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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 16, 1992 Page - 8 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) He thanked the many contributors to the process, including the Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Adjustments, . Zoning Code Advisory Commission, and thanked the many volunteers, including Associated Homeowners Association, Inc. , and their review committee. He particularly thanked Al Rosenga and Howard Kerr for the historical data which they will be incorporating into the Code. Mayor Karp noted this process started about four years ago and thousands of hours have gone into making this a quality, user-friendly product. Mr. Emslie said this has been a collaborative effort, and it has been a joy to work with the citizens who assisted staff and provided meaningful comments. He thanked Kathleen Livermore of the Planning Department for her efforts above-and-beyond her duties. Council Member Santos asked why the Negative Declaration said "no" regarding the impact on a number of items and asked why none of them said "maybe, " such as change in pattern, scale or character, land use, population, transportation, etc. Mr. Emslie said this Negative Declaration has been prepared for the approval of text only. He said the maps will require a separate environmental review, at which time there might be impacts. Council Member Faria said this document is much easier to read than the first document. He said he has looked at a number of the problems that need to be corrected and wonders what will happen to the zones that will be eliminated as a result of the new zones. For example, he asked what would happen to the C-4 Zone because it does not fit into any of the commercial zones. Mr. Emslie said staff would go through the process and would notify everyone in an area that is going to be re-zoned that it would be changed, and they would give property owners a right to comment. He said the decision would ultimately be made by the City Council as to whether specific zones should be kept or eliminated. He said everyone will be given notice if their zoning is going to be changed. He said this will take at least six months. He said a lot of the City will be covered rapidly, but there may be a number of high-density areas that will be tricky, such as the T Zones. He said these matters would have to go before both the Planning Commission and the City Council . He said if someone thinks property should stay as it is currently zoned and the City Council concurs, then that wording would be incorporated into the document. Council Member Corbett asked how the Code would deal with areas, such as the North Area Specific Plan Area, that do not mesh with Zoning Code wording.