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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 22, 1991 Page - 7 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Richard Lind, 1009 Begier Avenue, San Leandro, a business owner and immediate past President of the Manufacturers' Association, said the Association supports the project. He said the situation should be looked at logically. He said he would rather see trees and a few houses than the existing quarry. He said more executive housing is needed in San Leandro. Val Gill , 14741 Kraft Street, San Leandro, said many years ago Lake Chabot was closed to the public, and the City of San Leandro formed a committee to get it opened. He said San Leandro has more open space than many other cities its size. He said many years ago the City wanted to close the quarry to eliminate truck traffic and the County quarry permit provided for grading for residential development. He said residential development has been planned for the quarry site for many years. Audrey Gootrad, 2145 Hillside Drive, San Leandro, said San Leandro needs executive homes. She said she and her neighbors support the project. Mark Behning, 725 Joaquin Avenue, San Leandro, said the project is too close to the lake to mitigate impacts. He said the site model and slides do not show what the landscaping will actually look like, are probably not to scale, and do not accurately display what the site will look like in 15 years. He said the City Council should view the site from Bass Cove Trail . He said approval of the project will add to urban sprawl . He said this is the Council 's opportunity to make a statement that it is not always big business that counts, but the concerns of the citizens. Gary Zimmerman, 2113 Manchester Road, San Leandro, said the proposed project was the same as that previously proposed and impacts from the project have not been mitigated. He said San Leandro and the East Bay get nothing from this project and compared it to Walpert Ridge and Ruby Hill and the open space and other requirements placed upon the developers of those projects. He said the project will create a loss of revenue and will cost the City to provide services. He said tours were offered to the City Council and Planning Commission in 1990 by citizens groups, but the City had declined the offer. Martin Francis asked questions regarding the ingress to the development and expressed concern that only one road is provided. Jim Campbell , Castro Valley, said this seems to be a political process. He said the City Council should be very concerned about losing the trust of the public. He said the nine points address a narrow field of questions. He said maximizing the use of landscaping is a good corporate strategy but not a good community strategy and that the homes are stacked up layer after layer. He said the City Council should reject the project.