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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 6, 1992 Page - 27 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) create and this is not studied under the EIR. He referred to a number of comments in the EIR which he felt were not answered and said the EIR does not discuss impacts associated with future mitigation. He said no one will evaluate whether this is a true EIR. He asked if the "S" Overlay would be subjected to the same CEQA review regulations as the EIR and asked how the City Council could certify the EIR without knowing what the impact of the mitigation measures would be. Christine Scobee, 495 Fortuna Avenue, said no determination has been made on the impacts related to airport noise, transit, soil contamination, schools, and visual impacts. She said these concerns were not answered in the EIR. She asked what the rush was to approve a General Development Plan. She said the EIR evades questions or answers in generalities. She said a number of experts feel their questions were not answered in the EIR. She said the Overriding Considerations are ridiculous. She said $250,000 houses do not help the job/housing balance when jobs are only paying $5.00 an hour. She urged the City Council not to certify the EIR or to approve the project. She spoke regarding a law suit, Sunstrom vs. County of Mendocino, which she said had been mentioned in the East Bay Regional Park District letter. George Kurilko spoke regarding the Sundstrom lawsuit. He said it has been determined it is not applicable to this type of EIR because it related to a Negative Declaration. He said it has been superseded by Sacramento Old City Association vs. City of Sacramento. He said Sunstrom was written in response to a Negative Declaration; the Sacramento case was written in response to an EIR. He said the EIR reached the conclusion that there was potentially significant impact and then provided mitigation measures. Chuck Fugel , Plumbers' Local 444, 2960 Merced Street, said we should put America back to work, especially in the housing area. He said when housing goes the economy goes. He said this project is well designed and preserves and enhances the wetlands. He said each delay in starting building raises the costs and hurts affordable housing and he requested the City Council approve the project. Del Willburn, Training Director for the Plumbers' Apprenticeship School , 830 Linwood Way, said his school prepares young people for careers in plumbing. He said they want to see this project approved to give young people an opportunity to work here as well as live here, pay taxes, and help businesses. He said this project would help keep people in the community instead of commuting. He said the environmental concerns have been mitigated and Citation is giving extra to this quality project.