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.Minutes -.. San Leandro. City.Council Meeting - May 17, 1993 Page - 19 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Scott Edwards, 1473 Montrose Drive, said he is against the project. He said the Initial Study, Part 2, Item 18, asked if the proposal will result in obstruction to the view; and the answer was "maybe. " He said he felt it should be "certainly. " He said the Study is not adequate. He said the City Council should withhold approval of the Negative Declaration and require a full Environmental Impact Report. He had asked what. would happen if Mr. Lu and his family did not occupy the houses themselves and tried to sell them to someone else. He said they would have to find a lender and they might have difficulty in doing so. He said the tone of the Soils Report is cautionary. He urged the City Council to err on the side of caution and to require a full EIR. He said no interest was shown in this project until the City Council insisted on a meeting with the neighbors because no one knew about the project. He said Mr. Lu had been able to buy a sliver of property to meet the frontage requirements; and, if he had not been able to do so, he would have had to apply for a Variance, and this would all have come up in the proper discussions which would have occurred. Mayor Karp said the matter before the City Council is the lot split, not the economics of the project or whether Mr. Lu lives in the home or not. Mr. Edwards said it was asserted that additional investigations would be done after the first Negative Declaration, and they were not done. Council Member Myers asked, if a full EIR were prepared, would there be any difference between those findings and the Negative Declaration. Ken Vogeney said, from his perspective, the EIR would list similar mitigation measures for the same findings. May Roberts, 1490 Montrose Drive, said her house is immediately below the property. She said her concern is that someone's house may land on her house. She asked who would pay. She said she was concerned about the placement of the driveway, which would be very close to her property. She said her pool would be about 20 feet away from the driveway, and she was concerned that, if someone's brakes malfunction, • their car would end up in her pool . She said a tremendous amount of dirt would have to be moved. The slope above her pool is in excess of 100 feet, and they would have to go down 20 feet to remove dirt. Mayor Karp pointed out that, if the property owner does not get approval for the lot split, he would still be able to build a single- family home without input from the neighbors. Ms. Roberts said building only on Envelope No. 1 would not require as much cutting.