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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - January 11 , 1993 Page - 7 - NEW BUSINESS (continued) Paul Merrick, 3058 Revere Avenue, Oakland, representing Sheffield Village Homeowners Association and the Dunsmuir Ridge Alliance, said he did not have enough time to put together a 10-minute presentation. He said Dunsmuir Heights would have a disastrous effect on his neighborhood. He said the Oakland General Plan is outdated and not in compliance with State law. He said Oakland is not in a position to legally approve the project. He said the best defense is to tell Oakland that San Leandro fully expects them to meet the same standards as San Leandro. He said Oakland is concerned that San Leandro is prepared to challenge the project and the Hayward Exchange is concerned about this. He said the Hayward Exchange has not offered to scale the project back, to find better circulation patterns, or to develop alternate access to protect the visual face of the ridge. He said they are offering a payoff that sells off the quality of life in San Leandro. He said this will be a betrayal and breach of public trust. He said he did not agree with the argument that the City Council could take the cash and still oppose the project. He said, once they take the cash, they will have no impact. He said, if the project is approved by Oakland, the developer would still negotiate with San Leandro. He said the most important function of government is to protect its citizens and asked the City Council not to sell them out at any price. Susan Goodman, 498 Superior Avenue, President of Broadmoor Homeowners Association, said it was difficult to put anything together on such short notice. She said they are outraged at this proposal . She said the MOU says "if" a lot, and this should make the City Council suspicious. She said important decisions are being made based upon incomplete information. She asked the City Council to listen and represent the people. She said there still is not a complete description of the project, and there are questions regarding traffic, mutual aid, etc. She said these are strong-arm tactics by the Hayward Exchange, and it has not had to adhere to the usual process. She said Hayward Exchange wants to be able to go to Oakland on Thursday and say they have cleared up loose ends. She said the Hayward Exchange never intended to attend to San Leandro. She said the dollars and the logic don't add up, and this is not in our best interests. She asked the City Council to tell the Hayward Exchange the offer is not acceptable. She said it is inappropriate for San Leandro to take action now, and it would cost less to undertake litigation. Toni Reynolds, 880 St. Mary Avenue, quoted a September 17th memo to the City Council regarding meeting with the Hayward Exchange, which said the developer is proposing to negotiate with San Leandro following action by the Oakland City Council . She said, if the Appeal is successful , San Leandro can still obtain mitigation, and asked why the City Council was doing this now. She said the traffic study is outdated, and traffic patterns have changed since the Loma Prieta