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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 6, 1992 Page - 25 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Barbara Shockley, 1890 Bockman Road, San Lorenzo, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a public notice about their environmental assessment out and they are going to use the site by Alcatraz for some dredge spoils. She said CALM has been told by the Corps of Engineers that the disposal of spoils from the San Leandro Marina dredging could be accommodated there rather than on the Citation property. She said this would eliminate the need for the City to purchase the dredge spoils area from Citation and it could return to the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers and relieve the City from the MOU with Citation. In response to a question from Council Member Faria, Mr. Meyers said the Corps of Engineers has jurisdiction over the dredge disposal site. Janice Delfino, Representing Ohlone Audubon Society, 18673 Reamer Road, Castro Valley, said her comments were contained in the EIR and she would not speak at this time. Dan Henriques, 2441 Kilkare Road, Sunol , said the white man has lived in this land for 300 years and Indians have lived here for thousands of years. He said the Indians survived because they lived with the environment. He spoke at length about the effect of gold mining on the environment of the State and said it depleted hillsides and vegetation and top soil . He said salmon spawning areas have been wiped out and the level of the Bay has been raised and wetlands have been destroyed, all because of economic greed. He said man has altered the Robert's Landing area significantly with fill , damming, etc. He said at one time this area harbored abundant wildlife. He said he hopes the City Council recognizes the value of this open space and the potential there. He said it is just a matter of reversing man's ignorance. He said in this day and age it is negligent to do a project without knowing all of the environmental impacts. Joe Grigsby, a Carpenters Union Representative, 331 Moraga Avenue, Piedmont, said over 400 people from his Union are out of work and they recently lost 20 apprentices who decided to look for other types of work. He said this project would produce somewhere around 600 jobs and that every job in the construction industry produces 47 other jobs. He said it is important to him to see some work in the area. He said the $150,000 condominiums will provide low-income housing, which is needed in San Leandro. He said the area looks terrible now and needs to be cleaned up, which this project would do. He said the opponents have said the problems with the site will discourage fires but he doesn't agree because there will be a lot of land surrounding the area.