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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 6, 1992 Page - 29 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) John Spanjersberg, 1301 E. Juana Avenue, said he has lived in San Leandro for 50 years. He said he knows the Robert's Landing site fairly well and has gone to several meetings. He said he has seen how the on-going meetings deplete developers' time and money. He said he thinks the environmentalists have been generously compensated. He said he has never seen an environmentalist who would be willing to tear down his own house so that his property could be returned to its natural state. Jeff Houston, 1465 Burkhart Avenue, said he felt he should be able to speak for more than three minutes and his rights would be violated if he could not. Mr. Houston addressed inadequacies in the EIR. He said page 21 of the Final Environmental Impact Report, the last sentence says the Planning Commission and City Council would have information prior to approval related to the final Cultural Resources Report. He said that report has not been completed and is not available. He questioned the Planning Commission and City Council 's ability to certify the EIR when they don't have all the necessary information. He said page 86 of the FEIR refers to attached drawings which were not in the EIR. He said page 3-2 of the Draft EIR says the site had been filled but does not adequately describe where debris came from and how long it had been there. He said the response did not make sense. Mr. Houston asked if he could have more than three minutes. The City Council indicated other speakers had been limited to three minutes, Mr. Houston already had four minutes, and would not be granted additional time. Mr. Houston said this was a violation of his rights. Council Member Perry asked regarding the status of the Cultural Resources Report. Mr. Emslie said the staff report clarified the EIR which said the Cultural Resources Report would be available. He said this was corrected. Ed Alvarez, Vice President of Citation Homes, expressed his appreciation to the Planning Commission and Planning staff. He said an enormous amount of effort has gone into this very complex project. He said staff has addressed each and every issue. He said this is the 11th Hearing on this matter. He said there have been answers to the issues. He said the quality of staff's work has been expressed in the Conditions of Approval . He said 11 public meetings have been provided to allow for public participation and what is involved is a very constructive, good project which he would be happy to see go forward. There being no further comments from the public, on motion of Council Member Polvorosa, seconded by Council Member Santos, and carried unanimously, the Public Hearing was closed.