <br />Date: January 14, 2013 <br /> <br />Re: City Council Meeting, Public Hearing, February 2013 <br /> Comments and responses <br /> <br /> <br />Thank you for the opportunity to have presented the plans for our housing project <br />in a work session with the Planning Commission in December of 2012. We were <br />delighted the Commission appreciated our project and gave it unanimous approval. <br />It was an interesting meeting for our group, and the suggestions and ideas from the <br />Planning Commission were thoughtful and appreciated. There were three <br />additional requests for our project to address, and we are pleased to provide our <br />follow-up to those comments. <br /> <br />With reference to the garbage/recyclables/yard waste containers, the entire property <br />will be maintained by our landscape on-site manager, so that only two individual <br />carts (garbage and recyclables) will be required of each unit. Those carts will be <br />maintained in trellised/vine covered enclosures which may be seen on the plans in <br />front of each unit. These will not be visible to the public from the street, or indeed <br />from each of the other units in the project. The organic and green waste will be <br />maintained in two or three 96-gallon carts that will be placed on the property in a <br />central location for all resident access. The small green food waste pail provided by <br />Alameda County Industries may then be emptied by residents weekly into these <br />organic carts, thereby eliminating the necessity for a green cart at all units. <br /> <br />One of the comments from the Planning Commission was about the possible use of <br />one green waste container (like a large dumpster) so that all green waste and food <br />waste would be in one large container. ACI does not offer that service. <br /> <br />The remaining question from the Planning Commission was a concern for all of <br />these cans being wheeled to the curb for weekly pickup. After meeting with <br />Alameda County Industries (ACI) this week, it has been determined that the ACI <br />maintenance vehicles are capable of entering the property and executing on-site <br />pickup, which would then eliminate the need for wheeling carts to the street. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />