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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 15, 1991 Page - 27 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Barbara Shockley, 1890 Bockman Road, San Lorenzo, said certification of the EIR had to be made before the City Council could rezone the property. She said the EIR was not complete because the traffic impact on San Lorenzo had not been adequately analyzed. She said she favored Open Space zoning throughout the area. Charlie Coffin, 545 Blossom Way, San Leandro, spoke on behalf of the San Leandro Manufacturers' Association, and said they were in favor of the rezoning. Council Member Corbett asked that staff respond to Mrs. Shockley's statement that the EIR was not adequate. Martin Vitz, City Planner, said in his opinion the EIR was adequate. He said the Supplemental EIR for this level of action was complete. He said CEQA provides for tiering, depending on the level of specificity of action. He said specific traffic impacts will be considered as part of the EIR for a proposed project. John Popovich, 555 Doane Street, San Lorenzo, said he used to work for Trojan Powder Property and lived in the Roberts Landing area. In 1931 he said it was a nice place to live, and he is in favor of rezoning. He said homes would improve the area. Laird Newhart, spoke on behalf of the San Leandro Unified School District. He said if the City Council adopts the rezoning the School District would like them to adopt special review criteria #15. Greg Presnell , 888 Doolittle Drive, said he was in favor of the rezoning. Jeff Houston, 1465 Burkhart Avenue, San Leandro, said the people speaking in favor of the rezoning have a monetary gain if the site is developed. He said if the City rezones the property it would be to obtain the dredge disposal site and that was unethical and the City Council could not make an unbiased decision. He said the City should make wise planning decisions that benefit the community, not solely decisions based upon monetary gain. He said this is not a good site for development because of access problems, seismic problems, traffic impact, and bad proximity to the airport. He said the EIR is inadequate and did not go into enough detail in answering concerns. He said 90% of the Bay Area's wet lands are gone and that all of them will be gone by the time his child grows up. Louise Mullins, 1386 Trojan Avenue, said a liability would be imposed upon the residents of San Leandro because a development on the site would not be able to pay its service costs. She said the General Plan says residential development operates at a net loss and that a short- fall of service costs will be imposed upon existing residents.