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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - December 6, 1993 Page - 2 - PUBLIC COMMENTS (continued) D. Scott Grubbs, 13475 Bancroft Avenue, #302, asked why the street lights on five blocks of East 14th Street were not lighted; it was noted there had been a power failure. E. Ed Alvarez, Vice President, Citation Homes, said Council Member Corbett, during the Work Session presentation on the Initiative, accused him of withholding information. He said the City Manager noted any action on the project would be suspended. He said he does not have any pending application before the Council . He said they recently approved the application for Phase 1 . He said it is his full intention to come back in with Phase 2 when all conditions are addressed, but he does not know what the City is suspending. He said the Department of Toxic Substance Control (DISC) letter purports that it has completed its review. He requested that the Council read his response to the DTSC letter and discuss it with staff and determine if they believe the City should take a more active role in what is happening at the DISC level . He said DISC changed the rules in 1993 and wants him to start all over again. He urged the City Council to read the DTSC letter and his response. F. Jeff Houston, 1465 Burkhart Avenue, said the DISC letter referred to a December 1st letter from DTSC that is a review of two reports Citation submitted, not a complete review. He said an analysis was conducted by two toxicologists at DISC. He read the summary page of the letter which said the authors of the report failed to follow PEA guidelines. He said his group has been saying the reports are not complete and now the State agency doctors agree. He said it is too late for the City to suspend action because they have already approved 250 homes, making the situation the same as Sandpiper. He requested that the City take steps to assure San Leandro would not be stuck with another Sandpiper situation. Mayor Faria said the City is on record as saying no building permits will be issued until all DTSC conditions have been met. Council Member Polvorosa said no homes will be built until the property is cleaned up. Mr. Houston said the City Council changed a law for Citation and could not be trusted. Council Member Perry said the City did not change any laws. She asked if one of the Conditions of Approval required cleanup and testing of soil contamination. The City Attorney said no permits will be issued until complete certification of the site is received. He said the City Council did modify the "S" zoning criteria to provide for timing of the PEA as part of the General Development Plan (GDP) rather than the Precise Development Plan (PDP) .