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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - September 21, 1992 Page - 15 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Mayor Karp said the next hearing was for the purpose of receiving public comments regarding the proposed Dunsmuir Height Development in the City of Oakland. He said he would appreciate courtesy to those speaking and no applause or jeering. He said there would be a three-minute time limit for each speaker. B. Acceptance of Public Comments Regarding Proposed Dunsmuir Heights Development in the City of Oakland. Susan Goodman, President of the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association and Member of the Dunsmuir Alliance, said she asked to provide the City Council with a brief slide presentation to visually clarify some of the concerns and explore ways San Leandro can protect itself from negative impacts, such as traffic congestion, fiscal hardship, loss of regional resources, and loss of quality of life. She said the proposed project will cost San Leandro hundreds of thousands of dollars and requested that the City participate in lawsuits or take necessary steps to maintain the quality of life. She said costs will be ongoing and will include mutual aid for fire, street maintenance, and upkeep of recreation facilities. She said sales-tax revenue will not offset the burden. She said the City Council has an opportunity to take action now for the future. She requested that four members of her group be permitted to waive their time to speak so that Ken Pimentel could make a longer presentation. Mayor Karp denied the request and said there had been prior complaints about the time set aside in previous hearings and complaints by her organization about that. Ken Pimentel , Representing Dunsmuir Ridge Alliance, 3034 Revere Avenue, Oakland, presented slides showing views of Dunsmuir Ridge from Lake Chabot Park and said it is an amazing resource which should never be developed. He described the location of the property related to the quarry, Chabot Park, and the surrounding area. He discussed how the developer would enter and exit the property. He said traffic would use San Leandro streets. He showed slides of the property today and how it would look if developed. He described crib walls, 4,000 feet in length, which would be built to hold the road up, and which would be visible all over San Leandro. He said the traffic at the Estudillo and MacArthur intersection could go to Level of Service F if the Peralta Oaks extension is denied by the City of Oakland. He said Oakland says the lane by the Foothill Square Shopping Center does not need to be widened. He discussed the Oakland fire in the Hiller Highlands and said this development would be very similar. He said there are alternatives, such as making parkland out of the site, utilizing Oakland Measure K Funds. He said the property should be left open space. He said the Oakland Planning Commission approved the PD for the project and removed several key conditions of development that were originally there to protect San Leandro.