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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - January 11 , 1993 Page - 16 - NEW BUSINESS (continued) Mr. Glaub said Mr. Oliver discussed the ways the development fees are being used to mitigate impacts is through the street-widening program. Mr. Oliver said there is no Plan Line to widen Dutton Avenue four lanes or Bancroft to six lanes. Mr. Glaub said the cost figures are low and, if amortized over 20 years, would be 50 cents per resident, per year. He said $15 to $20 million needs to go into a trust fund to pay for these costs. He asked the City Council to retain the City' s rights and restate its strong opposition to the project. Michael Gonsalves, 810 Lee Avenue, said he does not feel $500,000 can buy off the quality of life in San Leandro. He said the public has said Dunsmuir is a bad situation, but there are last-ditch efforts to solve the problem with money. He said money will not take care of the problems. He knows he could do a better job with the Hayward Exchange than $500,000. He said he wants to have a nice quality of life and a nice city. Don Cobb, 412 Beverly Avenue, said the MOU does not satisfy several strong charges which were in the San Leandro Appeal asking for mitigation. He said the project is going to rely on salability of views, yet the developer shows no concern for what his neighborhood will be viewing. He said there is no money equivalent for the loss of this feature from the development. He challenged the 2% traffic increase suggested by Mr. Miller. He said there is no money that would cover the loss to the neighborhood from the increased traffic. He said all of California needs a breather from this gold-strike style treatment of the land. He said San Leandro can lead the way by its vote tonight by helping set standards on how housing can work better with the landscape and existing communities . On motion by Council Member Perry, seconded by Council Member Kerr, and carried unanimously, the Public Comments period was closed. Council Member Perry said the MOU looks like a pre-nuptial agreement which expects that things will get bad. She said the City needs to have some assurances, but there are many missing pieces. She said this has been an issue for six years, and it could be decided upon in the next three days. She said the developer is not present to answer questions about the Amendment or damage to City streets. Council Member Perry moved, seconded by Council Member Corbett, to continue this matter to the January 19, 1993 City Council Meeting to obtain answers to questions. The motion failed, with Council Members Perry and Corbett voting yes, and Mayor Karp and Council Members Myers, Kerr, and Faria voting no.