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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 22, 1991 Page - 9 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Jeff Houston, 1465 Burkhart Avenue, San Leandro, said this issue is very important to a lot of people in San Leandro. He said this is a bad project and the citizens of San Leandro do not support it. He said the visual impact of houses would ruin Lake Chabot and requested that the quarry site be turned into open space with native vegetation. Doris Porth, Chamber of Commerce, said the process for the Hearing was democratic and the three-minute limit gave everyone a chance to speak. She said the developer has responded to the concerns of the City Council . She said the Chamber invited the opponents of the project to a meeting but they did not attend. She said the Chamber of Commerce supports the project. Susan Goodman, President, Broadmoor Neighborhood Association, said the surface-mining permit for the quarry site did not commit to future housing. She said the proposed development is a concern for both the City and the regional community. She said this is a not a housing debate - this is an inappropriate development. She said open space helps make a quality community and asked the City Council to stand for our future. Ellen Geis, President, Estudillo Homeowners Association, said the development had been discussed in the Association's January and April newsletters and neither she nor the Board Members had received calls. She said the Board is not taking a stand on the project, but if the development is constructed, they want left-turn signals at Estudillo and Bancroft to be a required mitigation measure. Toni Reynolds, 88 St. Mary Avenue, San Leandro, said the site can be seen from any elevation on the Bass Cove Trail . She expressed concerns about the ability to water landscaping, lack of adequate play areas for children, the number of families that may live in one home, and hazards to school children on Lake Chabot Road. Paul Merrick, 3058 Revere Avenue, Oakland, President Sheffield Village Homeowners Association, said he does not support the project. He said this is the same plan as a year ago and it provides nothing for the community. He expressed concern regarding the absence of simulations of the site from the lake. Christine Scobee, 495 Fortuna Avenue, San Leandro, said the San Leandro General Plan lists key issues for the future including community cohesiveness, appearance and identity, security, social and cultural life, and economic vitality and opportunity, and this project fails to respond positively to any of these issues. She said the project will create risk to life and property, devastating impacts on the lake, and community disharmony. Kai Bender, 261 Begier Avenue, San Leandro, said he would like to see open space preserved.