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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - October 4, 1993 Page - 19 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Steve Meyers, City Attorney, explained the bonding process. • Ms. Harrison expressed concern about the emergency vehicle access and said there may be problems with exiting on busy days. She also discussed the Century Plating contamination and said the City did nothing about it. Dana Johnson, 343 Farrelly Drive, said our health is tied to our wealth. He said some of the groups posing as concerned citizens are environmental wackos. He said this is a well planned, mapped out project and the City should move forward with it. Frank Delfino, Castro Valley, said Mr. Popovich said there was no dump on the site, but a former employee said there was a Trojan Factory dump and all of the mistakes that were made were dumped there. He said bottles, pipes, and things can be found. He said Mr. Popovich didn't talk about the sulfuric and nitric acid that was dumped there. He said literature on nitro compounds says they do not disappear. Trojan shut down in 1963 and the analysis recently showed nitro compounds, nitroglycerin and nitrocellulose, which did not break down as readily as planned. He said compounds like phenol , if used to make nitrophenol , persist for years. There are some compounds that are a real hazard in the groundwater. Jeff Houston said he wasn't aware of the three minute time limit. He presented a box of what he believed to be Bluebird Dump material , containing what he said looks like soil but is highly concentrated burned dump material , and slag which may have come from a metal foundry. He said it needs to be investigated. He said Citation is still reluctant to admit that the dump resided under Phase 1A. He said Dr. Dilio did not contact any of his group when he wrote the staff report and they had a lot of data regarding the property. He said Dr. Dilio had not done a site visit and did not review the EIR related to the toxic contamination of the site. He questioned the way Dr. Dilio's report was signed as it related to "Ph.D. " He said the EVA should be discussed in this EIR. Terry McManus described the test pits in Areas 1 and 3. Dan Henreques, Sunol , said he is opposed to the development. He said if not for the environmentalists there would still be signs along the bay saying "No Swimming,. Hazardous to Health" and there would not be State regional parks. He said Bluebird dump material has been gathered from Site 1 and there should be further testing north of Lewelling. Jeff Shellenberger, Saratoga, said he's one of the upwardly mobile people. He said he would like to buy where he can walk to BART, not depend on the car. He said this area could be used as open space to provide the quality of life issues that are just as important.