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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 19, 1993 Page - 19 - Randy Walker, 1272 Betty Street, said he objected to the Donna Avenue access. He said his children play on the corner of Donna and Betty and he is concerned about cut-through traffic. He said he would prefer to see a solid wall along the Donna Avenue side of the project. Mayor Karp suggested that the City organize a meeting with the neighbors and the Traffic Engineer to try and eliminate some of the traffic problems on Donna Avenue. Larry Lipton, 1372 Dorothy, said he has made $25,000 worth of improvements to his property to stop cars from driving over it. He said he knows how much additional traffic will be generated by use of this site. He said his home is up for sale and he has had to lower the price by $30,000 in the last year. He said buyers are scared off because of the proximity of his home to this development. Mayor Karp asked how the closure of the lumber company has affected Mr. Lipton's property. Mr. Lipton said he doesn't object to the project but the street can't afford any more traffic. He said all the complexes from San Leandro Blvd. to Bayfair exit on East 14th Street. Jeff Jensen, 1153 Louise Street, referred to a letter he had sent to Planning Commissioner Mike Pretto which detailed his concerns on the project. He said his main concern was with egress off Donna Way, which he did not feel was appropriate for the site. He said many of the other developments do not have egress onto residential streets. He noted an approved fire exit on 144th Street and said an emergency fire exit was better than an egress off Donna Way. He said an emergency egress also has aesthetic impacts because the development cannot be screened from the street and the adjacent residential neighborhood with a fire gate. He said the project will be physically very imposing unless there is proper screening and landscaping. He said he wants to see development at the site and residential is appropriate, but it must be designed in a manner that minimizes impacts to the existing R-1 neighborhood and provides long-term value for the community. Lucy Agee, 1283 Betty Avenue, on the corner of Donna, said she understands there were 8 to 15 people from the neighborhood at the homeowners association meeting but said she has 71 signatures of people who live in the surrounding area on Louise, Betty, Dorothy, Margery, and Lillian. The City Council said they had copies of the petition. Esther Taylor-Joseph, 1351 Margery Avenue, said she has three children and has lived in her home for 15 years. She said she understands that the streets in her area were named after the daughters of Mr. Federighi 's partners and asked how those daughters would like it if people could look into their backyards. She said she has two young girls and would like to have her privacy respected and did not want a unit that was tall enough to look into her backyard. She said she was concerned about the traffic issue, because her children can now safely