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356 fire departments required now because of neighborhood problems. Mr. Merta urged the property be rezoned as r requested. Robert Roddick, 140 Circle, commented concerning Dr. Chisholm's intentions with regard to use of the property, " the creation of traffic problems, and the undesirability of commencing a trend toward use of residential property mew for offices in the area. Mr. Roddick distributed photo- graphs of the Redwood Clinic area in support of his statements and urged the subject appeal be denied. Mr. Schroeter stated for the record that the traffic report requested by the Planning Commission at the March 4 meeting was provided for the April 1 meeting; that public testimony given after the closing of the public hearing was ordered stricken; and that Commis- sioner Kelly abstained from voting because he was not present at the March 4 hearing. City Attorney Schricker requested that the record show also that the Council has a full record of all of the proceedings of the Planning Commission along with com- plete staff reports on the matter. Walter Shugert, 120 Circle, spoke in opposition to granting the application. Mr. Shugert suggested that if the requested rezoning is granted, property values, and, therefore, taxes, will increase, creating financial problems for those who wish to continue to use their property as residences. Mr. Shugert recommended Sequoia Hospital construct medical offices on the first floor, if such offices are required to be adjacent to the hospital. Herman DeBie, 78 Circle, spoke in opposition to granting the application, suggesting traffic problems would in- crease in the neighborhood. Bruno Rasconi, 260 Upland, spoke in opposition to grant- ; ing the application, stating that there is considerable illegal parking in the area now because of lack of ade- quate parking space . Mrs. Ethel Grace, 2819 Hopkins, suggested traffic studies are made at times of unusually light traffic and urged denial of the subject appeal. Speer McClellan (see above) commented in response to statements made by those who opposed granting the a.ppli- cation, stating his belief that his client ' s proposed use of the subject site would have the least impact on the area of any prospective development of the property. City Attorney Schricker stated for the record that the ••w subject application has had an environmental impact re- port review and a negative declaration was made . Mr. `" ' Schricker advised that rezoning is not compelled, but the EIR has to be reviewed to determine impact on the area . -3- Reg.Mtg. 4/28/75