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.. Minutes,.- San Leandro City. Council Meeting - May 17, 1993 Page - 18 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Mayor Karp said the Negative Declaration was before the City Council again. Mr. Cook distributed photographs of the area. He said debris comes down onto Montrose Drive. He said the area is very steep, and they'll have to take out a lot of dirt and put in a 15- to 20-foot wall . He said that is a large impact on the area. He said, even if it is zoned R-I, he did not believe Mr. Lu could build anywhere he wanted to on the site. He said he believed the Planning Commission and the CC&R's would have something to say about that. Steve Meyers said Mr. Lu would be able to build anywhere on the site, subject to the Building Code, under the R-1 zoning provisions. Council Member Corbett asked if Mr. Cook disputed what had been stated by the developer about how much they were going to have to cut. Mr. Cook said he did; he said they would have to remove a lot of earth. He said the driveway would be in direct line with one of the other resident's pool . He asked who would be responsible if he had a problem with his house. Mayor Karp noted the engineers would have Errors and Omissions Insurance. Council Member Kerr asked if this development would make the dirt wash down any more than it already has. Mr. Cook said he felt it would and the driveways would cause erosion. Mayor Karp said he lives in Bay-O-Vista and has a drainage ditch to carry the water away from his property. Chester Griffin, 2027 Edgehill Court, said he agreed with Mr. Cook. He said he has a large fish pond that he has had problems with when it rains because the pond fills up and runs down the back yard. He said the soil is very loose. He said he had to install a small retaining wall to protect the back yard because of the fill . He said there are 20 to 30 large eucalyptus trees, and they will have to be removed to build the house, and the soil will be loosened even further. He said his cousin lived behind the San Leandro Hospital , and they saw what happened there. He said the soil was in that location a lot longer and was still very loose. He said the soil on this area is looser. He said there is a lot of wildlife; and, although they will come back, the issue here is to protect homes. He said he did not feel these two homes would be safe for the neighbors. Rosemary Edwards, 1473 Montrose Drive, said the City Council asked that the developer hold a neighbors meeting. She pointed out that, out of the 43 people who attended, only 5 received letters from the developer. She said she and her husband ran off and distributed flyers to all of the neighbors in the area. She said she was told 100 truck loads of dirt would be removed and that seemed like a lot to her.