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Neighborhood Outreach Summary Attachment D September 22, 2002 Improvement/Beautif cation: Neighbors stated their desire for more trees, Staff said that they have had programs to re -forest the Davis West area in the past to encourage the planting of trees but they have faced resistance from the neighbors. They were willing to plant as many as 500 trees but only got approximately 70 planted because the neighbors were unwilling to have them planted in front of their homes. Neighbors want improvements south of the airport. Staff informed them that the City Council was interested in improving the southern approach to the airport. The FedEx Component Problems in the Past: FedEx has a "terrible track record'' with the citizens of San Leandro, particularly in the West area because of airport noise problems. It was explained that FedEx Ground is an entirely separate operation. FedEx Ground does not own or use aircraft in its operation. In fact it competes with the air operationwith a lower cost shipping alternative. It is projected to have "a dozen and a half or so" trucks that will deliver bulk loads of small packages to and from the facility where they will be sorted into vans using a conveyor system. The vans will then take the packages on their business routes, not into residential areas. It is not clear at this time whether or not FedEx Ground will operate 7 days a week, Russ agreed to have an answer to that question prior to the Planning Commission Work Session. Possible Expansion offedEx Ground Beyond What is Currently Proposed: Neighbors expressed their concern that once their operations are up and running at the proposed park, FedEx Ground could possibly expand their operations. Russ said it was not possible for the following reasons: 1: Their project is designed to sell individual buildings to the owner/user, they are not looking to lease out the space. 2. The P.D. overlay on I.G. zoning gives the City a say in what other business go into, or expand in the park. They have the ability to put prohibitions on the rest of the buildings and could easily prohibit any other small package sorting from going on in there. If that were the case, any more proposed small package sorting would require a change of the P.D. and therefore would be subj ect to planning commission and council approval. Staff explained that if FedEx Ground wanted to expand, or there were any other proposed use that exceeds the existing P.D., they will be required to submit a traffic report and, if necessary, may require further mitigation. Staff has the ability to control who the next business will be. S U L L I V A N C O M- M U YI i C G, t; O N S Call Toll Free: 888.SPEAK.2U Email:Sullivan@SullivanCommunications.com Page 3 of 5